There’s long been this idea that, when playing NLHE cash games, you need to play deep stacked in order to improve your game and your winrate. Shortstackers take a lot of heat for playing that way. The pokerati say ‘you’re limiting yourself’, ‘you’ll never learn how to play the game’, ‘poker isn’t poker when you’re all in on the flop’, ‘you don’t get implied odds’. There have been many posts on the subject at the 2+2 forums.
Interesting link: Shortstack Play
I don’t agree with everything in there, but you should read it. This isn’t the exact point being made, but what I’m taking from it is this – if you’re not able to play deepstacked and earn at a higher PTBB/100 than what you would playing a shortstack at a higher limit, then you should really think about why you’re playing deepstacked. If you’re giving better implied odds than you’re getting, maybe you should consider the shortstack approach if your bankroll is on the short side.
Edit:
Another link: Ed Miller’s Blog on shortstack play, which includes some info from the previous link, which appears to be attributed to a guy named ’sluggo’
