Thread: over cards
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Old 11-26-2005, 03:39 AM
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Default Re: over cards

When I first started playing holdem about five years ago, I read a book by Lou Krieger where he said something to the effect that I don't raise with JJ in a multiway pot since I know that I will see an overcard most of the time...

This really is nonsense, as our boy Ed Miller in his great book Small Stakes Holdem says, its all about the EV.

What I am trying to say is its nice to know the percentages or have a feel for them, but it really is all about making the correct decision. For example, your turn and river percentages for TT...this shows a pair of tens is vulnerable to overcards more that KK, duh! But how this effects your play...ie do you raise the flop to protect your hand, do you wait to see the turn in late position with many callers before you raise with TT, see if a good card comes, and then raise with the higher expectation of only one to come, etc.

Finally, I have to question your percentages. Every friggin' time I get KK...
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