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30-50BB stacks: Here, big cards are still what it's about, but here you can start using SPR theory, as it's very easy to hit a target SPR (say 4 against your average player) at this size stack, with the intention of getting it in by the end when you have TP or overpair. You can also limp PP late, and maybe even other speculative hands if the table is loose-passive. You can't profitably take any preflop heat with these though. Position is more important, but still not THAT important, card strength is still the more significant issue in the main (IMO). These are usually 3 or 4-street games.


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Thanks for posting this. In many games, 30-50 BB is something of a sweet spot strategy, where you make money off the LAGs by playing tight with big cards (ie aiming for tptk and your looser opponents will never quite have the right odds for their pps/ scs) - but 35 BB still leaves enough betting room to isolate weaker players and rob them with steals and c-bets etc.

But I'm interested - with say 40 BB, if you are say 2 or 3 off the button, would you open raise with 22-66? Or is KT > 44 with these stacks?

With 30-50 BB position does seem to really matter, not so much when you hit the flop because you're not folding tptk without very good reason. But being oop with stuff like AQ and missing the flop gets awkward. c-betting can sometimes commit you to the pot with nothing more than overs. Basically sizing 3 bets and c-bets with these stacks is quite an art form, but obv profitable if you get it right.