Deep Stack Strategy (200bb+)

Deep stack play requires significant adjustments from standard 100bb strategy.

Key Adjustments

**Widen speculative hands**: Suited connectors and small pairs increase in value with deeper stacks

**Tighten premium hands**: AA/KK still strong but more vulnerable to set-mining and draws

**Position is everything**: Deep stack play heavily favors the in-position player

With deep stacks, pot control becomes critical:

**Check back more**: With medium-strength hands on the flop

**Smaller c-bets**: Use 25-33% pot sizing to keep the pot manageable

**Avoid marginal all-ins**: At 200bb, getting all-in with one pair is usually a mistake

Deep stacks create huge implied odds:

**Set-mining**: Calling a raise with 22 is profitable when stacks are 200bb deep

**Suited connectors**: Hands like 7-6s have massive implied odds potential

**Reverse implied odds**: Beware of playing dominated hands that can lose big pots

**Larger 3-bets**: Use 4-5x sizing to reduce SPR and simplify postflop play

**More flatting**: With deep stacks, flatting 3-bets in position is more viable

**5-bet shoving ranges change**: The stacks are too deep for standard 5-bet shoves