# Short-stack input record

Blank private-use worksheet. Use after play, never as live assistance.
Keep completed records outside this public website repository.
Do not include other players' names or private identifying information.

Guide: https://nolankido.com/poker/short-stack-decisions/

## Smallest useful version

- Private hand label:
- My one review question:
- What I know, and the source:
- Important unknowns:

## Game state before interpreting the hand

- Variant and tournament format:
- Players dealt in; button position:
- Small blind / big blind:
- Ante amount and type (none / each player / big blind):
- Starting stacks in chips, with before/after-posting convention:
- Chips behind and live contributions already posted:
- Relevant opposing stacks, recorded separately:
- Position and known hole cards:
- Action so far, in order:
- For every raise: total raised TO and additional amount contributed:
- Players still able to act:
- Current contested pot; any side pots or uncalled refunds:
- Amount still required to call:
- Current level versus next level, without assuming stack stays unchanged:

## Tournament objective

- Chip value, prize value or a named alternative:
- Players remaining and payouts actually known:
- Who covers whom:
- Bounty structure and amounts if relevant:
- Unknown field stacks or approximate inputs:

## Reference compatibility

- Reference name, version/date and exact settings:
- Allowed actions (including any excluded limp/small-raise options):
- Table size and position convention match?
- Stacks, blind/ante, action history and objective match?
- Classification: matching inputs / approximate with named differences / not comparable
- Differences that remain:

A match of inputs does not certify solution accuracy. A mixed frequency is not
confidence. A nearby stack depth does not establish an interpolated answer.

## One comparison

- Prediction before looking:
- One input changed:
- Inputs kept fixed:
- Result observed, including units and model:
- Sensitivity or unresolved uncertainty:
- One sentence I can explain without the chart:
- Next check, or a deliberate stopping point: