[5NL] 3bet pot, 3 way to flop. To cbet or not to cbet?

[daviddem]

^^ disagree. Not everyone is comfortable (or rolled for) playing deep stacked poker especially when still learning standard 100b stacks. This is particularly true if the big stacks have position on you. Matter of fact, it'd be a really bad idea to sit with 250bb at a table where two players on your left have 250bb and two players on your right have 100b.

As I said, many things change in the game with stacks this deep.

edit: agree that 5nl with 200b stacks is not the same as 10nl with 100b stacks though

[MadMojoMonkey]

Matter of fact, it'd be a really bad idea to sit with 250bb at a table where two players on your left have 250bb and two players on your right have 100b.

Stack size is only a preliminary tell on playing style. The style of player sitting behind the stack is far more relevant than the actual stack size in determining profitability of a seat. After all, anyone can catch a lucky river card and suddenly have a fat stack. That doesn't suddenly make them a better player.

How can it be +EV to sit with fewer chips? You just take a pass on the implied odds you can use to your advantage. Yes, there are more moves available to you, so why are you afraid of them? Back to scared money. If you don't want to sit with the max buy in, then find a table that has the max buy in that you are comfortable with. Otherwise you're just missing opportunities to learn to beat deep stack poker.