pergesu
06-13-2005, 08:17 PM
Check out problem 8-1, pp 63-65.
6 players, blinds are 100/200, stacks range from 1400-2600, you're big stack. Passes to you in SB, you have 85o.
Harrington says that the stack distribution is particularly suitable to aggression, since everyone is becoming more conservative than ever. Despite that, he advocates just calling, because it's less likely that it will be interpretted as a steal.
No biggie so far. I anticipate we'll be betting any flop if the BB just checks. Kinda like a stop n go, but obviously not for your stack.
My problem is that he says we'll bet the flop unless the texture is really bad. Well what kind of flop has really bad texture? We have absolutely no info regarding BB's holding.
Then he says the flop can fit a lot of holdings. But is this a dangerous flop for us at all?
I'd just fold my SB there. No reason to get involved in the pot. But if I'm gonna call, I'm taking a stab at it regardless of what flops. All it is is a delayed steal, designed to be less conspicuous than a preflop raise.
I hope I'm not being seen as nitpicky at all. I'm really just kind of confused, since all throughout the first book, and up to this point in this book, he's advocated making plays to garner as much information as possible. Now he's saying that we'll evaluate the texture of the flop before making a decision, but with absolutely no information? I just don't get it.
6 players, blinds are 100/200, stacks range from 1400-2600, you're big stack. Passes to you in SB, you have 85o.
Harrington says that the stack distribution is particularly suitable to aggression, since everyone is becoming more conservative than ever. Despite that, he advocates just calling, because it's less likely that it will be interpretted as a steal.
No biggie so far. I anticipate we'll be betting any flop if the BB just checks. Kinda like a stop n go, but obviously not for your stack.
My problem is that he says we'll bet the flop unless the texture is really bad. Well what kind of flop has really bad texture? We have absolutely no info regarding BB's holding.
Then he says the flop can fit a lot of holdings. But is this a dangerous flop for us at all?
I'd just fold my SB there. No reason to get involved in the pot. But if I'm gonna call, I'm taking a stab at it regardless of what flops. All it is is a delayed steal, designed to be less conspicuous than a preflop raise.
I hope I'm not being seen as nitpicky at all. I'm really just kind of confused, since all throughout the first book, and up to this point in this book, he's advocated making plays to garner as much information as possible. Now he's saying that we'll evaluate the texture of the flop before making a decision, but with absolutely no information? I just don't get it.