playing short handed turbo STT's - general strategy advice

[robilaruk]

having been inspired by GaF's post elsewhere have decided to go back to STT's and play short handed turbo's - it is not going well this afternoon as I keep finding myself in these situations (see below) I am folding hand after hand after hand and the blinds get to stupid levels and the following hand happens - am interested to know if folks would shove like I have and also if they would make the same call the villian made against me? Honest answers please - as I need to get my head around these game formats :ok cheers Damo ***** Hand 743874657 ***** 100.00/200.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 06 September 2007 15:55:47 5 Player $5 NL Speed (Real /Tournament ) Seat 1: dragon1953 (3160.00) Seat 2: guedinstap (3035.00) Seat 5: robilaruk (1305.00) dragon1953 post SB 100.00 guedinstap post BB 200.00 ** Deal ** robilaruk [Jh, Qd] *** Bet Round 1 *** robilaruk All-in 1305.00 dragon1953 Fold guedinstap Call 1305.00 guedinstap [5d, Ad]

[PAULM03]

Re: playing short handed turbo STT's - general strategy advice What range of hands are you playing? Remember you don't get the time to sit about waiting for the premium hands, short handed I usually play any pocket pair, and any connectors or suited. You must also be aggressive on the flop as you'll haemmorhage chips if you let people push you off pots too easily. Not sure I'd have called with what he did, but I would have been tempted to shove with what you had. I started playing short handed again a few months ago (although not much turbo) and it really gave my game a new lease of life. With half the cards in play in the early stages I was a lot more confident about loosening up and playing a good range of hands, whereas I'd become obsessively tight playing full-handed and sort of forgotten how to play really. All in all I'd say short handed games (particularly turbo) suit a looser aggressive game. You will go on bad losing streaks as the variance is a bit more important but if you;re making the right decisions and staking properly you'll see them through no probs.