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Originally Posted by mythrilfox
because the sum of the payouts on every leaf on the game tree is higher with one strategy than with another
not trying to be overly snarky, but your question is basically like asking "why is raising ATs utg profitable"
This could turn into an argument pretty quickly and I don't want it to go that way. I am asking for the reasons behind the bet size preference. I am not asking you if he thinks it's the highest EV option. He obviously thinks it's the highest EV option if he's making the bet because that's the point of poker. If the answer I got every time I asked a poker question was to do it because it was the highest EV decision in the game tree, I would never learn how to actually develop solid strategies based on the factors present in the hand and would be stuck memorizing a bunch of spots which is the opposite of what I'm trying to do here.
Your answer is analogous to a football coach telling his players to just make the right play because it's the best play you can make without explaining when and why to do it.
My guess: I'm pretty sure he's doing it because it's harder to meet MDF for players who haven't studied PIO grids/strategy against that sizing compared to 33%/50% bet sizings which most mid-high stakes pro's have memorized. There are multiple flops he's choosing 23% over 33% on where if you run the sim in PIO, which he is obviously using, it doesn't show that using a smaller bet size is higher EV and in the cases I've run it shows it being worse - so I'm not sure where your proof is on that other than the fact that he's doing it (which doesn't help me understand why). I was hoping to get some better insight into this other than someone just telling me it's higher EV (which I assumed already, yet was proven wrong in PIO). Also, the sky is blue. I was really hoping some better players would chime in with something to confirm/deny what I'm largely taking a guess at and to add a little more to my understanding of the game.
Last edited by donkANALysis; 07-22-2017 at 03:13 AM.