selective buy in

[amoeba]

Whenever somebody mentions using the Ed Miller short stack strategy on this board, there is a lot of disdain and cries of " play real poker".

If for example, you are sitting at a table filled with smart lags and dumb maniacs, I think the short stack strategy is the best.

you would be giving the smart lags a lot of implied odds with your preflop raises and be forced to make a lot of difficult decisions post flop with marginal hands. If they are decent enough, I really doubt you can get much of a read on them as to when they are pure bluffing and when they have the nuts.

Instead, I'll force them to change their game by buyin in short and going short stack. once I've doubled my stack, they should have adjusted and I can start playing normal.

If they don't adjust, I continue short stack.