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Old 11-20-2005, 06:23 AM
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Default Re: Keeping the Initiative (Stars 100 hand)

Rempel,

I don't mind making tough decisions at all because I am confident in my ability to make good ones. However the more such situations you put yourself in, the more likely it is to decide wrong. A good example of this is in cases where you flop a set but are actually a dog to an extremely strong draw held by one player, or to the field. Playing better sidecards gives you greater equity by allowing you to have enough outs to redraw when a bad turn card comes, and also by lessening a drawing hand's equity because you are holding some of its needed outs. Plus the positional aspect of this particular hand is important. The weaker your starting hand, the better position you need to play it, because there will be so many bad cards that could come, and position often allows you to check behind and avoid being bluffed off the best hand or being value bet thin by a non-nut hand that beats you where you might be tempted to call.
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