In front of various factors which influence gains and losses in Texas Hold'em, considering well the value of your stakes in a tournament of cash game is important. In long term, the various losses and gains which you realize will indeed have consequences on your behaviour. According to observations made, to play "short stack”, that is to bet a lower buy-in than the authorized entails, make fewer decisions to take. Therefore, you stop often in preflop and flop, and much more rarely on turn or on river. On the other hand, for players who are used to bet high stacks, 100xBB (Big blinds) for example, as soon as they have fewer chips, even in front of other players who arrange fewer chips than themselves, they feel at once ill at ease.The advantage of playing short stack (10xBB or 20xBB) is to have only a single decision to make, the "push / fold". Therefore, either you bet or you push, it does not change anything. But such strategy does not mean either pushing your stack in any hand. In the book "No Limit Hold'em" written by David Sklansky, a calculation of the number of the proportional stack in every hand is proposed by the author.
By opting for a short stack game, it is also necessary for you to adapt your play. On a table of six players, you have to play aggressive, entailing a "light" poker game on behalf of your opponents assuring you of this fact payment more numerous. Each time a player raises, you have to tighten even more your game. And in front of other players making small blinds, you can send or pay even if your hand is limited enough.
If you want to adapt yourself to short stacks, you have to learn a real habit. It is necessary for you to know how to raise at any situation. In front of a player who raises in 3x or 4xBB, you should give up it in most of cases. A big raise means a big pot at the end; on the other hand, you will not win often more than blinds. Therefore, it is essential to consider well all these factors in order to get a positive balance at the end.
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