Cash game strategy: Going all-in post-flop

These are general guidelines based on stack-size and stack-to-pot ratio. You should still strive to develop a read, based on your opponent's tendencies and any physical tells you can rely on.

Cash game strategy: Going all-in post-flop

Going all-in is not a common play, but I wouldn't say it's rare, either. If I had to put a number on it, at a full table, there might be someone all-in once every two orbits. That would be one out of 18 hands. The shorter the stacks at the table, the more all-ins you'll see. The opposite is true for deeper stacks. This isn't just a matter of it being hard to get 200BB's into the pot and have your opponent call, although that can be difficult--your opponent has to have a strong hand to call off that much money. It's also a matter of limiting your variance...