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Originally Posted by samangr
Hi guys,
Do you find any merit in this or its all in my head? :-)
Yes, there is merit to this. It's very high variance, and risky. The first time I saw something like this was at the Continental in Las Vegas, circa 1989. This game was 1/3 LHE. Player brings a full rack of whites to the table (a huge buy for this level). He proceeds to make very wild, bluffy plays.
I noticed he did this from no position earlier than the CO; otherwise, he'd just fold or play a legit hand. I used the time to collect as many of those loose chips as I could. Once his rack was empty, he bought in for another, and I knew what was coming next. He didn't surprise me when his game got very solid. If he was going to win any more chips off me, well, he was going to have to beat a real hand. No one else noticed, they kept on calling with marginal and trashy hands only to be looking at TPTK or better. When the game broke, he walked with three full racks and stacks.
Granted, that was taking a very big chance. It's not easy winning $200+ when all you can bet is $3.00 a crack, but he did it. If you want to embrace the variance, go for it. Do understand that this really increases your RoR, and be prepared for the worst.
It's not something I'd recommend. I don't like showing bluffs as I think there's as much to be made from robbing nut scared rabbits repeatedly and for much less RoR. You won't win so many big pots, but I let those take care of themselves. Little pots are far more common than hoggers that take you five minutes to organize and stack up. You can do almost as well, not by reckless bluffing, but by opening up your value range. Get in those thin value bets. Your typical rec-fish doesn't understand betting for value, and will actually think your thin value bets
are bluffy when they really aren't.