I am not going to argue about the raise with A10s from the BB. I will just say that the only two hands I raise with from the blinds in normal circumstances are AA and KK. Some fool pounding on my blinds every round and I will three bet without looking at my cards from the SB or BB. I don't have the stats to back me up one way or the other but in my opinion raising out of the BB with A10s into 5 people is just not going to show a profit and if it does it will miniscule. I clearly understand about raising in situations where you are gaining equity for that raise as Ben suggest but from the blinds into 5 others is not the place for that raise in my opinion because I don't believe that but a couple of hands have a +EV in that situation. For one thing now there are 12 bets in the pot. On the flop every person with anything is getting the correct odds to draw to beat you (bottom pair, gut shots, etc.) even if you hit your hand. If you just check the BB then bet when you hit your A or top pair 10 then they are not correct to chase in these situations and having your opponents call in these situations is +EV for you now and not for them. Sure your pots are going to be bigger when you win but I sincerely don't believe they are giong to outway your extra losses and if they do it is going to be a VERY small +EV. And if it is positive then I guess go ahead and fire away if you don't mind a greater variance factor in your game, I just prefer to play a lower variance game by eliminating these types of play from the gameplan although I might be giving up a slight overall edge.
Again when playing B&M I may very well make this play and many others when faced with a stable lineup for several hours.Statistics: Posted by piersmajestyk — Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:54 pm
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