Re: yellowsub throws a sick min-raise my way
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this is a really bad hand to post
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ok i feel compelled to post again since this is something i see all the time and i think it's bs. i hate to use an already overused expression but poker is "a game of incomplete information." you don't always have the luxury of knowing your opponent's game inside and out. sometimes you've played lots of hands with someone but not in that particular situation. sometimes you've never played with something but have 10k hands datamined and have to make the most off those stats. sometimes you see a guy you've never seen before but his screenname is "donkaments_busto_shipitcrucial" so you know he's probably some random 2p2er. but no matter what, you have to make the most of what you know
it's no different from having to make an educated guess as to what your opponent has. it's making a range. sometimes he has the nuts and sometimes he's bluffing. you have to figure out the %'s. it's no different when you're not sure if your 21/17 opponent is a spewy retard or a set miner postflop. you have to play the range of opponents just like you have to make a range of hands.
so let's say i deposit to stars tomorrow and find myself in the same situation vs the same player. i have to go based on what i know of yellowsub. i know he's a capable winning player. i know that he has an aggressive, tricky reputation. that's all i got. i can't magically KNOW how he plays in these situations. there's no "need a better raed" button on stars. if i went and posted this hand based on my history with him (ie none), would you tell me the same thing? how would that be a reasonable response. i can't make a decision based on something i don't know. i have to go based on what i do. if i failed to give you all available information, then that's my fault and you'd have every right to tell me that you can't help me out. but OP told us what he knows. it's not his fault that he doesn't know much. you can't sit with someone for the first time and magically have thousands of hands of experience.
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