Taken together, his recommendations address a common mistake among some players who think having a big stack means they have to start relentlessly pressuring others before and after the flop and challenge the shorter stacks at every opportunity. Negreanu breaks down his advice into three, easy-to-remember tips. After all, as poker's all-time winningest tournament player, Negreanu has plenty of experience being the big stack. The program had a tie-in to the Pokerstars North American Poker Tour (NAPT), which was shut down by. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu returned to his YouTube channel recently to offer some concrete advice to tournament players about how to play a big stack. ( ) The PokerStars Big Game, also known as the Big Game or simply the Big Game, was a poker television program sponsored by originally airing on Fox Network.
Smart players are always aware of the amount of chips they (and their opponents) have relative to the blinds and antes, as well as how stacks compare to each other.Īccumulating a lot of chips and becoming one of the leaders is always nice, but some players are more comfortable than others wielding a big stack, particularly if their 'normal' doesn't involve being aggressive or applying frequent pressure on opponents. Much poker tournament strategy revolves around understanding the significance of stack sizes.