This forum seems to be lacking posts of late, so I will share a couple of hands I played earlier today on iPoker.
Mainly short-stacks at the tables and unfortunately I do not have a hand-converter handy, so apologies in advance for that.
NL50 Cash Game Full-Ring, 10 players, and hero has a full-stack of at least $50 in both cases.

Hand 1.
Hero is UTG+2 and raises 4xBB ($2) with KQ suited in spades.
Cut-off (with $18) flat calls. The button & both blinds fold.
Pot = $4.75, and the flop comes down 9d, 4s, 3s giving hero the second nut-flush draw & 2 overcards.
Hands-up, and hero makes a c-bet of $3.25 and gets raised by villain to $7.
Pot is now $15, the call costs $3.75, and villain has $9 behind.

Hero has just seen villain arrive at the table and then double-up his short-stack in about 5 hands by sucking out after getting all-in PF with A9os, versus AKs (another short-stack) and turning a 9.

Hero ??


Hand 2.
Hero is in the BB with 64os, and is looking forward to folding to any raise.
UTG ($10) flat calls. The hijack seat ($10) also calls, button folds & SB ($10) completes. Hero checks.
Pot = $2.00, 4 players, and the flop comes down Qd, 6h, 4c giving hero bottom 2-pair. The SB checks.
Hero makes a pot-sized bet of $2, UTG folds and hero gets raised by hijack villain to $5, the SB folds.
Heads-up now, the pot is now $9, the call costs $3.00, and villain has $4.50 behind.

Hero has seen nothing from villain who just arrived at the table 2 hands ago, except I do not put him on JJ+ AK or even AQ because he did not raise PF.
Looks like hero is either way in front or way behind?

Hero ??

maybe I am a bit loose but I just get it in both spots.

The first one your likly to be flipping but with the dead money in the pot makes it easy.

The second I am like not happy by folding 2 pair there v short stack just seems so weak.

Ive seen a bunch of short stackers doing that just limp in with good hands to trap when they hit top pair top kicker like AQ to double up, and they get caught.......

i dont fold 2 pairs there vs the shorty.....

Both hands I fist pump shove all in.

I love to spite call short stacks though, but in these cases I think you have by far enough equity in the pot to get all in with those hands and come out ahead in the long run.

These two hands were the reason I finished the session down about $20.
I played both in the same way, putting the short stacks all-in.
Both got called, and I lost both hands.

Hand 1 - Short Stack had JJ.
Pokerstove shows me I got my money in as 60/40 favourite against his exact hand, and around a 70/30 favourite against the range I mentally assigned him at the time.

Hand 2 - Short Stack had my worst fear, a set, namely 44.
Pokerstove shows me as an 8 to 1 dog against that hand, but versus the range I assigned him I had 75% equity.

Looking back I would not do anything different, so thanks for your comments and good luck.
Marcus.