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Effective stack (poker)

Also: Effective stacks, Eff stack

Poker term

The smaller of the two stacks in a confrontation.

If you have 200bb and your opponent has 50bb, only 50bb can actually change hands. So you decide based on 50bb. When thinking about implied odds, look at how much of this amount is left.

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