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Originally Posted by DalTXColtsFan
Even if you only get one caller it makes the short-stack strategy harder to play, because, for example, if you start the hand with 40bb, raise to 5bb UTG and only get one caller, you still have 35bb behind and the pot (after rake) is only 10bb - you're not shortstacking there, you're playing at least two more streets of poker.
Your over stating that problem. It might take two bets but there still isn't a lot of poker. With SPR < 5 it's almost always just a question if you are committing on the flop or not. Your committing with any good top pair or better, most good draws and rarely with a bluff. Most other hands just give up.
Minraise opens are always a bad idea. It's the sort of "win a lot of little pots but lose the large ones" strategy that is -EV in the long run.
Limp/reraise depends on how aggressive the table is. Every now and then you will run across a pathological raiser who can't resist squeezing limpers. At that sort of table the limp/reraise works as an open. At more typical tables it's a bad idea because there are so few hands you would open limp that it becomes obvious what your doing. You only need one aware player limping in from LP to make limp/reraise bad.
At a typical low stakes table with a short stack just open your value and be done with it. So few opponents will understand what your doing that having a complex strategy isn't worth the trouble and the EV your giving up from moving away from straight value. If the table is so weak that your opens are not getting called then open up your range slightly and mix in a few bluffs.