How to Play Solid Short-Stacked Poker 

I enjoyed this because 15-20bb small stakes tournaments has been my wheelhouse for years now. I spend most of my poker life in these positions. What I learned from this video is that I am probably folding too much in the marginal positions, mostly because I have not been correctly applying long term equity strategy properly. Cheers, good info.

17:34 big nut advantage and if you have a lot of nuts in your hands had me dyingggg

Probably get a lot of hate for this but I love playing a 50bb short stack in cash games. Have had a lot of success using loose passive approach to small pots/and tight aggressive short stack strategy for large pots creating perfect opportunitys to double through and balance my range. Cash players seem to fail to adjust to short stacks at the table.

What does "strengthening your checking range" mean? Like only checking on stronger hands in your range? so like TTs or A9s and folding everything else?

I don’t mind playing short stacked for some reason I feel like I run deeper if i end up short stacked early then later catch up.

I would love to see a video discussing these low equity hands (in 82s, 73s, 63s, etc) postflop!

Nnnnnoooo i play low stack game everyones going to get better now lol

What does, "checks their entire range" mean?

And then when I get down to 5 big blinds, I'll suddenly forget all of this and go all in on the next Ace-Anything, King or Queen Suited anything, or any pocket pair. Well someday I'll get some discipline.

Fabulous content. I don't want to light my money on fire. I want to print money! 😃

I've read in one of your books that if we have to raise to more than 30% of our stack, it's better to go all in. In the one example here, you say we can raise if he bets 1 bb, but then we put in more than 30% of our stack of our 15bbs. Could you explain?

Wow, no wonder I bubble most tournaments, I suck.

Thanks once again Jonathan. It's serendipitous I suppose lately I'll be confronted by scenarios and you post a video addressing it... Bgood

What about big blind defence less than 10bb?

i dont get something, in 15:38 you say that we have to bet 50% pot or 30% but then in the next screen you say that we must check more often, can you explain pls, cause i lost my last game for not betting good at shortstack

Example OPP with 15bb: Why do we just call with most A-high flushes? Is it not better with 15 bb to check raise allin to get fold equity? This chart looks very balanced, but in low stakes where i play i dont think a balanced range is the most profetable at all time.

How would you adjust this strategy if there were no antes. Would you defend less due to decrease in equity?

I messaged all my friends an idea I had to "nerf" short stacks in poker last week Basically when players are all in and there is a dry side pot, 1 sb is taken from the main pot and put into the side pot. When players on the side fold, they forfeit the side pot, but their hand is kept and they still qualify to win the main pot. (If there is no dry side pot, players that fold still qualify for the main pot) This takes away most of the advantages short stackers have against big stacks, and rewards players for playing deep and doubling up. You wouldn't see short stack pros nearly as often, and players wouldn't leave the table, simply because they are a monster stack. The way poker is right now, the short stacks benefit from side pot betting, as players that fold on the side are denied equity. That equity is transferred to the players in the hand still, like the short stack. Why should the short stack benefit from players betting on the side?

good stuff JL thank you as always

Teach me how to master short stack play J

When we are in the BTN or CO, IP and the agressor opens x2 is profitable call with KJo and QJo as you indicate? If the average of bbs is around 15 and the agressor is not a super loose player I dont think he will open in MP so we can call profitable that hands... as you show in the chart in 10:00

What software are you using ? Do these charts come with poker coaching . Com ?

How short how many blinds should I have before I push preflop with hands like aj os etc. ?

So, according to that last chart KK is not in our range. Ummmmm huh?

Do you have any resources on how to play preflop when you have good shortstackers at your table in 6max cash games?

Ty Ty Ty

What should you do if you raise with short stack with lets say 4-4 and the opponent goes all in? fold or call ?

If players are equal and there is no rake, short stacking is far superior to deep stack play, because of game mechanics, especially in PLO and PLO8

Hi, thank you for the great content every week. In general when you have 10BB or less would you ever push tighter than the all in or fold charts suggest and also would you push tighter if there is a limper or limpers in front of you?

How wide should you open at a FT full of tightish players final 8?? Is it 50-60% of your range

How is JJ not in range?

I like this one

nice video