PLAYING WITH A SHORT STACK

The most important thing is not to panic. People get short-stacked and think they need to keep pushing allin all the time. But it’s all relative to the blinds. If you’ve got more than 10 times the big blind, you’re good. You can still make the standard raise. If you’re less than 10 times the big blind, you will get called and need to push all-in. The hands you get involved in also become more open. Because you need to double up, you may push all-in with, say, J-10 suited, which you’d never normally do.