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  1. #1

    Default Playing super-deep

    What adjustments become necessary when you become super deep stacked in cash? There have been a number of times in the last week in which I've stacked opponents and ended up on NL$200 with a $500 stack. Does that change your play significantly? Are you more or less inclined to play a given hand? Do you look for a wide range to play against other deep-stacked opponents, since your implied odds are much larger?

    At one table, I had a player to my immediate left double through someone else with QQ to end up with roughly the same size stack I had. He called every bet I made preflop from then on, presumably looking for a shot at taking my 2.5 buyin stack. After a few orbits, I recognized what he was doing and left the table to limit the exposure his position created for me. It certainly made me think that if I had the advantage of position, it might be a good reason to play exactly the way he was playing. Thoughts?
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  2. #2
    Yes you should be looking for options to stack the other big stack. Preflop matters less, because the implied odds are more.

    Think about it as this:
    Both players have 1000000000000 stacks. BB is 1. You can call any standard preflop bet with any hole cards you get.

    Especially play big pot cards; Axs, connectors, 1 and gappers.
    And you can start 3-betting a lot more preflop. Preflop betting sets the betting amount postflop. When stacks are deep, you can play bigger postflop...and you have to, to win villains big stack.

    There's a lot more to deep stack playing what I don't know, but others will......but there are the basics.
  3. #3
    So do you avoid (i.e. change tables) being out of position against another player with a greater than 2 buyin stack?
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  4. #4
    I would only move if I think he has a post-flop skill advantage or he is so aggressive that it makes me adjust my A game at the table. Otherwise, let's play some pokah.
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  5. #5
    I play a wider range in position vs. other deep stacks. If I'm to the right of another deep-stacked player who is solid and aggressive, I usually leave the table, unless there are fish to my right to exploit.
  6. #6
    I think you were in a good spot, in a way.

    You know he's trying to exploit you by flopping big and playing a monster pot. He's playing for stacks, and you're not.

    If he doesn't realize that, you have an advantage.

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