HU in the UPC: Edler vs Brunson

[jdefoe]

no one can answer this for me?

[toke]

Nothing wrong with checking a hand like this behind occasionally to mix up your plays. Controls the potsize and avoids tough decision when todd checkraises the flop. But without knowing the effective stacksize or the flow of the game I can't know if that was a particulary (it could have been) bad spot to check behind. Btw having the lead or not having the lead shouldn't influence this decision unless you think it's influencing your opponents play. Only effective stack should matter.

[jdefoe]

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Nothing wrong with sometimes checking that behind (it's called mixing up your plays) but it shouldn't have anything to do with being in a lead or not. Only effective stack counts.

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can you explain this to me please?

I'm guessing Harrington isn't a fan of giving the free card here

[toke]

Give the effective stack (smaller stack) so I have something to work on.