I think that if you're in a spot where the stakes are only likely to double when you're OOP, it would be almost impossible to win. Like you play 20/40 any time you have position but the game goes to 40/80 when you're OOP, you just can't overcome that. So if you're in a game where the 2 people behind you have overs buttons and nobody else is going to take one, that just sucks.
Now TDK is basically assuming that by playing overs, he can get the entire game to double in stakes and he's crushing the game overall -- that has to be good. Even if he gets a fair proportion of IP and OOP hands vs bad players at higher stakes, sure. Go for it.
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Originally Posted by ninefingershuffle
I imagine it is a lot like seat changing. Good in the moment, bad for the game overall.
Could be that you're 100% correct here where setting up the dynamic of selective overs taking is just like seat hopping. Having the worst overs position is probably bad. If you take the worst of it in the long run, it has to suck. I think of all the mediocre HU players who played button games and made huge win rates. Getting screwed in overs position probably isn't that bad, but it has to be not good.
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I'm not an expert though so very interested in the opinions of those who are.
I won't claim to be an expert in this situation, but position has to matter. Money flows around the table to the left. It is hard to crush people who have position on you.