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Old 10-27-2005, 11:46 AM
PrayingMantis PrayingMantis is offline
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Default Why having a 1/45 BB stack is great

Because when you have 1/45 BB stack, espcially with no bubble considerations, you have the pot-odds to play any (yes any!) hand, and that is extremely profitable and very much +EV, and also does not require any kind of ability. You just play any hand and it's +EV, which is wonderful. I call it the "magical pink zone", too bad Harrington forgot to mention it in his book.

For instance: suppose you have 82o with a 18 BB stack in MP. In most common situations you'll fold it, since playing might very well be -EV. HOWEVER, when you're in the "magical pink zone" you can happily play 82o there and it will definitely be +EV. How wonderful is that?
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Old 10-27-2005, 11:49 AM
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nh
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Old 10-27-2005, 01:14 PM
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lol. y. nh.
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Old 10-27-2005, 01:20 PM
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Exactly. I played a live MTT last weekend and I got knocked down to 200 chips when the blinds were 300/600 with a 75 ante. Before it got to me, there was a raise to 2400 and a reraise to 9600. I CALLED WITH Q7o! Both those other donks had AK and the flop came Q47. Check it out, I quintupled up and I would have had to pass that up if I had a bigger stack.
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Old 10-27-2005, 03:03 PM
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I always respect what you post about poker, but I lost a lot of respect for you as a person.
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Old 10-27-2005, 03:05 PM
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Default Re: Why having a 1/45 BB stack is great

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Because when you have 1/45 BB stack, espcially with no bubble considerations, you have the pot-odds to play any (yes any!) hand, and that is extremely profitable and very much +EV, and also does not require any kind of ability. You just play any hand and it's +EV, which is wonderful. I call it the "magical pink zone", too bad Harrington forgot to mention it in his book.

For instance: suppose you have 82o with a 18 BB stack in MP. In most common situations you'll fold it, since playing might very well be -EV. HOWEVER, when you're in the "magical pink zone" you can happily play 82o there and it will definitely be +EV. How wonderful is that?

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Post of the year.
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Old 10-27-2005, 03:09 PM
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I always respect what you post about poker, but I lost a lot of respect for you as a person.

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?

I'm not insulted or anything, very far from it, but only curious as to why anyone would lose respect for me "as a person", and what kind of respect for me "as a person" you had before reading this particular post (since you had no idea of me "as a person" to begin with), a post that was meant to point out in a non-standard and maybe funny way one of the great fallacies in the theories posted around here lately?
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Old 10-27-2005, 03:09 PM
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I always respect what you post about poker, but I lost a lot of respect for you as a person.

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This is a forum about winning at poker. Reading it, just by itself, has earned me many tens of thousands of dollars. If I want it to keep earning me money, I believe I have to keep the strategy discussion above RGP or pocketfives, and if that entails flaming bad posts until they stop, I am perfectly willing to do that.

Also, getting offended over a funny post on the Internet is dumb.
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Old 10-27-2005, 03:12 PM
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a post that successfully points out in a non-standard and really funny way one of the great fallacies in the theories posted around here lately

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FYP
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Old 10-27-2005, 03:15 PM
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lmao. Great post mantis
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