Chip Stacks in Texas Holdem Poker

Video Transcript

"Now, as strong as cards are, courage with your chip stack can be even stronger. Lets look at this scenario, say its late in a tournament. We're near what's called a bubble. The bubble is where once you've crossed it, once its burst. Everybody that's left cashes. They make money on the tournament. Lets say I'm the chip leader at my table. And I know that the person at my right is timid. He doesn't play that strongly. He raised before the flop. I had position and chips on him, so I called to see the flop. He bets a quarter of his stack, which you notice, that I have a lot more chips than him. I sense that he's timid, there's two cards, two Queens on the flop, and a seven, which doesn't really connect to those Queens. Since two queens came on the flop, I have to guess that he doesn't have a queen. I know he's timid. I'm going to play my chips now. I'm going to go all in. My hunch is he's going to fold. And you know what? In this case he's timid enough that he mucks his cards. I add these to my stack. And that is how you win with your chip stack. I got a little more, I'm getting strong for the period after the bubble burst. I'm making a run for the final table. He's just going to run for the cash if he's lucky. "