Re: Play Poker like a pigeon
I can't apparently edit my posts on the forum so I'm going to have to create my addendum as a second post, sorry.
Anyway, this in no way excuses the book, but it is worth mentioning that the author does not advocate "no fold em hold em" since he states right away that you should only continue with 2 pair or trips and dump the hand otherwise. The issue I have with it, is that he makes outrageous claims such as, the odds of flopping either trips or 2 pair is, if memory serves, 1 in 13. NO, no it isn't. I think it's closer to 1 in 27.
Now, in low limit games where everyone and their mother limps in, there could be some grounds for playing any two cards since you can still dump the hand if you get nothing, but if you flop even bottom pair, with a board that isn't too scary, and you have several opponents, it *could* be correct to draw to 2 pair or trips.
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