Sarge85
01-06-2005, 06:55 PM
Greg apparently isn't just a big tourney player - check out this OLD post about value betting the river.
This was out of the old old Archives:
o Re: Slowing Down on the End
Posted by: Greg Raymer (FossilMan) ()
Posted on: Friday, 17 July 1998, at 1:44 p.m.
In my experience, most players check the river too often.
You'd be surprised how often they will call on the river versus the set you flopped when their flush draw became 1 middling pair on the turn or river. They will think things like "He might have AK (if there's no A or K on board)". If there is a K on board, they imagine AQ. While there are many times you should check on the river, don't do it the vast majority of the time, as I see so many players do. I believe that many otherwise good players lose an EV of 0.5-1.0 big bets per hour from this mistake alone.
You don't need the nuts to bet the river.
Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)
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This was out of the old old Archives:
o Re: Slowing Down on the End
Posted by: Greg Raymer (FossilMan) ()
Posted on: Friday, 17 July 1998, at 1:44 p.m.
In my experience, most players check the river too often.
You'd be surprised how often they will call on the river versus the set you flopped when their flush draw became 1 middling pair on the turn or river. They will think things like "He might have AK (if there's no A or K on board)". If there is a K on board, they imagine AQ. While there are many times you should check on the river, don't do it the vast majority of the time, as I see so many players do. I believe that many otherwise good players lose an EV of 0.5-1.0 big bets per hour from this mistake alone.
You don't need the nuts to bet the river.
Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)
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