Re: How Does Derb Play?
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On the river he seems to bet very liberally
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I agree with your analysis except for the above.
People seem to want to pidgeonhole him as a hyper-aggressive player, but this is not quite true. His aggression definitely does not carry over to the river. I've replayed a bunch of his hands and see him consistently missing value bets on the river, even after being the last aggressor on the turn. I almost get the feeling that his game plan is to get to the showdown at all costs, employing aggression liberally, but to give up on the river if the situation is unclear.
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I think you're right here. I've seen him sometimes miss bets where I wouldn't have with middle or bottom pair or a small pp in situations where he's likely ahead and will probably get called by A-high, BUT he's not missing a ton of very clear value bets or anything like that. What I meant is he'll often bet in spots where a bet serves no readily apparent purpose, and as others have pointed out in previous threads, he'll call when his hand has basically no chance of ever being good.
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