morgan180
12-03-2004, 09:19 PM
In bubble time (any time really) you can count the number of hands left before the blinds increase again, and figure out who it is going to hit first.
How does this factor in to your strategy as:
a big stack
a mid stack
a little stack
As a little stack do you loosen up excessively in hopes of winning some blinds to get you through the next blind increase (stealing 300 in blinds before you pay 300) or do you tighten up not wanting to risk your chips to ensure you get through the blinds in hopes of finding a holding you can double through with?
As a big stack do you know the mid-stack is about to be punished with a 400 blind so you try to steal anything that they limp with, or do you respect the limp more because you assume that person knows they are about to pay a big blind as well?
How else do you use the increasing blinds to pressure other opponents?
Or is your pressure strategy so strong that this is such a minimal factor that it doesn't influence your play to a great deal?
How does this factor in to your strategy as:
a big stack
a mid stack
a little stack
As a little stack do you loosen up excessively in hopes of winning some blinds to get you through the next blind increase (stealing 300 in blinds before you pay 300) or do you tighten up not wanting to risk your chips to ensure you get through the blinds in hopes of finding a holding you can double through with?
As a big stack do you know the mid-stack is about to be punished with a 400 blind so you try to steal anything that they limp with, or do you respect the limp more because you assume that person knows they are about to pay a big blind as well?
How else do you use the increasing blinds to pressure other opponents?
Or is your pressure strategy so strong that this is such a minimal factor that it doesn't influence your play to a great deal?