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[QUOTE="tenbob, post: 360314, member: 3651"]
Another thread got me watching how the big stack plays in all stages of a STT, and I noticed something very interesting last night at my usual live game. 
 
A normally solid player became big stack on the second hand after tripling his chips, when he flopped a well disguised straight against set (4's) over set (7's).  Put guess what happened then ? He tilted.
 
Even though the blinds were still small at this stage, he played nearly every hand, reaised or unraised pre-flop.  Chased all the draws no matter what, and within half an hour he was back to average chip stack, and went back to his usual solid game.  Now i know what your going to say, "its the big stacks job blah...blah..."  Yes it is the big stacks job to push the table around, but he didnt push anyone at all.  He simply called off all his chips.  
 
Big stack tilt, its not the first time ive seen it happen.  You need to realise when a usually solid player becomes the table donk beacuse they have the biggest stack, its a form of tilt.  How should he have played ? Well I for one if i was in the early stages, id stick to the game plan, and have some extra chips for bullying when its worth a few steals. 
 
If you want to play more hands by all means go ahead, but you need to be leading at the pot, let your opponent know that his stack is at risk by taking you on. But if your calling and checking when your the big stack your on TILT.
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