Originally Posted by Fnord

The larger the stacks are relative to the blinds the more hands like suited connectors and small pairs go up in value and hands like AK, AA, AJ etc. go down in value, as it becomes more difficult to just push most of your chips in on the flop and expect a worse hand to call.

My guess is Party does 50x BB buy-in for NL to attempt to "juice" the game and give newbies a chance not to bust out (their bankroll) too fast. However, the unintended consequence is that at in a full ring game they made it too damn profitable to sit at 8 tables at once waiting to ram and jam the shit out of big cards.

As a better player, you *want* tall stacks, and to keep 'em tall.