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Originally Posted by Kanadian
If that were the case, why wouldn't you just make flop push/fold for every single situation?
Don't the variations in EV for bet size matter over a large sample? In the SS you gave me, that's a quarter of a chip difference in EV, which at small stack sizes in an SNG might matter quite a lot.
At a certain stack-to-pot ratio there will be a significant EV drop.
So, you can't push in for $100 if the pot is only $6.
However, any reasonable bet size will perform alsmost exactly the same as any other reasonable bet size.
Even overbetting the pot by 2x will often still show a very decent performance.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanadian
Don't the variations in EV for bet size matter over a large sample? In the SS you gave me, that's a quarter of a chip difference in EV, which at small stack sizes in an SNG might matter quite a lot.
The difference isn't a quarter of a chip.
It's typically around a hundredth of a chip.
Once again, please just test for yourself by experimenting with some different bet sizes in the same tree, by comparing their overall EV.
The influence of bet sizing is almost non-existent.
However, the influence of using an incorrect strategy (whether to bet/check/fold a certain hand) is huge.
So having absolutely perfect bet sizing makes almost no difference to your overall EV.
Whereas even seemingly small mistakes in strategy can lead to huge EV losses.
So, the importance of playing well outweighs importance of choosing perfect bet sizes by a large margin.