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This is something that I frankly don't understand.
We have guys on this site like pokey & Cry Me A River who make masterful posts again and again that diligent members can read, discuss and use to become skilled poker players.
And no one has a problem with that. In fact, that's exactly why we all come here. To improve our poker play.
But when it comes to short stack information, some people become down right paranoid.
Why are we afraid to help shorties improve their skills, but we bend over backward to help out full stackers?
It doesn't make sense. Either we help other players, or we don't. Either there are enough fish to feed us all, or there aren't.
To you guys who are paranoid and "hold back" in discussions of short stacking, let me ask you this:
Do you also hold back and not share everything you know in discussions of full stack poker? If that's true, would you ever pass along wrong strategy or information, so you can "keep your edge?"
good points
-yes, full stackers hold back IMO, but that is kind of a side issue
-I've held back for a long time because of what I'm afraid will happen to the games if everything is just out there. I'm beginning to think it would cause an influx of shortstackers that might force the sites to raise the min buyin. At least that would be my hope. But, I don't see any willingness of the sites to change the min buyin yet. We may just end up with games that have 75%+ shortstackers, which would really hurt the fullstackers potential ev.
Also, I'm surprised that some question the 5 figures. I could do it and I suck FFS. I mean, that is with the current environment and things change in the poker world all the time. But, right now, it's very possible and quite likely for anyone that takes the time.
Having seen all the fullring grinders out there, I'm amazed there are not more shorties. It's just as interesting to play as what the nits do. It pays as much if not more. It has less variance.
to get back to phydaux's point, I don't think I'm going to hold back any longer. I'm not the greatest at ss'ing, but I could definitely begin a much better discussion than anything posted here before. My other 'experiment' thread idea was to point out that it mainly is just paranoia. At least, that is the conclusion I've come to see. No one would pay to keep ss'ing info from hitting the boards. Some would pay to have it, but not that much. I'm thinking I'll post some of what I know while on vacation next week. I've already outlined 5 to 6 topics to begin the discussion.