Jared Jaffee on Short-Stack Play:

The shorter your stack, the more likely you are to get called. If you're playing in the right spot, it's not hard to find a double-up. Clearly you're going to have to pick up a hand, and you're going to have to hold up or hit the flop, but the point is that if you're super-short, getting that action is the easiest opportunity you'll have in that tournament. If people like to gamble or get their money in good, that is going to be your best opportunity to double the whole way. That gives you more incentive to pick and choose your battles, even when you're in a tough spot. At the Wynn, for example, it was day 2 and I was down to four blinds at one point with 100 people left, and I went on to finish in second place in the tournament. I wasn't very confident at that point, but many people have come back from super-short stacks to win tournaments. That's the most important thing to remember when you play in these big tournaments. -- Jared Jaffee