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Originally Posted by SpewingIsMyMove
I have always wondered why people call a 55% edge a coin toss. If I am playing adequately rolled, then yeah, I get my money in with a 5% advantage.
10% advantage - 55 vs 45. It's a coin flip in that it's way closer than the 80-20 you can get with pair over pair.
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Originally Posted by Kelvis
I don't care about the moral part but calling preflop is by far better financially.
Assume:
100 BB stacks effective
if we shove pre villain always calls
if we shove a safe flop villain is never calling
EV of pre-flop shove
216 * 55% - 192 * 45% = $32
EV of safe flop shove
41 * 71% - 17 * 29% = $24
So yeah the pre-flop shove has higher EV but far higher variance. Our EV if villain always folds to a pre-flop shove is even higher.