Texas Hold'em Poker by Paul Mendelson

Author:Paul Mendelson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780716022510
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Short-Stack Tactics

Hopefully, you will have avoided becoming short-stacked, and you will still be hovering around average chips, with 10 blind rounds to last (that is, your stack can cope with 10 rounds of blinds before going bust – for example, if the blinds are 50/100, then you need 1,500 chips to feel relaxed and safe).

However, if through poor cards or poor luck you find yourself at 5 blind rounds or fewer, you must change gears immediately, become ultra-aggressive and seek to double up as soon as possible. Do not allow yourself to fall below this level or you will have no leverage against other players, nor will you have sufficient chips to make a double through a tournament-saving exercise.

In this situation, you must go all-in in late position (or in the blind positions if there has been no earlier raise).

All pocket pairs (high or low) should be bet with an all-in raise – in any position! Any hand that might reasonably be thought to be ahead should also be bet all-in: this will include ace-high hands, K10, KJ, etc. Do not be surprised to be called by poor hands also; opponents will be expecting you to make a last-ditch effort. However, often you will have a 40 per cent chance or better of doubling through and denting another opponent’s stack. You must do this rather than allowing yourself to be blinded away. To go out of a tournament because the blinds have eaten you up is feeble.

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