Comments on Ed Miller's Small Stakes book

[psuasskicker]

Let's take as a given that AJs have a reasonable pot equity edge over the typical limping hands. Therefore, the decision with the highest EV is to raise.

I agree that AJs has an edge over typical limping hands. The question I have is, why is the edge with AJs over typical limping hands big enough to raise in this situation vs. waiting for the later situation?

Take the section of the book with the AA vs. TT. The TT does have an edge over other random hands that are out. But its edge on the turn if a blank comes off is MUCH bigger than its edge on that flop. Hence, it makes sense to wait for the turn, vs with AA the edge on the turn is only slightly better than the edge on the flop (which is very large). But with AJs, how is the edge PF large enough not to bother waiting for the flop, where if it hits you well you now have a VERY large edge?

- Chris

[Beavis68]

Someone has Q2s, the flop is A T 4 - and only one or none of their suits. How much more are you getting out of them on this flop?

If you raise PF, they are putting in more money probably 98% of the time. Post flop wouldn't even be close to that.