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When you play poker on FullTiltPoker.net there is no way you’re going to win all the time, even the best poker players in the world have to lose. When you start losing and you become the short stack at the table you’re going to need to change your strategy so that you can have a chance at coming back. Playing the short stack isn’t fun, but you need to have patience if you want a shot at coming back in the game. There are some simple tips you need to follow when you’re the short stack and I’m going to show you them below.

* Your hand selection is going to need to become tighter and you’re going to need to fold some hands that you might normally play. The reason you need to do this is because when you’re a short stack you don’t have the luxury of having any chips to play with.

* If you’re thinking about raising you poker stars hand pre-flop at PokerStars make sure you’re prepared to stick with the hand and push your chips in after the flop. You can’t raise a pot and then fold after the flop when you’re the short stack, if you’re worried about doing this you’re better off pushing all-in pre-flop rather then just raising some of your remaining stack.

* While you’re sitting patiently folding your cards you should be waiting for a good hand to make a move and push all-in. When you’re a short stack you should rarely call a pot and you should never raise unless you’re raising all-in. A lot of times when you push you won’t even get a call and you’ll be able to steal the pot and increase your next all-in bet.

* If there is a big raise in front of you and you’re debating going all-in make sure that you actually have a hand. A Full Tilt Poker player usually isn’t going to make a big bet when the short stack is in the hand and still needs to act unless they have a pretty good hand so be careful going all-in when there is a big bet in front of you.

* Many players will look for the chance to triple up or more in pots and you shouldn’t adapt this attitude. With 3 or more players in the pot the chances of you winning become slimmer. If you’re the short stack your best bet is to take your time and double up a couple times against single opponents. Keep this in mind when playing and don’t just throw your remaining chips in the pot because you’re getting great pot odds, because you probably are a big dog in the hand.

As you can see when you’re short stacked at the poker table almost all of your options disappear and you’ll basically be folding or going all-in until you’re eliminated or back in contentions. You don’t need to rush your all-in, but you will need to make a move before the blinds eat up your remaining stack.