Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
Quote Originally Posted by HalvSame
You missed "when we make better decisions in general than the other players". Playing more streets allows us to make a better decision more often.
Not true online, also in NLHE some decisions are wayyyy more important than others. You should put yourself in a position to get the real money in on streets where you figure to have the biggest edge.
Why is it not true online? Of course some decisions are more important than others, but still if we're better at making those decisions then multistreet play will benefit us.

I'm not sure about the last point, I think that if we're 10% better than someone on the flop, and 3% better than them on the turn and the stacks are deep enough to play both streets, then we're better off than if we're 15% better than them on the flop and the stacks are shallow. Sure, in the second case we get the stack in with a bigger edge, but the pot isn't as big so his mistake isn't as expensive (the term "real money" obviously depends on the stacks).

Looking at the flip side, if we are playing worse than our opponents we should prefer a short stack and getting it early. Isn't it then obvious that if we're playing better than them we should prefer a big stack and getting it in later?