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I think it depends on each player's comfort level, bankroll, opponents' stack sizes and other factors.
Around 2007, the trend of min-buying into online cash games picked up steam. This was close to the time when ICM got huge and people Push/Fold ranges in tournament play was all the new thing. The concept was to buy-in low to online cash games and play "non-exploitable" poker... typically consisting of picking off opponents with a push/fold mentality.
Personally I was never very good in cash games (I'm pretty sure I was a long-term loser in cash, feel free to look this up). Still, I don't think I would stick around with an oversized stack at a table with a bunch of short stacks (assuming they're playing near-optimally) unless there's a player or two at the table making it worthwhile. I also believe it's best to leave a game at any point you feel like leaving, or are uncomfortable with one of the variables (like having a big stack of chips). While not optimal for a veteran winning player or someone looking to improve his/her deep-stacked game, what each player feels most comfortable doing typically has better results, as uncertainty/lack of comfort can create leaks.
This is being posted in "Beginner's Circle," so I'm assuming the stakes you're playing right now are micro/low. One trend you may notice if/when you decide to move up is a tendency of players doing much more blind-defending than you're used to. This is actually "all the rage" now with one prominent instructor (Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald) Twitch-streaming classes and holding private seminars on the concept. When you have mid-high stakes players who are extremely motivated to extract value and reduce leakage in every possible situation, it was logical that a greater amount of focus would be placed on reducing losses while playing from the blinds... especially given all the hand history database statistic capability that's available nowadays. A while back, players would have called such aggressive blind-defending crazy (much like they did Daniel "djk123" Kelly's min-raising circa 2006),
This reply got a little off topic, but my main point is that subjectively speaking, I believe it's more important to do whatever you think is best. If you're asking for opinions here on the boards, the odds are you're looking to improve while consulting with experienced, better players... which is great. In that case you'll probably want to heed the advice provided by those who have proven track records in cash games, which I definitely don't.
Best of luck to you and keep the posts coming!
-David
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