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You Must Consider Your Stack Size in Holdem Poker

by: JohnSplash
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When playing no limit poker, the stack size of every player at the table is critical. Let's explore a few examples of how these decisions are affected by stack size. Hopefully, after identifying these situations, you will see the value in noting your opponents stack sizes.

Here is a very simple example of where stack size affects a decision. The game is NL $1/$2. You are in the small blind and everyone has folded. You have $500 and your hand is 44. If the big blind has only $25 in his stack, you could just push all in. You could even bet $8 or $10 planning to play to the end. This would surely be profitable.

Let's see what happens if we change the big blinds stack to $500. Pushing all in wouldn't be such a good idea. Even though you would win the blinds often, getting called spells disaster. You will normally lose $500 trying to steal $3.

How about this. Would you put $100k in there for the $3. If the only hand that calls you is A,A (1/220 times), this is what happens. You win three dollars 219 times and then, bam, you go broke.

If you could convince the guy with a $25 stack to only play A,A you can push all in and make money consistently. You will show a nice profit even without ever winning when he has A,A.

Now, you get 3,3 and have a $500 stack. The game is still $1/$2 and you just call. THe big blind chooses to raise to $10. His stack makes all the difference in what you will do.

Against his $15 chip stack you could argue for any option. So, now you go by what you know of this players game, to determine a move. With $40 you can fold pretty easily.

WIth this hand, you need to get that 3rd three to be confident to win and that is only a one out of eight times event. And, you are only going to make five times the $8 if you had called. Given a $500 stack, you can easily call and when you hit your hand, you might make way more than the 8 times you need to for long term profits.

Holding 6,7 suited is a good hand when the table is full of chips. You can make big bucks when this type of hand hits. When everyone is short stacked this hand just can't get paid enough on the few times it actually hits.

When you have a big pocket pair, like A,A or K,K you can find yourself in some tough situations. This hits home when when everyone has a lot of chips. These hands can be tough to fold after the flop and can be very costly when your opponent hits and you don't.

If we turn this around the A,A and K,K hands do great in the short stacked situations. With preflop betting and a good hand you will rarely fold. These are pretty routine conditions to play.

When everyone has radically different stack sizes this can get complex. Regardless, when you want to bet, you have to consider the stack size of each player involved.

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