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Originally Posted by Brokenstars
Well, I think what you're saying is choosing between strategies of ~equal complexity you should choose the one with highest EV.
Exactly.
But a common trap I can think on the fly is thinking less sizes necesarily means more simple.
If you pay attention to checking ranges, that may not always be the case depending on what kind of "simplification" you are doing.
I know a lot of regs use one size per flop nowadays, and I don't know how most of them approach this always.
But I know of some others also using two sizes on the flop, so I think having check ranges in mind is useful to navigate this for whatever personal plan one may have.
If you simplify two sizes to one size but open up a checking range where there was none you end up kind of on the same spot of dificulty with less EV on theory.
Another example, having a range of 66% big bets, 33% small bets, no checking range, and deciding to play a single big size.
Are you betting all your hands for a big size? How much ev are you losing? Is it worth it for simplicity sake?
Or are you checking now some hands? Ending with still two ranges to balance, but less EV?
If thinking on playing two sizes on some flops, spots with no checking range seems to be the first logic pick in terms of simplicity of execution.
You would just need to remember those spots where you range bet for two sizes instead of one and this shouldn't be that harder to implement compared to playing a single bet size and check strategy you do on another spots.
Ofc it would still be harder to implement than a single bet size for 100% frequency, which is the easist one. But it will be also similar in simplicity to creating a checking range where there was none to simplify to a big size, while having a bigger EV.
In theory for being balanced and easy to implement, something like:
Betting range for a single size > one size and check = two sizes no check.
Having all this in mind could help you structure better strategies based on your personal preferences imo.
Last edited by Drefaz; 05-10-2024 at 06:57 PM.