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Old 12-23-2005, 10:16 PM
damaniac damaniac is offline
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Default Re: Flip the Cards Over

I think that is the point. Here is a scenario where all of BB's outs are totally clean, and there are no horrible redraws against him. There is basically no scenario better than this. A lot of the time, his two pair may give someone else a better two pair, or he's still behind a set, or even when it doesn't make him a second best hand, it will give someone a flush draw or OESD. The problem is that while even the former examples may not happen too often, when they do he's going to lose 3 or 4 big bets. That really goes a long way to killing his implied odds.

And that isn't even factoring in getting 3-bet on the flop.

This happens quite a bit. It's like how a calling station is much harder to bluff than a TAG. His weakness is a strength against some plays. Obviously on the whole it is a big net negative, but it gives him some strategic advantages that a TAG doesn't have. Making the odd correct call like this is another example. A third might be the "loose flop call" that Nate the Great once posted about. Something that really good and bad players do, but not decent players.

The problem is that the bad player doesn't understand WHY something is good or bad, and will repeat an action that is correct in some circumstances in others where it isn't. Ideally as a good player you can learn when to apply the "good bad plays".
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