Question About Short Stackers

[derekeverett]

Recently I have moved up from 10NL to 25NL. One of the things I have noticed that seems different to me is that there seems to be a lot more short-stackers.

I buy in for 100 BB and have auto-top up and auto-rebuy enabled. These guys are buying in for 40 bb and letting them selves get as low as 15-20 at times.

This isn't news to any of you I'm sure.. but they are a pain in the ass. In fact if I ever meet one in real life I'm going to bust his nose open to relieve some stress.

Anyway, they are constantly 3-betting me out of pots etc... sometimes in situations where I have an ok hand.... (AJo, 66 etc) but it's just not worth it to me to chase after their $3.50 remaining stack.

I've shoved on a couple of them when I think I'm ahead.. and have stacked a few of them.. but they still annoy me.

Am I alone here? Is there a way to deal with them that I'm not aware of? Is their strategy a sound one that I should take a look at?

Any thoughts here would be great.

P.S. Jesse if you don't answer here.. expect this question in our next session.

[Jesse Foster]

Nope you're not alone at all, they can be very annoying to deal with. After a while you will have to come to terms with them because they are everywhere these days.

The great thing about playing against them though, is that they tend to play the same strategy all the time, so you can find holes in it and exploit them. The answer, like most things, is match and hand range analysis.

We should definitely do a lesson specifically on dealing with them, because there is a lot to talk about with them.