Correct river decision after villian check behind...

[sethypooh21]

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I like to start by assuming that my opponents play well.

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I understand where you're coming from, but it's Stars 3/6. Why on god's green earth would you assume that? (I mean, I think I'm one of the better regs in that game, and I play no better than average on my best days...)

[Nate tha\\\' Great]

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I like to start by assuming that my opponents play well.

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I understand where you're coming from, but it's Stars 3/6. Why on god's green earth would you assume that? (I mean, I think I'm one of the better regs in that game, and I play no better than average on my best days...)

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Because I think that by starting from the assumption that my opponents play well, I minimize the number of mistakes that I make against opponents that do in fact play well, while still capturing the profits from the solid majority of the mistakes that opponents who do not play well might make against me. BTW, assuming that opponents play well does not mean that I'm playing a conservative, solid strategy against them since playing well includes mixing your play, and I therefore need to mix my play in return. I'm still making thin bluffs, thin raises, thin calldowns, and -- once every now and then -- thin folds.

Of course, we can and should deviate from this once we develop solid reads.