Re: Calling Equity? late 20/180
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Well, if you trust your reads and decide to call with K9o based on that read, you're gambling. An educated gamble, to be sure, but it's still a gamble. Problem is, you're rarely going to get the math guys to agree with this on the merits of your hand alone, and they have a valid point. There are less hazardous spots to pick up chips in a MTT.
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I'm a math guy. If the opponent is good and the blinds are tight, folding is awful.
Steve
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Sweet, finally someone who doesn't think my gamble was bad. The blinds were VERY tight, so I went allin. Villain had J9o and I lost to a J, BUT it felt soo good to make a 'good call/read' (as opposed to standard push n pray) against a decent opp. I did get to the finl table through sheer luck
My main concern with these finl tbl bubble/shorterhanded situations is, if e1 is playing standard FE push/ prem call preflop at 5-15BB, why not gamble in special spots?
If everyone says to 'steal blinds twice, get a hand', are they not gambling just as much.. leaving it up to the cards?
If I do manage to steal the blinds twice without a call, I'm praying. If I get called on one of those attempts (which is fairly likely), I'm praying that my likely worse cards get lucky. All the while praying that I actually catch a premium hand.
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