So, I don't think i was playing well last night, at all, and my results reflected that.

Due to the fact that there were serious-drug-users, the police, rake, and not enough players, I wasn't too happy about being there. So, perhaps because I wasn't in my usual gleeful-spirit, I approached this table in the wrong way.

Situation:

8:30 we started 4handed w 100 each

seat 1 45-50 philipino who runs the game seems like he tries to play small pots so he can keep the game going w/o putting to much of his money on the line. overall, pretty competent

seat2 35ish woman i've played w a couple times, super loose pre in unraised pots and super-nit(who seems resigned to the fact that you must have better) post.

seat 3 25ish guy who was looking at a calculus txtbook some algebraic equation, he seemed pretty clueless about poker.

seat 4 HotQuad 23, super aggressive, usually pretty tight but gets really loose at times and always bluffy seat1 is aware of the frqt bluffing

THE PROBLEM:
I didn't expect many more players at all,so, i tried to decide how i could best play it with few plrs and not much money on the table. No one was really raising pre, and there wasn't much action post

I realize I can't wait for aces. What do you guys think?

You're saying that there were cops playing at this game along with drug users? I would never play this game again! That should fix the trouble you're having...

BTW... nice win you booked on Friday.

In this spot my preflop raising % goes way up, and my c-betting goes near 100%. And I continue continuation bets more often (c-c-bet?) on the turn. I play smaller (raise smaller prflop, c-bet smaller, bet smaller % of the pot most of the way). With short stacks you gotta realize that by just raising preflop and c-betting the flop if you pick up the pot you're taking a big chunk of their stack (similar to the end of tourneys when blinds are huge). You already know you can't wait for aces or great hands because they don't get dealt to you often enough. What you need to realize is that your opponents are in the same boat. Its alot easier to bet nothing than to call with it so hammer the table with aggression.

That being said I'm probably cashing out and going home if I'm in a 1/2 game where I have to break the table to win $300-400.

Oh the cops were there on accident... they were looking for the loud noise and illegal gambling. We told them they had the wrong place.
(that really happened)

But seriously, about the 4handed part... any suggestions?

Unfortunately I was waiting for a ride, so, cashing out early wasn't an option.

I think you're right about raising smaller pre. I was makingh large raises pre and my preflop bets were probably just bloating the pot when my holdings were not super strong against my opp ranges...

any other thoughts, anyone?

Raise every CO and button, limp SBs if you can't raise, and straddle and encourage straddling. Mississippi straddle of possible.

If you are not playing every hand against weak players 4 handed,you're doing something wrong.