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I'm in the BB with a short stack

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That's the problem, that you're the short stack. Everybody knows that you are trying to double up and may go all-in with less than a good hand (which is what you did). So almost certainly one of the two people yet to bet was going to call your all-in.

Your bet smacks of desperation (would you have gone all-in if you had 1000 chips?), and you weren't in a desperate spot yet. The blinds are still small, there are still seven people in the game and so the blinds won't hit you that often.

The fact that people will call the all-in of the short stack with a less than good hand can work to your advantage. Be a bit more patient (you can see at least another 12 hands before you are desperate--the blinds will only hit you once in the next twelve hands) and wait for something like an A with a decent kicker, or a pair (a hand that you can win without improving). Go all-in preflop. Somebody is bound to call you, and you will probably be the favorite.

On average, you will get one of the following hands once every 8.5 deals: A9, AT, AJ, AQ, AK, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99, TT, JJ, QQ, KK, AA.

When I make this play, I am often getting called by an A with a smaller kicker (which makes you a better than 2:1 favorite), or a KQ, KJ, KT (which makes you a 3:2 favorite).

If you don't hit one of those hands, go all-in anyway, when you finally feel like you don't have a choice. You will often get lucky. But you're not at that point yet.

If someone goes all-in before you, don't call their bet unless you have a premium hand. Otherwise you are probably even money at best. You want to be the one making the decision as to when you are going to take your stand.

Don't limp into any pot. You don't have that luxury anymore. If it's good enough to limp, it's good enough to go all-in.

Also, why are you so low in chips this early in the tournament? Was it one bad hand? Or did you get involved in two or three hands that you shouldn't have? If it's the latter, perhaps patience in every part of your game will help.