The Cockroach Effect

By SamENole
When Adam asked me if I’d be willing to write a monthly article for pocketfives, I originally had some concerns.  Having graduated from college more than a year ago, would my writing skills be up to the task?  As a player who plays on instinct and habit, would I really be able to put my style into words?  Lastly, what topics could I write about?

After all the questions and comments I’ve received on my short stack play, it didn’t take me too long to think of a topic for my first article.  I have developed a reputation for being a cockroach when I get short stacked, both online and in live multi-table tournaments.  Sometimes I can’t decide if it’s a compliment, considering the object of poker isn’t to have the fewest chips possible for the longest period of time, but it’s something I can’t dispute.  Last November in the Foxwoods WPT, we had a starting stack of $10,000 in chips, and I managed to cash without ever having over $28,000 chips.

I’m not sure what the true definition of a short stack is but I would say it’s somewhere around…. read rest of article at PocketFives.com

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