Noobies Shouldn't Play Deepstack Cash - Discuss

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

"Small stacks tend to eliminate difficult decisions...I strongly suggest that beginners play small stacks wherever possible".

Ed Miller is incorrect IMO

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Ed Miller is incorrect IMO

Hello M2M - care to expand on that?

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

Hello M2M - care to expand on that?

playing short stacked doesn't mean your decisions will automatically be simplified.

your potential edge will likely be smaller than playing deep so seemingly 'small mistakes' can actually be quite costly to your bottom line. if anything beginners should start at 100bb because there's actually room to miss value with that stack size because the donks will just give u tons of implied odds when you have big hands. your implied odds are very limited with a short stack so giving up edges becomes more of problem.

I agree with M2M to a certain extent.

However, I would much rather see a new player aggressively play a 40-50bb stack than I would have him timidly play 100.

There's a lot to be said for being able to create low SPRs and going for 3 fearless streets of value with TPTK type hands.

Sure you don't have as good of implied odds, but neither does your opponents. You are causing them to make fundamental mistakes when they set mine your raise getting around 11 to 1 stack odds.