Re: blitzing on third and long and the problem with poker forum advice
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But it contains at least one very common type of faulty thinking that pops up over and over: someone posts a tough spot that practically BEGS for a game-theoretic solution, but everyone instead suggests there's some magic "read" that the player should have that would bail him out. E.g.: "It's read dependant." No, it's not. If you have a "read," fine. If not, sometimes you have to play defensively, or a good opponent will tear you apart.
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I disagree: almost all of these hands are read dependent, the best play depends massively on how your opponent plays and it's lazy not to have a good idea what that is. Yes, there is probably a "standard" line, which might be a mixed strategy or a pure strategy, but it's probably not very profitable.
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