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[stojke7-2]

When playing in a NL home cash game with some friends (usually 5 or 6 playing) how should I be playing with a big chip stack? We have .25/.50 blinds and everyone gets about 20 in chips. Usualy in less then a half hour me or 1 of my other friends will have doubled up, and I just don''t know how I should play it from there, cause I always seem to blow my money and breaking even when we are done. We all usually never play more then 2 or 3 buy-ins. How should I be playing in that situation.

[Vade]

Well, you should be aggressive, but don't start playing hands just because you have a leadWhile you want to punish your opponents, playing bad cards won't get it done

[holman3rd]

stojke7-2 said:

When playing in a NL home cash game with some friends (usually 5 or 6 playing) how should I be playing with a big chip stack? We have .25/.50 blinds and everyone gets about 20 in chips. Usualy in less then a half hour me or 1 of my other friends will have doubled up, and I just don''t know how I should play it from there, cause I always seem to blow my money and breaking even when we are done. We all usually never play more then 2 or 3 buy-ins. How should I be playing in that situation.

I pretty much play the same way in cash games. Tournaments are completely different, obviously.One of the best things about fish getting big stacks in cash games is that it tend to make them even fishier (i.e., chase more and see more flops). If you are doing this when you get a big stack, it's a leak. Just my opinion.

[MasterLJ]

In a cash game you just want to play quality hands. The only advantage of your stack is the ability to bully, and pschological intimidation. Aggressive players might use it to their advantage, but I'd just sit on it and continue to do what I've been doing to get it.In a tournament style environment, big stack gives you the ability to call raises with profitable lower hands. That is, low EV hands with high implied odds.