Big Stack Power
Being the big stack in a online poker tournament is every player’s goal. The biggest stack at the online poker table has the most chips and the most power. Those chips should be wielded like weapons to decimate and eliminate your opponents. A big stack has the power to end another poker online player’s tournament by putting out the all-in bet. It is the moment players dread - when they have a good starter or drawing hand - and facing the all-in bet that can end their tournament. When you are the big stack at the table, you can leverage this power. This does not mean you should put out aggressive raises against every limper into the pot. You don’t want to diminish your stack’s power by leaking off chips. However, having a big stack allows you to siphon off other players’ chips by raising when there are several limpers who bet ahead of you. Many will fold to the big stack, leaving dead money in the pot. Most likely you’ll go heads-up against one opponent and it could be a coin toss. Use your big stack to intimidate your opponents, especially when you are in late position or betting ahead of tight players. When you are going to enter a pot with a decent hand, bet out a big raise to make everyone fold or to isolate a single player for heads-up play.