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Deep Stacks in Poker Tournaments: Pros and Cons
The author has created several tournament structures, including the World Series of Poker, WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, and WPT 2009 LA Poker Classic.
The author prefers tournaments with deep stacks but acknowledges that they can lead to a 'push-fest' on the middle and late stages.
In a deep stack tournament with a $300 buy-in and 40-minute levels, the initial stack is 10,000 chips. In the LA Poker Classic tournament with a $300 buy-in, the initial stack is 3,000 chips. The author mentions that in a deep stack tournament, the game can turn into a 'push-fest' on the middle and late stages. The author notes that deep stacks allow players to recover from bad beats and make bigger raises without risking their stack.
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