Mason's article on bunching

Was excellent. It made me think of something new.

Generally, bunching is described as a way to predict the remaining cards of players yet to act, given that players ahead have folded. Mason has shown this effect is negligible to unmeasurable.

OTOH, bunching--or perhaps more accurately--"reverse bunching" can be used as a way to deduce what the players ahead of you do NOT hold. (Mason's example of over cold-calling a preflop raise with a small pair in position.) I never thought about this aspect, and it was helpful.

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