Re: preflop equity
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However we are talking MINOR EDGES and to overcome the variance of such playing will take 100,000's of hands due to the large pots and infrequency of this time of event.
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Huh? A 2-4% edge against 9 people is pretty substantial. You would not need very many hands to expect to show a solid profit, even with variance. I was going to do the math, but I'm off to a meeting in 6 minutes.
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I still will fold 44 and 67s though. It can still be difficult to play those postflop even if you have the equity
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I guess this is the part of the "fold" argument that boggles me.
1) How is playing a middle/small pair hard in a many way pot? Flop a set, jam. Don't flop a set, fold to any bets where the pot isn't giving you 21-1.
2) How is playing 99 any eaiser than 44? 99 will flop overcards almost 3/4 of the time. With 8 opponents you can safely assume that someone has all the overs. I would disagree with someone who said they would fold both 44 and 99, but at least I'd see some consistency in their approach.
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