Re: AA-rag OOP vs. deep stack and short stacks
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These kinds of numbers always confuse me. How is it possible that your EV is less than somebody else's in the main pot, but more in the side pot despite the dead cards? Maths guys, please explain.
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Using a different example from the one above:
Suppose you have the nut flush draw with one card to come. Player A is all in with top set, Player B is all in in the side pot with you. To make it even simpler, suppose you also have the card that middle set needs for quads.
Now you have some EV in the side pot, but it is less than Player B's. You also have some EV in the main pot -- this time more than Player B's. Where did his EV go? It went to Player A -- the times he wins the side pot, Player A wins the main pot.
That's how what you describe is possible. What is not possible is that the % of time you win the side pot is less than the % you win the main pot.
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