Now you can see your stack in terms of number of Big Blinds rather than chips in a new feature introduced today.

As poker education has evolved most players know that the ranges of hands you they play is determined in no small part based on how deep or shallow their stack is.

Following significant player requests, PokerStars have done what partypoker did almost exactly one year ago by making it possible to view your cash game or tournament stack in terms of Big Blinds, rather than cash/chips.

While poker sites have only just started offering a 'Big Blind view', it is not a new thing. A number of third party poker software scripts have previously been created to make it easier for multi-tablers to see their stack in terms of Big Blinds.

Opt-in for MTTs and cash games

The feature is now live in the PokerStars client. You can opt-in via the 'Table Appearance-Table Display' buttons. You can also toggle between Big Blind view and normal view by simply clicking on your stack while playing.

How to update your preferences

Director of Poker Product, Chris Straghalis, commented on the change:

If you look at educational poker content, a lot of it talks in terms of how many blinds you have, how big the pot is in big blinds, how important blind to pot ratios are etc. If you think of your stack in terms of big blinds, it causes you to approach the game very differently, and we can align our software with how people approach poker. We’re not telling people how to play, it’s more about giving people information visualised in different ways and putting you in the driver’s seat. We want to give people choices on how they play the game, and help new players adapt to poker quicker.

This will no doubt be a welcome new addition for a lot of players, however when partypoker implemented it a year ago some players were concerned it would educate new players on superior strategy and thus make the games tougher.

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