How to play small stack against someone with a big stack?

[josemendez]

Today playing a tournament followed the advice given to me here on the web. Accomplish go further than usual. What happened to me was that other players began to make his big stack and could no longer steal blinds or make folded. My stack was much reduced and only wait for a good hand to go all-in. Today my serious question, what strategy to use in cases where the opponents have more than 50 blind and I less than 10?

 

[roddypra]

A good reading of the opponent at the table helps. You have to realize that constantly bluffs and who always acts to steal stacks. I believe we must always be prudent in our actions, however we should not be afraid. If you want to win something, you have to be a little more daring. Then came the strong. Go inside. Without fear. After all, any winning play your stack increases double ne.

 

[josemendez]

you are right, play with fear is not good

 

[wildyetty]

depends on the villains position, if he is to your immediate right and you are in a better position he is likely just trying to steal blinds. Dont be afraid to push any Ace, personally i like to wait for A 10 or better but when you are 10 bbs or less its time to take a stand. He is most likely to fold the first time, don't get crazy with it

 

[sillymunchie]

its always a tough situation to be in, if he is raising your blind everytime its time to fight back weaker then you would normally, he is trying to be a big stack bully and you need to relay the message "my blinds are not for stealing"
you may get knocked out cus your calling him but its a risk that you have to take against that kind of bully.

on the other hand if he is just raising your blind, then you might get lucky making him fold to a shove even though he doesnt have the odds to fold

on another note if you are in position of him, you can try and steal his blinds if you win 1 hand against him you suddenly have a stack that can cripple him

sadly because we let ourselves dwindle so much its never an easy comeback if there is a big stack thats willing to race, so sometimes you just gotta hope to get lucky (remember 8-9s will win 40% of time vs A-K)
so if you know he is bullying you dont be afraid to try and fight back

 

[Fenix7]

It is very simple for me, in this situation I play is a push - fold, a Bigstack call with median hand regularly . Even in this situation we have to wait a hand of good to very good to double our stack.

 

[chronical]

Big stack does not = good player. Often at micros it's someone with instanly good luck.
So read your op:
a. if he is shoving A2o wait for a good hand.
b. if he is TAG just fold(yes sometimes with AA too)

 

[sillymunchie]

Big stack does not = good player. Often at micros it's someone with instanly good luck.
So read your op:
a. if he is shoving A2o wait for a good hand.
b. if he is TAG just fold(yes sometimes with AA too)

did you just reccomend somebody with less then 10bb folding AA to a TAG :\
what kind of hands do you double up with xD
and if you know hes shoving any ace then why would we wait we can wait a little while but once our stack dwindles to 6bb we waited so long that were doubling up, then we still need to double up again, especially if the bvlinds increase whilst waiting for a GOOD hand

 

[karl coakley]

What happened to me was that other players began to make his big stack and could no longer steal blinds or make folded. My stack was much reduced and only wait for a good hand to go all-in. Today my serious question, what strategy to use in cases where the opponents have more than 50 blind and I less than 10?

I see a lot of questions on how to play with 10 or less big blinds. In your situation, the answer is your going to get called with about any 2 cards, shove all-in and maybe you will get lucky, often not.

The real question you need to answer is not how to play short stacked but why did you end up in that situation? I see a lot of new players (I was one too) that start finding success by playing tight. The problem becomes that as a tournament progresses they continue to play tight and the cards don't come leaving them with a short stack. As a the blinds and antes move up, hands that were not playable become playable. You have to loosen up. For me, I'm looking to go all in with 15-20 bb. You are going to find that this amount is usually enough to make most stacks fold, regardless of my holdings. I'm not saying go nuts and all-in UTG +1 with A7, but I very well would shove from the button with a very wide range of hands that play well just for the blinds.

You really need to play for 1st place. Don't be scared, you have to take more strategic chances in order to stay ahead of the blinds.

 

[chng1t]

When you have 10bb you should go all in, no raise, no call, all in or fold.
If 50 bb's stack raises and you will go all in, he will always call as it is profitable for him with at least 60% from his range. So you must have a hand. Even AJo or 66 are good. GL

 

[I2jr]

every day I play I try to keep improving my quality of play that's true, I'm learning both oponontes and variances that you can deploy on the table and learn from what is on the web and others, but it happens that there players who constantly go all in with mediocre cards or bad and maybe one apply what they learned correctly so to speak not play and they hopefully acrecentan their boats and then it is very difficult to trace, my question is what should be done in these cases ?

 

[I2jr]

good thank you very much to all and hope someone can answer my question, and thank you very much from all the camonidad, I retire for today should go to pursue my study have very good afternoon and rest of the day until tomorrow and administrators thanks

 

[fly2tsky]

be patience & play tight agressively. AA might not secure a win for you but thing about it widely: you r playing to learn lessons.

