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Originally Posted by Tomark
Basically play like a nit, bet big pre (like $20 if you can get calls, or 3 bet ship), and just ship most flops.
That's pretty much exactly what my friend told me too. Keep in mind I don't play much live NLHE, but I feel like the problem there is so many flops are going to hit the villains' range harder than mine and they're not going to fold.
For example 3 limps and I raise to $20 on the button with QQ, they all call (which happens a LOT at 1/2) and the flop comes Axx or Kxx. Surely I'm not shipping that flop? And 25% of my buyin is already gone.
Or for another example 5 limpers, I raise to $25 from the SB with AK, 4 callers and I whiff the flop. Surely I'm not shipping that flop? No 1/2 player is going to fold even third pair for the measly little bit I have left in my stack with the pot that big. And now I've kissed about 30% of my buyin goodbye.
Of course, the flip side is that if I flop an overpair and shove, nobody's going to fold 3rd pair so I'm basically guaranteed at least a doubleup as long as nobody flopped a rare monster. And if I have AK and pair either my A or my K, worse As and Ks aren't folding.
Are those just possibilities a shortstacker has to accept?