I always thought having the matching ace on a 3 to a flush board was super important when bluffing but according to Uri it hardly matters at all. Anyway though it was a pretty interesting video and Uri does a good job of explaining things.
This video is not saying the Ace of the suit doesn't matter in 3 flush boards for bluffing...
In this hand, IP checks back turn, so he doesn't have nut flushes, but he has weaker flushes and that's why lower diamonds are better.
In some other scenario, the Ace will be the best blocker, and there could also be scenarios where the Ace of the suit would be one of the worst cards to have.
well i didn't mean that it was literally meaningless just that it apparently doesn't mean as much as i thought. Also are you saying lower diamonds matter more because they block more of the range that the IP actually has and having the ace losses value because Ip should never have the nut flush? So its kinda a phantom blocker in that it doesn't really interact with the range that IP should have once they check back the turn? If so that makes perfect sense.
well i didn't mean that it was literally meaningless just that it apparently doesn't mean as much as i thought. Also are you saying lower diamonds matter more because they block more of the range that the IP actually has and having the ace losses value because Ip should never have the nut flush? So its kinda a phantom blocker in that it doesn't really interact with the range that IP should have once they check back the turn? If so that makes perfect sense.
I think the main reason why we prefer lower diamonds is that they unblock folds. IP has plenty of high offsuit hands like ATo, QJo in this line. Whereas he shouldn’t have hands like 56o. This makes the 5d a much cleaner card than a high diamond like Ad or Qd, since it doesn’t interfere with villain’s folding range.
