This Fish Chums
Visionary
Silver Level
When there is a giant stack at the table, compared to my own anyway, I will intentionally try to play hands against them even if it means playing marginal hands (such as 9To) in the hopes I hit a lucky flop. Assuming, of course, there isn’t a large bet preflop. Here’s my reasoning behind this and yes this is pure gambling. I look at the potential for building my stack quickly. If I hit a lucky flop then a giant stack is much more likely to put chips into the pot because they don’t have to worry about you hurting them very much. This greatly improves the chance of doubling up if played well. When doing this, I never try to bluff. If I miss the flop I just throw the hand away.
The keys are you must hit a hand and you cannot bluff, but when I chase the giant stack this way I find it very easy to pick up 25-50% of my stack and even sometimes a double-up.
The keys are you must hit a hand and you cannot bluff, but when I chase the giant stack this way I find it very easy to pick up 25-50% of my stack and even sometimes a double-up.