Tommy Angelo Articles, PF Decisions

[DavidC]

I occassionally read stuff, though not as often as I should:

http://www.tommyangelo.com/ <font color="white"> ........</font> http://www.tommyangelo.com/articles.html

I enjoy reading these articles, and there's stuff worthy of reading in there, but you have to sift a bit.

Anyways, there's a few things he talks about:

1) http://www.tommyangelo.com/articles/...ottle_this.htm

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[after taking a series of bad beats tommy says he] folded the next few hands preflop, but not just any hands. They were exactly those hands readers fret over, the ones that I don't think are all that bad, except for when, and especially when, I've lost some big pots, because that is the time to establish internal combustion control for the session, before it slips away

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He's talking about a 20/40 B&amp;M game here, fyi.

I was going to cross-post this in psych and theory (and not post it here at all), but I'd prefer to discuss it here:

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Harman and/or Brunson, as well as someone who recently wrote an article in the 2p2 internet magazine, says that you're more likely to lose more and win less when you've already been losing in a session.

Tommy talks about keeping his emotions in check, and calming down a bit here. The other three that I've mentioned talk about opponents being more likely to call you and take shots at you, and your judgement being more likely to be impaired.

So I'm curious about what you guys think of folding marginal PF hands (even on the plus side of marginal) when you've recently lost a monster pot and you're concerned about table image / your own stability. Basically at a moment where you could be at the onset of tilt, but you're not totally out of control yet.

And 2) http://www.tommyangelo.com/articles/..._play_ever.htm

This got me thinking...

Which of these two plays is the worst:

A) Raising UTG with 72o in a game where everyone is loose and wild PF but really tough and tight (knowledgable of odds, etc.) post-flop,

or

B) folding aces preflop in a loose passive game when you're in the bb and everyone limped to you at a full table.

You should not be making EV calcs to do this, or folding aces will win by default (folding = zero EV). Rather, feel free to take a guess at the opportunity cost of each mistake.

--Dave.