NL Advice # 1

[Nima]

This is an advice pulled out of NL Holdem Theory and Practice by David Sklansky and Ed Miller:

"In deep stack no limit, Preflop hands derice most of their values from how well they extract money after the flop from your opponents. Comparing hands based on how often they win a showdown or on their poker "hand rank" is worse than worthles".

This is on page 124 of the above mentioned book.

second advice: The NL Holdem Theory and Practice is a must read for a serious NL player.

Cheers,
Nima

[subman2]

This is an advice pulled out of NL Holdem Theory and Practice by David Sklansky and Ed Miller:

"In deep stack no limit, Preflop hands derice most of their values from how well they extract money after the flop from your opponents. Comparing hands based on how often they win a showdown or on their poker "hand rank" is worse than worthles".

This is on page 124 of the above mentioned book.

second advice: The NL Holdem Theory and Practice is a must read for a serious NL player.

Cheers,
Nima

this along with sklanskys advanced hold-em are 2 of the best for the serious player

[Nima]

they are . i need to re-read the book

[TJericho]

I agree, certainly, but only when the term "deep stack" is present.

For a beginning NL player it might not be the wisest choice though, especially if they're grinding/learning or playing a short stack - things I see quite a few starting players doing, primarily because they don't have the bankroll management down yet.

If someone's got 15x your chip stack, plus more in pocket, they can afford to call your 70% favorite hand a couple times - and the odds aren't in your favor after you add up the totals.

[MJPerry]

Solution= Never buy-in shortstacked, there's no good reason.

[davidab157]

Solution= Never buy-in shortstacked, there's no good reason.

Yes there is.

Shortstacking makes things easier and you are less often put to a tough decision. You can play very standard preflop poker and it is very tough for an opponent to play optimally against you. It also lets you play higher stakes than you would be able to play normally.

This is why regs hate shortstackers so much as they aren't generally easy money.