[JohnG]

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1) If I'm short stacked early(say less than 1/2 starting chips) how should I be playing?

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It's irrelevant what you have lost compared to your starting stack. Depth of money is what matters.

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ramjam any draw any chance I get and pushing pre w any pair all the time and same w AK and AQ?

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Depends on the depth of money.

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and how about having sc's in late w many limpers should I be raising about half my stack to try to make a huge pot w the intent of pushing a flop with almost any kind of a draw(either getting a big stack or knocked out)?

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You should stop determining strategy based on how much of your starting stack is left.

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How about A9o in the bb w 2 limpers to you early in a tourney having a very short stack-30% of starting chips, level 3.

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How deep is the money? Who are the players? It doesn't matter whether you have 30% of your starting chips or 100%. It's how the stacks compare to the blinds that matters.

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I pushed got called by 33 big stack and lost which is fine but I'm just wondering if my action was out of line or not.

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Depends how deep the money was.