Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Big Stack Poker Guy

I was recently playing at a casino tournament when a new player was moved to my table and brought with him a stack big enough to have the rest of the table dominated. He sat down and then raised the first three pots. Each time a different amount, but the smallest raise was 4 times the big blind. The first two hands everyone folded. The third hand someone called and the big stack moved all-in after the flop and caller folded. He then played about everyother hand and if no one rasied he made a nice size raise. At the time I was very impressed with his big stack poker play, he moved to a table with smaller stacks and then took over the table, just what you should do in the situation. I am thinking please give me a big hand, please give me a big hand! No such luck! LOL! Finally soneone reraises one of his bets and he is forced to call because it's just not that much and turns over 10-5 offsuit and losses. The table finally gets to see one of his hands. The blinds are now getting higher and one of the players other then the aggressive big stack has now won a big pot and taken over the chip lead. The very next hand under the gun, whom is a very short stack, moves all-in. New chip leader on our table makes a very healthy raise. Big stack guy then moves all-in. evryone folds to reraiser who calls and turns over KK. Big stack guy turns over JJ and loses the hand and is knocked out of the tournament by the only player on the table that had him covered. After big stack guy leaves the table, I lokk over at guy next to me who is a good player and say would you have called or reraised in that postion with JJ. He says no way. I am folding anything below KK there and I may even fold KK. I don't understand what big stack guy was thinking. That's the point. He wasn't paying attention to who was in the pot and how many chips he had. It was an easy laydown of JJ in that position or maybe a call to see flop. Why mess around with a rasie and reraise with someone that has more chips then you with less then aces. He easily had enough chips to limp his way to final table and to make the money and after all isn't that what tournament play is all about! As he was playing I was very impressed with how he was playing with his big stack. In the end I realize that he probably plays that way all the time and losses out alot more times then ever wins. The moral of the story is if you get a big stack, use it to try and accumulate as many chips as possible. Just remember that at some point and time you will have to change gears and slow down when the blinds get higher or a bigger stack gets at your table. Agression is a great tool if used wisely!
Don't get greedy!!!!

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