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Originally Posted by PokahBlows
Most people play deepstacks ****ty. When your so deep and everyone is short the fish have the advantage unless you are 3betting relentlessly.
My point is, that we play low stakes deep stacks are not an advantage. Unless you know what your doing. Like 3betting light getting villains to make mistakes in 3bet pots, R/F for value, double barreling and betting draws aggressively. If your not doing any of that a deep stack is not your friend.
If your sitting on 250bbs and just 2betting to 20/25 then you open yourself up to lose big pots of your money. Especially vs bad players, you will make light calls and don't b/f or r/f because your priced in.
I completly disagree with u sir. Most people do play terribly with deep stacks, but I feel that I am very good with a deep stack (I can make folds which most people can't make and I almost always get max value). The fact that most people play terrible with a deep stack is one of the reasons I buyin deep, people just spew money deep alot. I dont feel like arguing about the strategy part (I agree with SeaULater), but I have played with a deep stack in both shortstack and deep stack games and I have a beat both with a significant hourly that wouldnt be possible if I had a short-stack.
Hands like this demonstrate why having a deep stack is advantagous if u know how to play it
Stacks
Hero (CO): $800
Villain (Straddle for $5): Covers
Hero is dealt KTo
2 callers, Hero calls, blinds call, Villain checks
Flop is TT4ss (pot=$30)
Villain donks $10, MP calls, Hero raises to $40, Villain calls, MP calls
Turn is a 4
checks around
River is a Ks (pot=$150)
Villain leads for $150, MP folds, Hero raises to $400, Villain ships for $755, Hero calls
Villain shows T9o and hero scoops
My raising range OTR is KT and quads exclusivly. Villain had 0 equity vs my range so he pretty much gave me a $600 donation. This would not be possible if I did not buyin deep.