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08-04-2007, 03:17 AM
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| | | Big Stack for NL cash game?
Is there an advantage in having the biggest stack in a NL game vs average vs small stack? |
08-04-2007, 03:34 AM
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| | | Re: Big Stack for NL cash game?
There's a lot of debate about this, and both sides have merit. If I'm playing NL with a $200 stack and some guy has a $10,000 stack, I don't mind. His decision process with his stack is going to be different than mine is with my stack, but if I'm the better player, I'm going to win money regardless of the size of his stack. Same goes the other way too. If I'm the Goliath stack and I'm the better player, I'm going to swat those flies and take their money. 
So for the individual, since the stacks play a bit differently, would you play better with a small relative stack or a huge relative stack? There's your answer. |
08-04-2007, 07:27 AM
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| | | Re: Big Stack for NL cash game?
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Originally Posted by dad604  Is there an advantage in having the biggest stack in a NL game vs average vs small stack? | Psychological advantage at best.
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08-06-2007, 03:39 AM
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| | | Re: Big Stack for NL cash game?
Even though you can reload any time in a cash game, having more chips in your stack allows you to cash in bigger if you have a deep stack hemorrhaging money and you think you can double through him. |
08-06-2007, 08:08 AM
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| | | Re: Big Stack for NL cash game?
If you are the best (or above the table average) player then yes, there is. You can win the most money when you take advantage of your opponent's mistakes.
If you are one of the least skilled players, then the short stack is to your advantage, your opponent's implied odds are lower, tending to negate their skill advantage provided you play a strategy suited to a smaller stack. |
08-20-2007, 11:58 PM
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| | | Re: Big Stack for NL cash game?
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Originally Posted by dad604 Is there an advantage in having the biggest stack in a NL game vs average vs small stack? | afcourse there is an advantage. if you are the better player that is.
everytime you push someone all in you get the most out of them. but if you are the short stack you are not getting the most out of them. |
08-21-2007, 12:30 AM
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| | | Re: Big Stack for NL cash game?
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Originally Posted by dad604 Is there an advantage in having the biggest stack in a NL game vs average vs small stack? | Big stacks have no intrinsic advantage over smaller stacks. They just have more options and require more care against other medium and large stacks. |
08-21-2007, 03:50 AM
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| | | Re: Big Stack for NL cash game?
Ask "Kid Poker" how his Million dollar stack worked out....
Stack sizes need to be played differently, and the bigger the stack, the bigger the theoretical advantage. |
08-21-2007, 09:29 AM
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| | | Re: Big Stack for NL cash game?
there is a distinct disadvantage to being the large stack, in the vast majority of normal situations.
i'd go more into it, but it's come up a million times. it seems clear to me that people have staked out positions and that the discussion has pretty well stagnated. |
08-21-2007, 09:50 AM
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| | | Re: Big Stack for NL cash game?
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Originally Posted by BigBlue Ask "Kid Poker" how his Million dollar stack worked out....
Stack sizes need to be played differently, and the bigger the stack, the bigger the theoretical advantage. | Kid poker is not an example. I know daniel and used to play with him up to about 2 months prior to him winning the WSOP braclet. daniel used to frequent the back rooms in toronto where i also used to live and frequent. i still see daniel play at the bellagio till this day when ever i go visit my friends in vegas. and you know what? daniel sucked back then and he still sucks today. he is the worst cash game player in the world. belive what you want but i know it first hand. |
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