Do you guys ALWAYS wait for the big blind before playing?

[wrkingtobegreat]

Sometimes if im atleast in late pos i wont wait for bb. is waiting for bb just automatic for u guys?

[fretelöo]

More or less, yes.

[bozlax]

no

[Set_Wenker]

Maybe I should but I rarely wait.

[Gib]

6max I will, FR live I'll post anywhere 'cept UTG.

[Todd]

FR I will post in CO, MP3, 2 and 1.

Figure it doesnt really matter, plus everyone will think I am a donkey for posting.

T

[OrigamiSensei]

As boz says, no. Do the calculations for posting in the cutoff and you'll see why.

[00Snitch]

I always post when the button passes or in late position. If I feel like jumping in for a gambool, I'll post in other positions.

I seem to remember a comment from DaveC (supreme nit [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]) the other day saying that he wants to stop posting altogeather. It got me thinking, he may be onto something (he usually is in some weird way [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]).

If my win-rate is xbb/100 hands, and my winrate out of the blinds is y (which will be negative). I guess this means that everytime I post out of position (a losing play) there is a function that will tell me how many more hands I have to play to compensate for this. The worse your blind play (and blind win (lose) rate, the more hands you have to play to make this back).

I guess then, you could figure out a break even seat, based on how small your lose rate in the blinds are, from which seat you can post. It won't be right on, because you profit more from late position, but it might be interesting. Perhaps you could break it down to your win rate from each seat vs your winrate in the blinds to get closer to the mark.

I think this would mean, if you somehow had a winrate from your big blind, identical to your overall winrate, you could post UTG and break even? Would that mean you could post in any other position and profit?

Any maths people help me out on that one?

Clearly I havn't put a great deal of thought into this yet, just an idea.

[headofmike]

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, plus everyone will think I am a donkey for posting.

T

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I was thinking about this the other day. It seems when you post from middle or earlyish position everyone assumes you are a sucker. Couldn't this move easily be +ev in no time at all? I've also considered faking being a girl. With a screename something like sexylady69, and a super hott avatar people are sure to play differant against you. But that might be just funny, and not logical.

[Thomas Newton]

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I've also considered faking being a girl. With a screename something like sexylady69, and a super hott avatar people are sure to play differant against you. But that might be just funny, and not logical.

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I might try it next time I sign up somewhere. I'd be interested to see what happened. You might get an apology for a bad beat once in a while fwiw.

In response to the op -

If I ever post, its totally on a whim and very rare. And I almost never leave the table until the bb comes around.