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Old 09-17-2007, 02:54 PM
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Default Re: Who makes more mistakes- short stack or big profit stack?

In my limited experience, this is a two part answer:

A) Experienced players who know how to play big-bet poker generally make small stack mistakes... and can sometimes be hyperaggressive with bullying, but fold equity may not make this a big mistake.

B) Inexperienced players who win a fair amount early by being loose can often blow through large stacks by continuing to be too LAG.

I think short stacks are somewhat protected from their mistakes, by the cap on their losses that comes with a short stack. Odds are, those players who buy in light who are not VERY experienced with big-bet poker will make MUCH more expensive mistakes with a big stack.

The shortened odds let their small stack mistakes become less "damaging" than they would be, if their stack was larger.

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