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Old 07-05-2006, 09:32 AM
jcm4ccc jcm4ccc is offline
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Default Re: The Freakonomics of Tournaments: A Preview (74s UTG at final table

What you are doing is bullying a passive table. You're just doing it in spots that most of us wouldn't.

Only one outcome is positive for you: when everybody folds. You lose chips, on average, every time:
<ul type="square">[*]the button pushes[*]the sb pushes[*]the bb pushes[*]a big stack reraises[*]a big stack calls with position[/list]You only considered one situation (the bb pushes), and that was only marginally +EV (about one BB), given very favorable assumptions (only pushes with the top 21% of hands, when the whole table knows you've been raising like a maniac). The SB and Button have more chips than the BB, and you will on average lose more chips (and be compelled to call) when they push. I'm not convinced.
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