Hand selection

[jack spade23]

short handed do crappy hands deserve more respect, like should you play more than 25% of your hands if there are only 5 people playing?

[Zygote]

Your question is way too vague. An attempt to answer: You do play more hands then full ring and certain hands gain more value. Although, do note that some hands lose value shorthanded as well. To go into the details of the specifics will take too long and would be too repititive because others have already addressed this issue several times. I suggest you search this forum for "starting hands" or "newbie" to find your answer.