Sunday, August 5, 2007

The small edges ...

Josh and I have been talking about how the small edges can have a big difference in your overall bb/100 statistic. Whenever we feel we're even money or possibly ahead and there is already money in the pot, we should be trying to win it. Let me illustrate my thinking with the two following hands:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1336087

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1336093

In both situations I felt that I was flipping and thus with the dead $$ in the pot I'm correct to call.
Yes, it's high variance but with a read (They aren't shoving aces in either spot) it's still correct.

On the other hand, I have been folding a lot more to TAG 3-bets in position with good hands:

I have no read and no hisotry with the player:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1336129

He made it too much:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1336133

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