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Old 05-13-2005, 04:52 PM
Guruman Guruman is offline
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Default Re: Critique my \"Betting Patterns\" article

While I like the idea of having a concrete way to play some of these hands I do not think that the concept is very practical.

The reason is that even though you've been very detailed with regards to kickers and position, you've not mentioned several other factors that can turn these plays from money winners to money losers.

First and foremost is the number of people in the hand, and the number of people left to act. If you've made a habit out of betting T2o on a board of 89Ts into a field of 8 people, you're gonna lose more than your fair share.

Also unaccounted for are hidden outs, table image, coordinatedness of the board, stack sizes, and whether an opponent is tilting.

In the end, I think that good winning poker is just too complex to sum up in a neat little article like the one you've attempted. Your advise would work pretty well at passive tables, but it probably won't win you the maximum every time you sit down - even if you do account for all of the "use judgement" circumstances.
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