High Stakes Poker thread (10/29 - spoilers possible)

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Just to play devil advocate with the Jamie Gold value betting debate...a lot of the time I see him ending up with like top pair no kicker or its the end of a massive pot like his AQ vs Farha's nines. One pair after someone called 2 bets in a big pot...he could be worried about a trap or some kind of weird draw out. His hand against Jman wasn't too bad either because his opponent was probably in his mind a very tight player.

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You're kind of missing the point. Someone tight like Harman shouldn't bet in those spots because she'd only get called by better hands, and wouldn't fold out many winners. But Jamie Gold bluffs so much that his opponents respond by calling his bets with a lot worse hands. Sometimes as much as A high. So when he has a hand like his pair of nines he should bet because his opponents will still call with a bunch of hands he beats.

One of the main benefits of bluffing a lot is that you get more action on your real hands. But Gold doesn't bet his good hands, and misses out on that action.