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Why Stack-to-Pot Ratio Determines All Tournament Play

It's the middle stage of the tournament. You look down at in the small blind. It folds around and you open the action with a raise to twice the big blind. Your solid and aggressive opponent in the big blind calls, making the pot 4 BBs. The flop comes . What should you do?

To answer the question, you need a critical piece of information — the stack-to-pot ratio. Let's get a firm hold on using the stack-to-pot ratio (SPR) to take the best action in your next tournament.

Profitable poker is a matter of defining the best risk for the potential reward for each of your actions.