Re: Hung myself by my own hooks
Hi William,
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WOW, here we disagree BIG time.
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There's a shock.
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You put things as if everytime you have a medium pair in this situation, you're all-in and then the wheel of fortune starts.
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I specified that this was end-game situations, where you open the pot. In most such situations, the money isn't deep enough that you can afford to raise 3xBB and then fold if reraised. There are exceptions, but they are just that: exceptions.
Given deep money, yes, you'd rather wait to see the flop.
Given a raise ahead of you, the decision of whether to fold, flat call or reraise (which will usually mean all-in) usually comes down to stack size, your read of your opponent, and your read of your opponent's read of you. Stack size is at least quantifiable; the rest is vague, and you're as likely to be wrong as right, especially in your estimation of your opponents' reads of you.
There is a lot of short-term luck in poker, and nowhere is that more evident than in the play of middle pairs (QQ-99).
Cris
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