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Originally Posted by adonson
As QuadJ writes, the 3! pre in certain games may be more profitable but also has more variance. Enough of these passive are calling with AQ or small and medium pairs that hero is mostly behind. Hero profits only because these Vs might fold with better. But a raise to around 80 pre bloats the pot and leaves only one bet left, and a single bullet folds out worse with less force than two or three. This makes flop decisions super hard. At my skill level, I prefer the passive line. I like checking the flop because hero got information without paying.
This is very bad logic, I only agree that callers' money might not be as dead as it looks, but you should take down an unraked pot that's like 20% of your stack a reasonable amount vs described more or less nitty guys, which is extremely valuable. Also, playing a squeeze pot HU with initiative and SPR between 1 and 2 is 10x easier to manuever than the spot you managed to get yourself in. I suppose you're a rec playing a fairly shallow 1/2, is lowering variance really worth sacrificing EV? You described yourself as a TAG, yet this play and the thought process behind it are both very passive.
