Do we always max buy-in?
I find I have been having better success slight short-stacking from the get go. I play more aggressively and don’t worry nearly as much about the dreaded quarter.
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The less you buy in the more it becomes about pre-flop. If the game is filled with players who think it's a post-flop game, buying in short is a nice way to punish them.
The less you buy in the more it becomes about pre-flop. If the game is filled with players who think it's a post-flop game, buying in short is a nice way to punish them.
You do give up putting people to the test. But you’re right that you can extract a lot of value from people who are dying to see the flop.
It really is a game of patience and waiting for the right spot.
But people don't understand the odds of it. Making it a pre flop game is always plus EV
Even in limit in the softer games. I raise much more aggressively pre flop because people call with all sorts of junk they shouldn't and that I'm very much ahead of. And then the bigger the pot, the more opportunities they have to make a mistake on the back end cause math is hard for some people.
