[Big Dave D]

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I'm not sure I agree with Dave either that one of the problems you face is the limitations of the Stars buy in.

In RL, you would still be going uphill if you were down a couple of buy ins and hoped to get it all back in one session. Won't happen - well, rarely"

Sorry sherb, this is just flat out wrong. Having a monster stack is a huge advantage for a skilled player. This is such a factor that at the Vic, and other cash games, people buy in for many many times the minimum. Its not unusual to see 1000-2000 blind sit downs. This isnt to say that you are gambling to get even, just that if you get the situation, you now have the ammo to exploit it. Also, the game gets much more complex when the stacks are big, so if you are a good player, this is again in your advantage.

Put another way, picture the example where Pete looses 5 coin tosses against Fabsoul before he gets his big edge. At best he wins a buyin back and is only 4 down.

In real life he could potentially shoot into profit just on that one hand. This is also not taking into account that if he had sat down with a monster stack, he probably wouldnt have lost as much prior to the big hand situation either.

gl

dd