Always short-stacked near the FT

[Leandro Veiga]

I play regularly and generally with safer hands, but that makes me most of the time always short stacks, so I can hardly be in the top 3, what do I need to change in the game?

 

[Alex Houngan]

In the game, it is not only the set of card hands that is important, but also the position at the table, what opponents are, what stacks they have, etc.

 

[perrywh]

Play to win! Not to just get in the money.

 

[Macaroon]

I understand the question, as this happens to me a lot (and no doubt to a lot of others). I have come to the conclusion that when you do have a fairly good stack after several rounds of careful play, you have to be more aggressive in making the first bet. If you don't, you know you can't win any chips, and the increasing blinds cut down your stack more quickly than in the earlier rounds. So you'll have to go with QJ, or A 10, or 66, which you might normally not open with.

On a single table of nine (which I think you are referring to), start taking chances when there are five left - remember all the others also want to get in the top three. Pay particular attention to the medium-sized stacks coming after you, who can afford to fold. The danger players are the big stacks, and the short stacks who need to call betsto stay in the game, hoping to get lucky. Nothing you can do about that!

In a multi-table tournament be more aggressive a few spots before the bubble, especially with connectors.

You have to take chances sometimes, or be blinded down so far you are crippled.

 

[tabaskichhh]

You need to review your areas of opening cards and 3Bet pots to simply table without playing the flop, as well as playing sb in bb

 

[enno]

I seem to remember in the old days someone said all you need is a chip and a chair.
This probably wouldn’t work today.

 

[MK_]

I think you probably already know the answer to your question based on your statement that

"I play regularly and generally with safer hands, but that makes me most of the time always short stacks",

I'd guess your range is probably pretty tight, so maybe open up a bit to build a stack to work with,

look for spots to steal, commit a little blind on blind violence...., play your game😎👍

 

[Ruslan L]

I play regularly and generally with safer hands, but that makes me most of the time always short stacks, so I can hardly be in the top 3, what do I need to change in the game?

All you can do is try to play more aggressively, i.e. more risky with a bigger range. The fact that you don't play with junk shows that you are patient and disciplined, and now you just need to increase your hand ranges a little bit.

 

[eetenor]

I play regularly and generally with safer hands, but that makes me most of the time always short stacks, so I can hardly be in the top 3, what do I need to change in the game?

GTOWIZARD has a free version that allows you to see preflop hand ranges at all stack depths---So take a look at the ranges for hands 40bb and less--- Compare those ranges with yours to see where you maybe missing opportunities to steal pots or build bigger pots in late game stages.