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Old 06-07-2006, 03:29 AM     Post subject: What are effective stacks? #1 (permalink)  
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I'vew seen the term thrown around quite a bit and don't actually know what it means.
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Old 06-07-2006, 04:11 AM #2 (permalink)  
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Lets say two players are in a pot heads up at $0.10/.25. One player has $10 and the other has $43, the effective stacks are $10 because that is the most any player can win or lose in the hand.
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Old 06-07-2006, 09:09 PM #3 (permalink)  
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Ah, I can definitely find myself using this term a lot more... I usually just say so and so has a certain amount and the other person covers.
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Old 06-08-2006, 07:40 AM #4 (permalink)  
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 effective stacks is the cool way to say it
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