Great questions – keep an eye on the mailbag (published every Thursday) for my answers!

Villain here had JT. You think he would have folded that to a flop shove getting 3:1? Not that we’d mind if he did – he’d be getting the right odds to call against our actual hand – but I sure wouldn’t expect it. In fact I don’t think Villain is ever folding after check-raising half of Hero’s stack on this board.

Yep, that’s what I meant – fixed the OP, thanks!

Actually it was Professional No Limit Hold ‘Em by the same authors that really addressed these concepts…In SSNL (which is a better book overall imo) they touch on it but the other book goes into more depth on these specific issues.

i’ve asked this question on 2+2 but didn’t receive a proper answer… so, if my stack is below average, is it time for aggressive all ins/raises, assuming we are around 10-20BB? when do you start feeling a little safe, when you are around double other people’s stacks at your table or double the average in the field?

Good analysis. I regularly play these short stacked tourneys at my local casino. We only start with 6000 in chips, the blinds start at 25/50 but double every 20 minutes except for one level where they go from 400/800 to 500/1000. I have a regular debate with one of the dealers regarding what point you need to shove regardless or your cards. I believe that once I have ten big blinds or less, which comes up frequently with these structures, I need to shove regardless or my holdings. He argues that because everyone is comparably short stacked I can afford to let my stack get smaller waiting for better holdings. Should the low M of my opponents make me shove more judiciously, or do you feel both the dealer and I are being too conservative and I should shove any chance I get until I have a larger stack? Thanks.