Re: FR Theory: Random thoughts on different stack sizes and playing th
I like to think of position in terms of the value of the button. The button is always the most valuable position on the table. Seat values have more or less a hockey stick shape. Pretty flat until the hijack and rising sharply from there. The values of those seats is also strongly influenced by effective stack sizes. Small stacks, the value of the button is more or less the value of your hand, but you get to see what the other guys do, so some value. The value increases exponentially from there. Once you pass 250BB, it should be a difficult decision to fold the button in all but the most obvious of cases. The value of the CO and hijack increase also, but not nearly as much unless there is a weak player on the button. Deep stacked, the quality of the player and the quality of the position start to outweigh the values of the actual cards.
So, short stacked the hockey stick is laying on it's side. Deep stacked the hockey stick is blade down and ready to play.
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