Can we just get preflop out of the way? part I

[phydaux]

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"why are we raising all pairs in ep?"

bc sets are really good at winning and generally disguised.

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But you only hit a set 1 time in 9. So 8 times you will raise, miss your set and have to fold. At 3xBB, that's 24bb it's costing you when you miss. And that's if you don't c-bet. If you c-bet a few times and get played back at, then raising small pairs in EP gets really expensive, and can cost you all the profit you make from the one time in 9 that you do make a set. Provided your opponent pays you off. And then there's set over set, or suckouts to straights & flushes.

FR, overplaying small pairs from EP is just too expensive. 6-max is a little differant, since it's much less likely your opponent has a hand at all, so your small pair just might be best even if the flop comes with overcards.