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Stack Size

March 11, 2008 By: trickyrock Category: Poker Strategy No Comments →

Stack Size

Stack Size in Poker, and how it is even more important than you think…

Example #1

You hold Jack of Spades - Poker StrategyTen of Spades - Poker Strategy, call a raise from the small blind, and hit a great flop of Queen of Spades - Poker StrategyNine of Spades - Poker StrategyTwo of Diamonds - Poker Strategy, which gives you a straight flush draw. You decide to play aggressively with a semi-bluff, to give yourself two chances of winning the pot. What is the best way to do this? Is it

a) Moving all-in straight away, b) Check-raising all-in c) Check raising, and moving all-in on the turn

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