As a full-time cash-game player, I have come across many different styles and methods of playing poker. Some are good, some are bad and some are positively ugly. But without a doubt the most hideous of all is short-stacking no-limit hold’em.

Some of you tournament players may ask what possible reason I could have for hating short-stacks with such a passion. After all, short-stack play is a vital part of any solid tournament game. Well, in cash games things are done a little differently, and to be honest I’m annoyed I only have 600 words in which to convey my hatred.

For a start they are generally terrible at poker.