[Sunny Mehta]

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If you do agree with this statement about the importance of how the money goes in (across all three streets versus all on the flop), I think I am missing something in the earlier section about being committed on the flop and therefore willing to get it in as fast as possible.

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Hi JLD,

I very much agree with your general point. Remember, we do have sections in the Adjustments part of SPR where we talk about how "changes in [postflop] betting patterns plays a huge role in no-limit and can change your commitment decision." (pg.244) We also have examples throughout the book that hit on this idea, and we also at several points talk about the idea of "conditional commitment."

A lot of people have asked about this same topic. And while we mention it throughout the book, we do spend more time on the preflop aspect - NOT because we don't think the postflop aspect is more important, but moreso because we only had so much room in Volume One, and we needed to explain all the fundamental principles of SPR first, so we decided to organize it such that a lot of the postflop elaboration on SPR will be in Volume Two.

Also, from your post I can tell that you understand the general concepts well, so don't get hung up on how one example might differ from another in its advice. Poker is a very situational game, and we purposely tried to give as many sides to the story as we could.

To address your specific question, think of "get it in as fast as possible" as being like "get it in as fast as is most profitable."

Thanks a lot for your close read and comments.

-Sunny