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Originally Posted by Brooklynbum  How do you define a big stack?
Let's say I had 10k in chips and the blinds are 500/1000.
Another person had 50K in chips, does that make him/her a big stack compared to me?
For example I was playing a MTT online and I shove with 66 behind two limpers.
I'm short stacked with 7k in chips and one of the limpers has roughly 20k in chips. He calls with J/10. He says he was the big stack and had to call.
I counter that if a hand is good enough to call an all-in with then it's good enough to raise with. Besides I told him/her you weren't really a big stack.
Would you consider this player a big stack?
Just curious. |
50000 to 10000, close.... I would call him a big stack. Would have 40BB even after paying you off.
As for the guy with 20K to your 10K, not a big stack at all. There is no rule or reason to say he has to call half of his stack with J10. He can let his 1000 go.
If you can switch places with someone by doubling up, the other was not a big stack comparitively to begin with. If they can take the hit and still have significant power, then they are a big stack. Determining what the magic ratio number is is open to interpretation. Every one will have a different opinion as to what that number is. Also there are big stacks in relation to your stack and big stacks in relation to the blind levels. The other player may be a member or one, the other, or both. You will need to determine the particular situation and label accordingly.
Later,
