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Old 05-29-2007, 09:05 AM
FineVol FineVol is offline
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Default A current trend I see by bad and respected players.....

In the tourneys I see alot of players limping with 56, 96s, 86, 64 and hands of this nature but thay are in early position and just gambling. I ask why they do it and they say because if the flop comes low I can sneak in and the good hands like AQ only have overs. I myself like 67s 89s, 56s in late position for the minimum but not if I have to get out of line. These people dont care if they get out of line but it seems to be paying off for them. What should I think about this?
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Old 05-29-2007, 09:07 AM
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Default Re: A current trend I see by bad and respected players.....

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but it seems to be paying off for them.

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You see the ones that payoff ... and if you hit it can be a monster ... but I would venture to say it is a huge error and costs them money in the long run

If more do it that would be fine by me as it is a mistake
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Old 05-29-2007, 10:06 AM
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Default Re: A current trend I see by bad and respected players.....

huge leak, in the long term a chip bleeder
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Old 05-29-2007, 10:11 AM
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Default Re: A current trend I see by bad and respected players.....

When you see these people do this, how deep are their stacks? How early in the tournament? It's not a "huge leak" depending on game conditions, but on most online tournaments, you want to be doing this every so often deep stack and very rarely in your standard 1500 fare.

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Old 05-29-2007, 10:17 AM
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Default Re: A current trend I see by bad and respected players.....

These kinds of limps are great for Shania

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Old 05-29-2007, 10:23 AM
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What should I think about this?

[/ QUOTE ]think what ever you want to, the only real intressting qustion is if these players are winning or not.
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Old 05-29-2007, 10:23 AM
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i agree, on a passive table early with an above average stack, even open raising at times.
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Old 05-29-2007, 10:27 AM
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Default Re: A current trend I see by bad and respected players.....

2800 chips blinds start 50-100
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Old 05-29-2007, 10:28 AM
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Default Re: A current trend I see by bad and respected players.....

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huge leak, in the long term a chip bleeder

[/ QUOTE ]When you hit a str8 or twopairs you can often double your stack. The hand in it self are a big bleeder but in the specific tourney they can be a good start to an early chiplead.

If you try this 500 times at the 10/20 level and only hit good 5 times where you double up from ~1500 chips you'll lose 500 x 20 = 10.000 chips and win 5 x 1500 = 7.500 chips (net -2.500 chips).

You'll be -25% on the hand but when you do double up your $EV (not chip EV) will bu much higher then the loss of 20 chips.
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Old 05-29-2007, 10:32 AM
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assuming you double up those times you connect the flop.
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