Beat by higher flush

I was pretty small stacked I thought I could isolate the limper and shove with some kind of draws or pairs. the flop came both checked to me so i went all in , was this a bad move?

Never ever sit at a cashtable with just 15bb. Refill up to 100bb or leave. Period.

Nothing sane to say about the hand because of this

Is this like a well known rule your talking about? I’ve never heard of this I thought you were supposed to play Short Stack Strategy when you get low ? Should I be re-filling at what point like 50bb, and just keep track of losses in notes ?

Originally posted by killacasey
Is this like a well known rule your talking about? I’ve never heard of this I thought you were supposed to play Short Stack Strategy when you get low ? Should I be re-filling at what point like 50bb, and just keep track of losses in notes ?

Yeah, it is. Always auto-rebuy to 100BB so you can win the max if you get it in good.

You don't keep track of the losses in a session, that's bad for your mental state .
Afterwards, you could check what happened to your bankrole if you like... or not. I check my losses/winning maybe once a month or so

Is a well known rule and the SSS is old school and not possible anymore on PokerStars, because than you should start with 20bb on a full ring table. Now is the Big Stack Strategy (BSS) the most commen strategy. A Strategy that could still work for you is the Mid Stack Strategy (MSS). I think it's smart to read our MSS and BSS articles to learn more about it.

Cheers,
SDK1987

Originally posted by SDK1987
Is a well known rule and the SSS is old school and not possible anymore on PokerStars, because than you should start with 20bb on a full ring table. Now is the Big Stack Strategy (BSS) the most commen strategy. A Strategy that could still work for you is the Mid Stack Strategy (MSS). I think it's smart to read our MSS and BSS articles to learn more about it.

Cheers,
SDK1987

Nobody plays the SSS anymore? I read articles about it on the site sometime ago and also seen an interview with Phil helmuth talking about how to play it. Has theory evolved since then and came to the conclusion it’s not viable , is that what you mean?

And don’t we still have to play SSS once in a while when short stacked in tourneys or whatever. It seems like a decent strategy because you can force big stacks out of a hand when their scared of your all ins ? I don’t know just asking questions to learn

short stack and big stack strategy applies more to tournaments i would think and doesn't really apply to cash games.It's advisable to have auto top up to 100bb for cash games.

When I say SSS I was referring to 40bb, isn’t the term “small stack” subjective to who you ask some might give different answers? Forgive me for not knowing, I just started playing poker and studying again but the last time I was doing so SSS had an article on this website which I studied and had no reason to believe it wasn’t still viable. From info I’ve gathered from other sources I am confused because some say it is personal preference because with more money at the table it is fact that you can win more but on the other side of the coin with less money at the table you can lose less, and with a large amount of losing players at the micro stakes this doesn’t seem like the worst idea, maybe even protecting bankroll in a way? Bad players could stack off over and over with worse hands no?

I do think it's a personal preference to play short stack like 40-50BB (and not 15BB like in this hand).

Some problems I could think of when playing a small stack:
Sometimes, You can't bet enough to deny people the potodds they need to call.
Sometimes, people can't call you because they can't win enough from, mostly with setmining and drawing.
You can't really bluff. On the micro's people will call anything vs a small stack. Bluffing is a bad idea on the micro's anyway, but vs a small stack you have even less chance of succes.

On the other hand, you will get less respect on tables bc of your short stack, this might be a good thing e.g. people might call your valuebet all-ins looser because they are cheaper or they look at you as being a fish.

Still, playing as low as 15BB is a bad idea.

Hey man great answer thank you

I figured playing with 14bb wasn’t ideal but I only uploaded the minimum and didn’t really have the money to keep topping up while im learning, so if I lose my stack I back out and come back when I feel fresh again, With 10$ I didn’t have money to keep using auto top up. I find it easier to keep track of my loses and not lose too much at one time by individual buy ins when I’m so low. I know with 10$ I probrably shouldn’t be at micros at all but I’m learning and getting better as long as I don’t lose everything I can keep playing and learning