Hi Guy"s
I wanted to make a post about this in the strategy section as I think it is a good discussion point that came up in another thread recently. It is very relevant to APAT Championship events, the question was how do you play a 30BB effective stack. Let us assume the event is an APAT National Championship and we are sat on a 30K stack at the 500/1000/100 level and are playing a 9 man table. The table is a standard APAT table, a couple of easier spots, a few standard spots and a couple of what would be considered good players.
So we have a 30BB stack and some will be shorter others will be deeper but what is our plan. What are we looking out for, how are we gaining an edge on the table and what types of player do we want to be playing against, how are we going to exploit them. This is the stage where you can really gain an advantage as there are a number of players (often including myself) who do not play this stage optimally.
What are your opening ranges from each position and how do the players involved change that. What is the correct opening raise size, correct 3-bet size, 4-bet size. Are you going to be 3-betting light in any spots, what about 4-betting light?
People thoughts on this would be good to hear I think.