Stack Sizes- Is it the #1 Factor for MTT success?

#1 6th March 2009, 10:38 PM

I am not recollecting what pro wrote this but thought it would be cool to post it and get your reactions.
Do you agree or disagree?
Stack Sizes- you should still take flops with people, because they will play really badly and make huge mistakes post-flop, but you have to be conscious of your stack size and what it allows. Everything — and I mean f---ing everything — in tournaments is dependant on stack size; it is clearly the most important concept

#2 7th March 2009, 1:55 AM

I agree ,in mtts my stack size and position are 2 of the things I look at 1st in deciding how I will play a hand.

#3 7th March 2009, 5:13 PM

If you depend on your stack size to push people around you will end up with a short stack very quickly.

there are so many other factors that come into play.

Some of the other things is it depends on stack to blind size, position, and image.

#4 7th March 2009, 5:40 PM

Poker is a highly situational game, so different factors have different weights in different situations. So using a static weighting of various considerations will be fine sometimes, but pretty inappropriate at others.

As a simple example relating to stack size, taking a lot of flops when you have a large stack is generally a better strategy when you can do so cheaply; i.e. when you have a lot of chips relative to the blinds. So it's not as effective later in tournaments when the cost to play is a higher proportion of everyone's stacks.

#5 7th March 2009, 10:12 PM

Time in tourney, #s of BB left, stacks on your tables are 3 that are huge in my book. I tend to play pretty loose/tight depending on these 3.

#6 7th March 2009, 10:18 PM

Its Not Everything, you got take in where you are, how long u been playing, the blinds and more, you can fold the first hour, and then the blinds are bigger, and you can make back what u lost in the 1st. hour in 1 hand,, depends on a lot of things IMO,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, buck

#7 7th March 2009, 10:50 PM

I don't think it's the number one factor for MTT success. It is AN important factor, but not THE MOST important.

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