Effective stack

The smaller of two players' stacks: the most either one can win from or lose to the other.

Example

You have 200 and they have 80, so the effective stack is 80.

Also written: effective stacks.

Related

• stack The chips a player has in front of them.
• all-in Betting every chip you have left.

Practise it in 5 minutes Stacks, a short free lesson.

Quads is for adults, 18 and over. It teaches with play chips only: there is no real money, ever.