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http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...age=0&vc=1
James282's thoughts on folding Q9o to a raise in the BB:
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Folding has an expectation of -.5 bb/hand. There is no way calling has this same negative expectation. It's very hard to wrap your mind around it unless you have looked at these things in a database, but having an expectation of -.5bb/hand is very, very difficult. Especially if you play well postflop.
-James
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In general I find James to be a great source of knowledge and insight into LHE, and I can't help but agree with him here from my own experience. Blind defense is just profitable, period.
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I'm with you on the general response to Big Endian's post, though I don't have much experience at 10/20 full.
But I have some real questions on the thread you linked to (and am asking those questions in that thread), but the hand at issue in that thread is not really a blind steal / blind defense hand -- barring some unusual player read, I'd defend Q9o against a steal raise all the time - but my approach to date has been much different against a raise from earlier position and two cold-callers before it gets to me in the BB.