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feitr
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Ok so here is my problem...i really struggle in a HU match once i am at a 2:1 advantage (or more) and the short stack starts to shove everything. Smart players realise that once they are down a certain # of chips they no longer have a chance of outplaying you post flop so basically everything becomes a shove. Now it is all fine and dandy to say that you should wait for decent cards before calling, but in the meantime you are giving away blinds and letting them catch up...to the point that if you now decide to call an all in you are in SERIOUS trouble if you lose.
So just wondering what the strats ppl use vs short stack shovers. I normally raise ATC (apart from total total crap which i fold) preflop, but once i get a nice advantage and they start shoving i stop raising because you can't be giving them free extra chips. If i have them <600 or so, i normally put them all in for alot of the hands when i am on the button, and in the BB fold unless i get a decent hand. And i normally end up having to fold crap from the button or im just handing them half the blind.
But all too often i end up calling with a goodish hand like K8 and they have like QT and end up hitting a card (it's not much more than a coin flip). And all of a sudden the 800 short stack has the chip advantage.
Yesterday i had a game where in all seriousness i got this guy to <700 chips 4 times. Each time we were all in he won, even tho i had an overcard each time and in 2 of the 4 times i had 2 overcards (no pps). Then finally the blinds are way up and i have to shove with QT and he has AK and wins his 5th all in in a row. Now sure that is an extreme situation, but i often feel like WTF CAN I DO when i constantly outplay a person to get over a 2:1 chip advantage and in one all in it is all erased (and often worsened).
Any tips would be much appreciated.
Just thought of something...would non-turbo be better? At least then you have alot more time to wait for hands as there is no problem letting him go all in to take 30 in chips as opposed to 90 etc.
So just wondering what the strats ppl use vs short stack shovers. I normally raise ATC (apart from total total crap which i fold) preflop, but once i get a nice advantage and they start shoving i stop raising because you can't be giving them free extra chips. If i have them <600 or so, i normally put them all in for alot of the hands when i am on the button, and in the BB fold unless i get a decent hand. And i normally end up having to fold crap from the button or im just handing them half the blind.
But all too often i end up calling with a goodish hand like K8 and they have like QT and end up hitting a card (it's not much more than a coin flip). And all of a sudden the 800 short stack has the chip advantage.
Yesterday i had a game where in all seriousness i got this guy to <700 chips 4 times. Each time we were all in he won, even tho i had an overcard each time and in 2 of the 4 times i had 2 overcards (no pps). Then finally the blinds are way up and i have to shove with QT and he has AK and wins his 5th all in in a row. Now sure that is an extreme situation, but i often feel like WTF CAN I DO when i constantly outplay a person to get over a 2:1 chip advantage and in one all in it is all erased (and often worsened).
Any tips would be much appreciated.
Just thought of something...would non-turbo be better? At least then you have alot more time to wait for hands as there is no problem letting him go all in to take 30 in chips as opposed to 90 etc.