 

[skaterick]

most of the books on tournament poker cover situations like this one . get a few of them ! there are so many factors to consider that trying to answer in one or two sentences trivializes the problem .

 

[roddypra]

high pairs is very difficult you back. If you have an AA in hand, you already get in pre flop with an advantage of 80% of hands. What can make me give up a high pair, is you go into a tournament and have freerool on a table 7 giving all in. His chance was 80%, falls to 20%. And anyone can hit a consequence, a flush, etc. The most suitable even for big pairs is to go in one against one.

 

[Moonchild]

I see a lot of questions on how to play with 10 or less big blinds. In your situation, the answer is your going to get called with about any 2 cards, shove all-in and maybe you will get lucky, often not.

The real question you need to answer is not how to play short stacked but why did you end up in that situation? I see a lot of new players (I was one too) that start finding success by playing tight. The problem becomes that as a tournament progresses they continue to play tight and the cards don't come leaving them with a short stack. As a the blinds and antes move up, hands that were not playable become playable. You have to loosen up. For me, I'm looking to go all in with 15-20 bb. You are going to find that this amount is usually enough to make most stacks fold, regardless of my holdings. I'm not saying go nuts and all-in UTG +1 with A7, but I very well would shove from the button with a very wide range of hands that play well just for the blinds.

You really need to play for 1st place. Don't be scared, you have to take more strategic chances in order to stay ahead of the blinds.

I totally agree!

If you need something to hold on to when to shove other than with hands like AA, KK, QQ, AK, AQ and AJ suited , you can use charts, like this: http://www.pushfoldcharts.com/fullring/#bb6 ...

 

[I2jr]

With less than 30 blinds it is favorable to play good cards or possible average pairs to push the all in is true, it is also good to stay above the big 30 blinds, but it is difficult with players who maybe go all in with anything, me I will armare of patience and I will continue learning of the questions that I have as criterion and the opinions of others that help me to grow at poker level thanks to all

 

[Dan Perkins]

big stack against small stack

good info on this subject thank you all. it is good to see that I play the small stack the right way.

 

[WillinNewHaven]

Ten BB versus Fifty

Today playing a tournament followed the advice given to me here on the web. Accomplish go further than usual. What happened to me was that other players began to make his big stack and could no longer steal blinds or make folded. My stack was much reduced and only wait for a good hand to go all-in. Today my serious question, what strategy to use in cases where the opponents have more than 50 blind and I less than 10?

Short stack play is like the end-game in chess, rather automatic. Your opponent's stack size only matters to the extent that it changes your estimation of his or her range.

If he is acting first and he raises, you have to decide whether you are ahead of his range or at least are not dominated because she isn't going to fold to your re-raise. This article https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...x3aWxscmVpY2hwb2tlcnxneDo2YTViYzVkYWY5NDU1ZDE might be useful.

If you are acting first and you think you have some fold equity, you can widen your range somewhat but you still need an above-average hand if he is going to call with any two. And some big stacks will. Ten BB is a larger fraction of his stack than it seems to you and he should fold some of the time but you have to decide if she sees it that way.

 

[skavenger]

Man, in these cases I prefer to go to open shove with top of the range ... not to expect anything from 10 BBs, depending on the tournament structure and everything ...

 

[luiaguila]

The shit leave it in another place since you can be aggressive with bad hands to steal chips having your few but before it will depend on how you see the table to you if the table sees you as a weak player they will pay you remember to create an image Strong player and opportunities will come

 

[9peso]

Must play agressive with A or K on hand, because ante can milk your stack.

 

[marinaki85]

Having a short stack means that you have less room to make plays at the poker table. With a short stack, most of the action will be taking place on the preflop and flop betting rounds.so think about it...

 

[chemdawg42]

Usually you're just going to jam with any two high cards. At <10 BB you have very little fold equity and if there are antes you're not going to see a ton of orbits, so just stick it in with high cards and hope you take down the blinds or double up.

 

[antonis32123]

Don't ever leave yourself blind bleeding all the time , even if you're card dead for a long time , find a way , if a villain with larger stack in position is bullying you all the time try resist with a good hand , try steal blinds when you are in position with or without good hands , semi bluffing or bluffing , the same on the board if you don't hit any pair or sth better .
Don't leave your chips being ''eaten'' by foes who bluff you all the time . When your blinds come to 10 is late , then it's shove time , shove with any good hand either the big stack has raised before you or not , you don't have choice , he is playing a lot of sh** cards/wide range so with a good paint card or Ax I would bet you would be ahead of him in terms of odds .
Choose your opponents and your cards wisely and Play aggressively . The rest will come .The same problem I had/have . If you're near to 20 blinds don't wait until youre at 12 , play aggressively with no hesitation , at least that's what I do