- if you think he'd fold more than 1 in 3, then go for it. follow your read.
- i tend not to want to make this bet unless i think he'll fold about 50% of the time. 33% is EV neutral, and i'm not sure EV neutral plays have much "image" value at these stakes. again, i suppose it really just depends on the texture of the table and the specific player(s) in the pot.
- maybe stars has changed a lot since party closed, but whenever i play there, i always seem to be mumbling "you called me down with WHAT?!?!?". it doesn't matter whether i'm dragging a big pot with the nuts, when i make a bare nut low bluff or a straight up bluff, or when i bet a marginal hand on a scary board and villain calls me with a slightly better or slightly worse hand (but definitely nothing close to the nuts) -- i'm constantly amazed at what i get called down by. as such, i'm contstantly in value bet mode unless i have a rock-solid read that villain likes to fold. ymmv.
- another thing i noticed about stars is that they tend not to like full-pot bets on the end without a huge hand. i don't know if it's too transparent to bluff full pot and value bet smaller, but it's an idea.Statistics: Posted by Kuso — Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:40 am
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