Re: Being Committed
This concept is discussed in a number of places; the one that first jumps to mind is in "Slansky On Poker". The reference is to razz.
I'll have to paraphrase; my books are not handy.
"If you start with a good but not great hand - i.e., 7-5-2 - you probably don't want to build a huge pot on 3rd street. Not putting in that last raise allows you to punish your opponents when you [correctly] fold if you catch bad on 4th while he/she/they catch good.
Conversely, with a monster - i.e. 3 to a wheel where the cards you need are live - always get n the last raise. Your hand is so good you are almost forced to go to 5th even when your opponent(s) outcatch you; this being the case, you might as well inflict additional punnishment on them for the times when YOU catch good [on 4th] and they don't.
If you thought this up on your own with no assistance you should be proud in spite of the fact that the concept already existed.
The wheel is thought to have been invented more or less simultaneously in as many as a half dozen places; no special credit should be given to the person who just happened to be first.
- Chris
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