Biggest Online Winner (BOW) Strategy

[mayesie]

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Doesn't Prahlad Friedman use a lot of this strategy?

Also, try posting this in MHNL. Semibluffing and table image are not exactly top priorities in SSNL.

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Thanks for the suggestion regarding MHNL. Is it your opinion that Semibluffing and table image aren't high priorities in SSNL?

Regardless, I think I understand your point (Semibluffing and table image become much more important as you play higher stakes).

[PokerFink]

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Is it your opinion that Semibluffing and table image aren't high priorities in SSNL?

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It's pretty much a fact. Things like starting hand requirments and learning to value bet properly are MUCH more important.

What I mean is that you can be a consistant winner in SSNL without ever semibluffing or paying attention to your own table image, two concepts that are linked for obvious reasons. Since your opponents are using Level 1 thinking ("What do I have?"), table image is not that important.

Also, as TWP has said, players in SSNL call down too much. This makes semibluffing MUCH less profitable, since your fold equity is drastically reduced.

Also, even if you only ever overbet the pot with the nuts, people will still call it, whereas in MHNL you have to mix it up by overbetting the pot on a draw sometimes.

Just finished reading Phil Gordon's Little Green Book and I was very intriged by the BOW section. Based on his mathematical explanation of why it works, it looks like a sound strategy. However, it only seems effective against stronger opponents. I can't see how it would work against the donks who play the SSNL tables. You'd get called too much and lose the FE. Also, many of those calls would come from better draws than yours which just happens to be one method to beat this strategy as Phil notes.

[punter11235]

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Also, as TWP has said, players in SSNL call down too much. This makes semibluffing MUCH less profitable

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Some time ago I wrote on this forum that for example with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]10[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] on Qxx 2clubs board you should almost never raise in SSNL but just call and I got flamed [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Well in 200NL and below is just stupid. Cause when you call and hit the chances are the from time to time ppl will call two pot bets or they will give you a free card on the turn.