The Threat of Elimination
Jun 26, 2008 12:27 am
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In a cash game, when you put someone all-in, it’s usually pure math that determines whether your opponent will call. If he thinks he’s getting even a slight edge, it’s correct to call, since if he loses he can rebuy and try to get into the same situation again. In a tournament, if you lose your stack, you’re finished, so getting all your chips in with only a slight edge is not recommended. This also means that big stacks can, and should, bully smaller stacks, since the small stack can be eliminated, but the big stack cannot.
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Ok, I agree.
While your blog is pretty much true, it doesn't compel one to respond. In that it doesn't ask any questions.
Your blog seems like a comment so someone elses blog.
by keeping them around, you limit the ability of the med stacks to play back at you, because they're likely to want to move up the payout, or burst the bubble, before putting their tourney life at risk.
when i'm the big stack on the bubble, if the shorty is on my right, and folds, i'll be raising about 80% due to the fact that the others have bubble factors so high that they can only call with monsters.
food for thought...
Not only that, but larger stacks primary targets are the medium stacks, since the medium stacks have more to lose. It is almost psychological that everyone thinks the small stacks will lose and they are guaranteed a certain amount of $, and that psyche can be used against someone.
All of this, of course, depends on the various stages of the tournament, but I'd go as far to say for all intensive purposes you are incorrect and may finish in the money a few times, but will never win anything significant.
- RaKeZ.