Did Sklansky make a mistake?

[Vince Lepore]

Well put. But I wonder if there is a bit of overstatement there.

Vince

[etizzle]

he didnt min raise, it was to 80

[lapoker17]

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SB - bets 200 - Sklansky raises 200 to 400. SB calls


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[Zeno]

David should buy in for ~3k. This amount will depend, however, on the stacks of other players and the kind of players they are, but in general I think this is a good buy in size. If David says he had the right amount on the table then, he probably did have the right amount on the table (what did the other players have?). But this it is not a foregone conclusion. David could be wrong. But I would not bet on it.

-Zeno

El Diablo would know, however.

[Matt Flynn]

often times in those games you will have several weak players playing small money and a couple strong ones plus the lucky one playing big money. in that setting if the live one ain't that live you can dramatically reduce variance without reducing earn much by playing a smaller stack. there is nothing wrong with that, even if you are david sklansky. plus there may be reverse sklansky equity. if they know who he is they may take extra shots at him in big money pots, just to have bluffed david. it may be hard for david to tell that if they aren't otherwise jazzed up. so david takes a hit, and again even higher variance. why bang your head against hardwood when balsa is available. gotta go with david on this one vince. it's his choice and a reasonable one.

matt

[Lawrence Ng]

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i hear people say that if you buy in for $500 at a 5/10NL table youll get run over and lose. this logic is absurd to me.


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I agree.

Lawrence