There is no better feeling in poker than having a massive chip stack sitti ng in front of you. Your opponents fear you. Ever y action at the table comes through you. They hesitate before each raise because they know that if you come over the top of them they will have to lay down al l but the ver y best of hands. The power of the big-stack is awesome, but there’s one smal l problem. Not many people ever get to be the big-stack.

The majority of the people that chip up heavily in early play do so through maniacal aggression and luck.