Quite a few short stackers play in the $2-$4 and higher online 6-max no-limit games. Many of them play a strategy that seems likely to me to be profitable. I think a decent chunk of their profit comes from a play that I see them make repeatedly that I think many full stacked regulars don’t [...]

Here’s a question I hear all the time:
“How short a stack can you play before it’s not profitable anymore? At some point the blinds eat you away too fast and you can’t wait for a good hand anymore, right?”
This question is based on a false assumption that is the subject of today’s article. Yes, there [...]

Originally my plan for Noted Poker Authority was to solicit reader questions and answer them. This advice column format has worked great, and I’m closing in on 100 questions answered so far. The site has expanded beyond just the Q&A format, but a lot of the best stuff …Login/Register for more.

My last few articles have been about the advantages that short stacks have over deep stacks in no-limit and about how to harness those advantages to beat wild games. I want to step back now and explore what I mean by the advantage a short stack gives Beating No-Limit Games With Just A Chip And [...]

Wild games give many players fits. The betting gets so big, so fast, it takes them out of their comfort zone. “Sure, this top pair is better than what I usually see out of my opponents, but do I really want to bet $500 on it?”
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Yesterday I was in a crazy $2-$5 no-limit game. I could tell it was a crazy game even before I watched one hand. The maximum buy-in was $500, but at least $8,000 was on the table. Four players each had over $1,500. Either the game had been going with A Foolproof Strategy For Wild [...]

Over the past few weeks I’ve been talking a lot about short stacks and how you can gain an inherent advantage simply by buying in for less than your opponents. Something I said, however, struck Joe, today’s questioner, as wrong, Q&A #95: The Limits Of The Short Stack Advantage|372|3.95|USD|| and he submitted the [...]

If you haven’t been following the recent discussion about short stacks versus deep stacks in tournaments, please first read How Short Should You Go and How Short I Think You Should Go.
In the comments portion of the second article, a discussion of ICM was brought up. JJS said:
Ed Short Stacks In Tournaments, ICM, and Playing [...]

A couple of days ago I posed a question about playing various stack sizes in a series of winner-take-all 6-max tournaments. Basically, you had $10,000 in tournament chips, and you could choose to use them to buy in once for $10,000, five How Short I Think You Should Go|367|3.95|USD|| times for $2,000 each, [...]

I’ve been thinking about the various short stack versus deep stack no-limit arguments lately, and I came up with a question that I wanted to ask you guys.
You’re playing a series of 6-handed winner-takes-all no-limit tournaments. The blinds start at $50-$100, and all …Login/Register for more.