Stacking your bets.

[cpk]

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In limit games stack the entire big bet or place 2 stacks of equal amounts.

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Most dealers I know would prefer that you stack these in units of 3-5, depending on what makes sense.

[DeeMo]

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Most dealers I know would prefer that you stack these in units of 3-5, depending on what makes sense.

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What if you're playing 4/8, 40/80 or 100/200...those cases preferred stacks are 2, 4 or 8.

[cpk]

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What if you're playing 4/8, 40/80 or 100/200...those cases preferred stacks are 2, 4 or 8.

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Stacks of 4 are way better than either stacks of 2 or 8.

Concordantly, if you're playing 10/20, a turn bet can just be splashed as 4 chips, but if you raise you should stack them neatly in groups of 4.

[bav]

It's just not-that-hard! If you're playing a 3-chip game, stack 'em in 3's. If you're playing a 4-chip game, stack 'em in 4's. If you're playing NL, the bet size determines the stacking size (e.g. $35 is 3+3+1, $75 is 5+5+5, $120 is 5+5+5+5+4). And yeah, if you feel like "splashing" do it with 5 chips or less and keep your splash away from the main pot. And to save what little is left of my hair, please when you go all-in with ~$300 of uncounted reds in front of you, do not just shove 'em forward into a giant pile.

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Most dealers (like most players) just want to get in as many hands/hour as possible. It should be clear when betting in a messy pile is going to slow things down (the dealer has to count your bet, in limit or NL, so he will often have to stack it for you).

I usually play in a 4 chips/8 chip structure. Calling a flop bet, closing the action, you can practically splash the pot with your 4 chips and no one will care. However, if you 3-bet the turn with a big messy pile, you are going to slow things down considerably - people won't be sure if you are re-raising or just calling the raise, the dealer will have to make sure you actually put out 24 chips, etc...

[AngusThermopyle]

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I usually play in a 4 chips/8 chip structure. ... if you 3-bet the turn with a big messy pile,


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I usually put out 8..8..8 and then split the last 8 into two stacks of 4 (so they can see the stacks are really 8).

[cpk]

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I usually play in a 4 chips/8 chip structure. ... if you 3-bet the turn with a big messy pile,


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I usually put out 8..8..8 and then split the last 8 into two stacks of 4 (so they can see the stacks are really 8).

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I slap 4 chips onto a stack of twenty and make 6 stacks of 4. Easy peasy. :P

[Wongboy]

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I usually play in a 4 chips/8 chip structure. ... if you 3-bet the turn with a big messy pile,


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I usually put out 8..8..8 and then split the last 8 into two stacks of 4 (so they can see the stacks are really 8).

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This is how the cool kids do it.

At least, thats what a cool kid told me.