Isolating with the Gigabet Dilemma (long)

[Freudian]

I think you are vastly overrating how much you can control who has what kind of stack and where they are on the table (even moreso online, where players are constantly moved). And taking -EV plays to arrange it that way seems even more pointless (for obvious reasons). I think you should have stuck with the "I can accumulate more chips when I am big so I will take -EV plays to get big" theory.

I do agree that when you find yourself in a favourable table position, it is definately an edge.