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Originally Posted by jojobinks IMO, 100Xbb is too deep for players that are fishy. if you're concerned about them losing too much and not coming back, shorter stacks are better. guys that don't know how to lay a hand down should NOT be playing deep stacks unless they don't care about money. |
Oh yeah, for a bunch of beginners or even a friendly game, absolutely. Guess I should clarify that I've heard 100x as a rule of thumb if you're in a casino NL game.
But again, with the nature of a NL game, it almost doesn't matter what you start out with. If it's short stacks, you're going to have a bunch of bust-out/rebuys and the stacks will eventually get deep. I lost a $70 pot playing .25/.50. In another game I played in, a guy dropped 5 hundy playing .50/1. The longer a game goes on, the bigger problem this will become as more money keeps getting added to the table.
Like I said before, if you're really concerned about things getting out of hand and you expect the game to go on for several hours, I highly recommend just making it a limit game. You can play 1/2 or 2/4 even, still be able to make it "worthwhile" stakes, but limit some of the downside loss potential.
