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Originally Posted by Polarbear1955
It seems like you under estimate two things. First reducing variance for a casual player is a way of trying to make skill matters more not less. Luck averaging out in the long run has little meaning if you aren't going to play enough hands to ever reach the long run. Second a short stack player has definite advantages vs a mega stack player on certain hand types with corresponding disadvantages on other hand types. If the mega stack does not adjust properly while the short stack does they get an edge.
Thank you for the response. However, I disagree with this bolded statement as I am not following that logic. This is reducing the skill involved, not increasing it. If they are left with only making math based decisions based on stack size, pot size, EV, etc. and usually committing themselves PF or OTF, they are removing all of the more difficult decisions you need to make on later streets if they were playing much deeper. The luck involved and the results after gii is irrelevant to skill imo.