SHORT STACKS
Short stacks are 6 to 15 BBs. You'll have to be careful, since they can't afford to sit back and wait for good hands while other players knock each other out. They also have enough chips to be dangerous. You will be behind against a lot of hands they push with on the one hand; but a short stack' push always gives you good odds, on the other.
Take a look at this example: You have 15 BBs and steal raise to 3 BBs from the CO. The BU pushes to 8 BBs and the blinds fold. Now the pot the is 1.5 + 3 + 8 =12.5 BBs, and you have to invest 5 BBs more. This gives you 2.5:1 pot odds. You, therefore, "only" have to win 32% of the time for the call to be profitable. (You have to win 28% of the time to break even in chips, but must compensate for a 4% loss in the ICM). As you can see, a steal against a shorty effectively forces you to risk your whole stack if they push, even if you are far behind their range.
this is part of an silver article.
My doubt is: How he gets to 28%?
heh! thank you!
