WSOP Deep Stack Mistake #6: Giving Callers Too Much Credit
In the Expanded Edition of his Tournament Poker for Advanced Players, David Sklansky clarifies that, “it is wrong to abide by the Gap Concept… when the players in the pot have a lot of chips compared to the blinds.” That is, players who call bets and raises may be doing so not because they have a very strong hand that is not concerned about fold equity, as would be the case with shallow stacks, but because there is still a lot of money behind and they want to speculate or see what you are going to do on a future street.
Thus, tournament specialists need to re-calibrate their hand reading for deep-stacked situations. You can continuation bet more often and on a wider variety of flops, and you will encounter more situations that call for two- and three-barrel bluffs. Your bluffs will fold out not only marginal made hands like middle pair but also much weaker hands that were calling with the intention of bluffing you on a future street.