[LO8] Two Pair in HU-Pot

[Big Dave D]

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i think wining 0.75 BB by just taking the blinds seems to be a good result.

[/ QUOTE ]And to me attempting to win only 0.75 big bets seems a waste of this fine starting hand. Moreover, when we miss a fit with the flop and would prefer to get out of a hand cheaply, having wasted an extra 0.50 big bet seems ill advised.

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Buzz, I don't know what you are missing here. Statistically, over the lifetime of your play, an A2 is worth less than the value of the blinds. Even a nice suited one. So if you could, every time, trade that A2 into the Poker Gods for both the blinds, no hassle, then you should so that, every time.

In general, in limit games with blinds, it is very rare that a hand is worth more than the blinds. In holdem, it is basically just AA and maybe KK (memory fails on KK.) I would suspect that in Omaha, it is basically just good AAs. And it won't be anywhere like as crushing as the holdem example.

Also, I'm not sure why we are all using that Capelletti nomenclature now. That book was so terrible I almost burnt it.

gl

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