Re: SAGE in cash games?
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SAGE optimizes the pushing range
[/ QUOTE ] That's incorrect. Lee Jones, the main 'author' of tyhe system puts it thus: The SAGE System is based on what mathematicians call an "equilibrium strategy," which is a strategy that cannot be "beaten" in the following sense: If either player deviates from the equilibrium, his expectation will go down (and thus, in a two-player game, his opponent's expectation must go up). Studies have shown that for short-stacked, heads-up no-limit hold'em, using an equilibrium strategy makes the outcome of the tournament nearly a coin toss (weighted by the players' relative stack sizes, of course). To put it another way, if you find yourself facing Chris Ferguson heads up, this system will prevent him from using his (presumably) greater poker expertise to get an advantage over you.
Ergo: SAGE is a DEFENSE against a perfectly or near perfectly playing opponent. Would you apply SAGE against an opponent who will call 100%, or vs an opponent who will only call all-ins with AA and KK HU?
No, of course you wouldnt. In the first case you wait for hands that have a bigger edge than SAGE dictates, in the second case you will go all-in every hand. Goldmund
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