In a tournament, playing the short stack is an unenviable position There’s no use in cursing the player who gave you a bad beat or kicking yourself for making a bad play; you’re short-stacked and you need to get chips fast or your tournament chair will be empty.

Your best move is to wait for some premium cards and go all in. At this time you should be thinking you are all-in or you fold. If you can see a flop for a bargain price, go ahead, but only if your cards are strong enough to call a raise. The rest of the table will try to take advantage of your short stack and play aggressively to bully you out of the hand.

Take advantage of players that you know to be tight when you’re the small stack. Even when playing against really tight opponents, betting everything may cause them to fold. As the short stack player on the table no pot is too small.

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