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quick question
i know this has been asked before, but i cant find the post or remember the answers. which poker variants give a skilled player the biggest edge against a fish?
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#2
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Re: quick question
According to some books NLHE.
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Re: quick question
A skilled but dishonest player? NL 5-card draw. It's easy to give somebody a strong second-best hand and clean them out.
Otherwise I pick California Lowball; few other games give you so many opportunities to draw dead. Hold'em is a game engineered to give the sucker an occasional win. |
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Re: quick question
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Otherwise I pick California Lowball; few other games give you so many opportunities to draw dead. [/ QUOTE ] Really? I think I'd rather pick hi/lo regular. |
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Re: quick question
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[ QUOTE ] Otherwise I pick California Lowball; few other games give you so many opportunities to draw dead. [/ QUOTE ] Really? I think I'd rather pick hi/lo regular. [/ QUOTE ] My vote is for PLO8. Split games and big bet games are generally lower variance than otherwise. |
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Re: quick question
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Otherwise I pick California Lowball; few other games give you so many opportunities to draw dead. [/ QUOTE ] Really? I think I'd rather pick hi/lo regular. [/ QUOTE ] My vote is for PLO8. Split games and big bet games are generally lower variance than otherwise. [/ QUOTE ] Variance and edge are different aren't they? |
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Re: quick question
basic quikkie definishuns:
edge: skill/position/hand advantage over opponents variance:amount that your stack/bankroll increases/decreases |
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Re: quick question
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Hold'em is a game engineered to give the sucker the ability to run well against great players for longer than seems humanly possible. [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: quick question
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i know this has been asked before, but i cant find the post or remember the answers. which poker variants give a skilled player the biggest edge against a fish? [/ QUOTE ] Sklanksy tackled the question of which game required most skill in 'Sklanksy on Poker' and he came out for seven stud hilo with a declaration. This seemed to be because a skilled player could win half the pot by going in the opposite direction to the other two players... However, whether this question is the same as yours, I am not sure. |
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Re: quick question
Al, assuming you are taking this from SS1, he is referring to a 7SH/L where there is no low qualifier; 2nd best high has a fine chance of winning, so long as you guess correctly which way your opponent(s) are going, and picking the one they won't. I think that would play different than any of todays poker - his game was predicated on knowing villain hole cards + wrecking them with math. As far as i know, isn't spread anymore. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Probably for the reason the original post was created!
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