Re: A shania post
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Anyone really paying attention to you is going to notice you fold 80% of the time.
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This is of course true. However, anyone really paying attention to me may notice things like how I never raise 64 and take advantage by playing back at me on rag flops. If I raise these hands, even just occassionally, perhaps I plant some extra doubt in their mind about just exactly what it is I'm doing. Am I always raising all combinations of 64 and just haven't been dealt it very often yet? Am I changing gears right now? There's no way for him to know, and that's the point. He can know that I play 20% of hands, but which 20%? If I showdown 64, it's harder for him to understand my thinking. He can't play as well against me, so perhaps my loss of EV on this one hand is offset by greater gains on other hands.
Then again, perhaps not. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
It's interesting to note that against this type of play, the best defense is not to notice. Don't try this in a small stakes game!
-eric
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