Short Handed Strategy

[happyhornet]

I have just started playing a bit of short handed cash at .10/.25 on Boss (5 seaters), and although I feel that I am doing okay, I am still struggling with changing my mindset away from playing a patient full ring game. I am looking for any advice on starting requirements, aggression levels needed etc. I found one article on 2+2 which was useful, but I was wondering if any of you could either proffer advice or point out any good strategy articles? Cheers Guys:ok Steve

[ubermonkey1]

Re: Short Handed Strategy usually on a five seat i am raiseing pre flop with any ace,any two face cards or any pocket pair from any position with no raise in front of me. with a raise in front i will usually reraise with a 10 or better,mainly to get a better feel for their hand (were they semi stealing or do they really have a good hand) if i get callers i will be wary if i hit an ace on the flop with a rag but anything above a 10 i will call reasonable bets. apart from reraiseing with a 10 +preflop really its a similar strategy to late position in a ring game but from any position in a 5 seater:ok its always a good idea to play monsters the same way as your a7 etc ,keep to a 3 or 4x bb raise whatever the hand. peoples hand requirement will be lower so you will get more callers/raises than in a ring game and its less advantagous to slo play because of this.