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Originally Posted by TheHip41
There is some magic numbers of players in the pot where this becomes irrelevant and you cap to make everyone else pay an extra bet
With 3 ppl total I’d rather call and check raise 100%
With 4+ total players. I cap.
On one side of the equation, this is true. More players = more preflop value foregone if you opt for deception.
On the other side, more players should make the value of the deception less because the pot will be more "protected," right? The best of your opponents' hands will be stronger and stronger (including draws) and will get harder to bluff out; conversely, they're less likely to steal (reasoning you can't have hit a flop) because someone else might have hit it.
So both sides of the equation call for more straightforward play preflop at that "magic number." I suspect it's sometimes 3 and sometimes 4 depending on reads, but that in any case, playing too straightforward in a 3-way pot can't be as big leak if it's marginal in this situation.
Last edited by AKQJ10; 07-09-2018 at 02:07 PM.