[Blindcurve]

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...pick on the short stack myself if the others are leaving him alone. Of course, the ease of that depends on your relative position to the short stack...

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This is a big part of my question. The big stack isn't leaving the short stack alone; she's actively protecting and keeping the short stack alive. Any move on the short stack will have to go through one of the two other stacks. Otherwise, sure, I would have isolated and taken a coin-flippish shot at the short stack.
Since I can't attack the short stack, and I won't be able to wait very long for a premium hand, what's my next best option?

FOITNOF,
-D.