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Originally Posted by albedoa
tbqh it sounds like you tried to parrot some sage advice about when it's appropriate to fold AA and are now too invested to concede that your example is not as good as the sage's.
No, it's nothing like that, frankly. I honestly do believe that at some point, even in a cash game, it's sensible to throw away +EV after factoring in other variables when the alternative is something like the situation aforementioned.
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Originally Posted by browni3141
I don't think I'm going to understand your mindset because it is so alien to me.
It doesn't matter how often this kind of spot comes up, what has happened to get us to this spot or might happen in the future, as long as losing the money doesn't cause financial harm, in which case it was irresponsible to sit with so much money on the table. You have a choice between leaving with 2100BB 100%, or 4200BB 80% and 0BB 20%. The latter choice is worth $2520 at 1|2. You are honestly saying you would give up $2520 to lock up a win for one 14 hour session?
You are saying that every losing session you have is a waste of your time? How do you psychologically deal with all the losing sessions you inevitably have? If I thought like you I would have quit poker by now.
Even if you personally value the warm fuzzy feeling you get when you win, how can that possibly be worth $2520?
Why do you think the frequency that this spot occurs is relevant? There are loads of spots that don't come up often enough to ever be statistically significant by themselves, but when all of those rare spots are considered together they become relevant.
What are you saying? Every losing session
IS a waste of time. lol
You know, it's a strange thing: make the best decision and don't be results oriented.
But at the end of the day (week, month, year, life, whatever) results are what matters. If you "run bad" for a long time, you're going to have nothing to show for it, regardless of making every +EV decision possible.
