Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
The “buy-in short” bad player:
The “buy-in short” bad player: This guy is looking to keep it conservative, but likely doesn't know exactly what he's doing. If you haven't seen him do anything yet, then assume he's conservative and will have tight shoving ranges of: 77+,AQo+,AQs+. If he's limped into some pots, or called some pots and been at all active, then he's likely bad and you can assume a somewhat wider shoving range.
The “pro” short stacker:
The “pro” short stacker: You'll have your hands full as this person is looking to play some fun break-even poker. Depending on your stakes, and if he's good at all, he might make some money. You'll have to keep somewhat tight calling ranges against him though.