Re: Slotboom on SSHE
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That is a dumb critcism. Lets say we count outs differently and we give ourselves 11 outs instead of 14. What difference does it make? We still have a strong hand.
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If that's how you think, then why bother counting outs at all? I think Slotbooms criticism is valid. If you are going to publish a book, you need to make it as accurate as possible. Granted, Ed Miller and Mason are only human, so Ed is going to make some mistakes, and Mason isn't going to catch all of them. but any inaccuracies should be corrected in subsequent pressings. The "It doesn't matter if we miscount the outs since the odds were good enough for a call anyway," stance that you advocate leads to a very sloppy book.
Furthermore, the difference between 11 and 14 outs is not as insignificant as you think. True, in limit holdem you pretty much always want to at least call with 11 outs. However, there might be times that you woiuld want to raise with 14 outs, but just call with 11. And three additional outs can easily make the difference between a call and a fold in no limit.
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