Re: Pros and Cons of Betting/Raising to \"Gain Information\"
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Meleader's thought on deep stack play (200+ bb) is interesting. I am not a deep stack expert so maybe BobboFitos or someone else who plays in deep stack games can make a more educated comment on that.
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bets have a much greater threat since all that is behind them, so theoretically a bet should carry much more weight deep stacked. I think that this is more importantly used in an exploitive manner to force more folds rather than to "gain information." When you lead out and get called or raised with a very deep stack the most information you are likely to get is "crap i could be in trouble, and it would cost alot." When you raise deep stack it isn't to find out where you're at, but to use this concept to force folds.
Just my interpretation but I'd be interested to hear what others think. Basically I feel the information gained from raising in any event is an added product of raising, and shouldn't be the real motivator
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