FTP wants short stacks to go away
While tables requiring a bigger buy-in grew in popularity at rival site PokerStars in 2009, Full Tilt has increasingly become home to the phenomenon of “rat-holing,” in which players come to the site for its small buy-ins, win a large pot and then immediately take off with the winnings.
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The changes signal Full Tilt Poker’s intention to try to take on its major rival PokerStars, which it has long been in competition with for supremacy in the
online poker world.Online Casion Reports: Full Tilt Poker to Make Big Changes
Still no news on FTP aiming to compete on customer support. My own personal experience with FTP support is a bit outdated, but it was one reason I decided not to play there anymore, back in Oct. 2007
Anyway: Annoying as they are, short stacking hit-and-run players can be really profitable, if you know how to play them, and how to excersize good tilt control. If you don’t – well, don’t go there, but I guess I don’t need to tell you – you most likely already know. Right? Thought so, too.
But really – trying to stamp them out is a wee bit too much, in my opinion. People should be allowed to play short stacked if they want to. Other people should be allowed to ask them to buy in full or leave the table.
/j.
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I cut my teeth buying in for 20 BB’s at $100 NL and then $200 NL and did very well with it to amass a real bankroll.
I’m fine with creating these 50 BB min. tables and deep stacked tables but short stacking can’t and shouldn’t be pushed out the door as you’re then limiting the strategies one can bring to the table.
Totally agree. I’ve played short stack several times, because I knew I was a dog at the table but needed to practise good preflop play.