Comments on: Now that’s more like it! http://www.nsidestrate.com/blog/2008/04/16/now-thats-more-like-it/ Dedicated the successful management of our world's fisheries/cardrooms. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:25:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Nsidestrate http://www.nsidestrate.com/blog/2008/04/16/now-thats-more-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-109836 Nsidestrate Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:58:28 +0000 http://www.nsidestrate.com/blog/?p=224#comment-109836 The 22 hand is an interesting river decision. The problem is that an overset is going to 3 bet your raise every time. So you are risking 2 bets to win 1. You need to be against a worse hand 34% of the time to profitably make the river raise. Given the action, I don't think you will see KK or JJ ever. I think you are looking at AA/QQ/TT pretty much every time. I'm never giving that much action with AA in that spot, nor would any of the better players at this level. Even the more LAGtastic players would usually check-call the river with AA there. If it was a regular, I would conclude that he really thought I was a donkey because he would have to think I'm giving that much action with KK there. This hand is also proof of the merits of my approach to playing sets fast. The 22 hand is an interesting river decision. The problem is that an overset is going to 3 bet your raise every time. So you are risking 2 bets to win 1. You need to be against a worse hand 34% of the time to profitably make the river raise. Given the action, I don’t think you will see KK or JJ ever. I think you are looking at AA/QQ/TT pretty much every time. I’m never giving that much action with AA in that spot, nor would any of the better players at this level. Even the more LAGtastic players would usually check-call the river with AA there. If it was a regular, I would conclude that he really thought I was a donkey because he would have to think I’m giving that much action with KK there.

This hand is also proof of the merits of my approach to playing sets fast.

]]> By: Toro http://www.nsidestrate.com/blog/2008/04/16/now-thats-more-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-109830 Toro Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:24:56 +0000 http://www.nsidestrate.com/blog/?p=224#comment-109830 I totally know what ur talking about when you say 'in the zone' a lot of times people ask me how I play something and I'll answer "depends on my mood" and they think I'm BSing them. In the 22 hand I'll usually raise/call on the river, but the board being that dry a call probably is just as good with a ton less variance. I totally know what ur talking about when you say ‘in the zone’ a lot of times people ask me how I play something and I’ll answer “depends on my mood” and they think I’m BSing them.

In the 22 hand I’ll usually raise/call on the river, but the board being that dry a call probably is just as good with a ton less variance.

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