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Originally Posted by sungar78
I know we're talking about reducing variance; but isn't covering a fish still pretty important especially when the fish has late street/big money leaks as opposed to typical small/medium pot leaks?
I think Renton555 made a very good point on how fish can make different mistakes at different stack sizes. Sometimes if you are shallower you can get paid off quite easily with your value hands, whereas if you were deeper the fish would have "correctly" played more cautiously.
Personally, I still think max buying is generally the best strategy at live poker. Part of this is because I believe having a winning image is +EV because people will lose their confidence when playing against you. The other part is I think I make better decisions than a huge portion of the field. If a game is so tough that I should only be sitting with 80bbs then I should probably just go play 2/5 or go home and try to figure out what the **** is happening in season 2 of True Detective.
Nonetheless, I think buying in for ~100bbs is a much better strategy than people give it credit for because, honestly, in 2015 more than 150bbs rarely goes in without equities being thin or the hand generally being a cooler, so you might as well reduce some variance and have an easier time doubling up with bottom set.