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Old 08-09-2007, 10:49 AM
erac22 erac22 is offline
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Default Re: stopping when ahead?

If you feel you have an edge over your opponents, having a big stack increases this edge. First of all, it's intimidating, and being an intimidating figure at a poker table is usually a good thing. Also, if there are other deepstacks at the table, you have them covered, and thus you're playing inferior opponents with deeper stacks. This increases the amount of and importance of each decision made, thus increasing your edge more. However, if you are uncomfortable playing 300-1000 bb's deep, you obv don't have this edge, and should leave the table. If this is the case, i would recommend playing some meaningless (lower) stakes to practice playing deepstacked. Deepstacked nlhe is way more interesting and also more fun than playing 100bb's deep, so I'd recommend getting comfortable with it.
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