Originally Posted by JEasyy
Forgive me for my ignorance, but you can explain why it is so "bad and "stupid" please and thank you!
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The point of stalling is to reduce the number of hands played in order to pay less antes and blinds in a certain period of time. People do it when it's getting close to the money and they are short, so it's going to be a close call for them and they don't want to get into any flips at that moment, cause they want to cash (min-cash).
It's "bad", cause it's disrespectful to all the other players at the table who are there to play and end up waiting for the same guy every single hand knowing that he has no intention to play anyway, but wait for his timer to be over before folding. Often they also use their time banks to do that
It's stupid for two reasons :
-Firstly, it's hand for hand, so they don't get less hands than other tables, they just make every tables wait for them, and so every player of the tournament too.
-Secondly, min-cashing is really not that big of a deal. If they have a good
bankroll management, they should really be going for deep runs. To do that, they should wait for a good starting hand, shove and take the blinds or pray to win a flip (cause it's always the short stacks stalling, not the big ones). So they better fold quickly to see more hands and find a good one to shove with.