So OP does look incredibly weak BUT what does ed call w/ here on the flop that didnt get there????? you really think hes floating w/ kj (non spades) or some pps? don't think he plays like that but could be wrong.... certain queens do make sense but calling for a chop a lot of the time

You're right that the range is very narrow, except that your conception of Ed's range is nowhere near what he is portraying.

Clearly you have demonstrated that you don't know how to read hands.

Everything got there. The only other hands I don't lose to are KJs and QJs. And that, I'm chopping with. Plus, those hands have to be at the bottom of his range.

I can't for the life of me see Ed Miller lead out on the river with what he expects to be a chop a good majority of the time. We have absolutely no history together and i can't see him making some multi-level lead on the river in the hopes I fold a chopped pot.

Normally, I'd probably bet the turn on a non-Ace spade. But I see no reason to bet that card. It hits his range squarely in the face, whether it's AQ or AsXs.

I did actually think of raising the river, repping a boat, but I didn't think that made much sense.

meh....3/4 pot. The other guy in the hand was a donk who would call any bets with a flush draw, so I thought I'd charge him a premium.

Not betting the turn means that you are completely giving up on the hand.

I am fine with that as well, but if I were to have a chance of winning, turn bet is necessary.

Just curious in case "pokahblows" makes to want to make another ******ed post..

For what reason can we NOT have AA/QQ/77/22 here?

even more of a reason why ed shouldn't be bluffing here.

he has a donk behind him and you bet 3/4th pot for value, so he should nit fold 88-JJ.

so do we think a river raise might work a good % of the time or not?

Against Ed, yes.

Not if you don't know how to hand read on the river. You have to be able to analyze your line and villains line, to come up with a play. Anygood hand reader knows ed is repping very little on this board.

Like I said in previous post, ed is never bet/folding this river with mediocre hands. Its a boat/air 99% of the time.

No, we can't have a set here. We would bet the turn in this spot like 80/20.

That doesn't make any sense... If he thinks he is playing with donks why would he make a 1/3 pot bet with air against a calling station?

Board texture and hero's line. Analyze please.

You're so bad. We can always have a set here.

Having attempted to think in PokahBlows' thought process, I have just become worse in poker.

Heh. I am enjoying this!

Nice level, see you in the highstakes games at a later date.

Don't know why I'm bothering but

1. Why can't he have and bet AQ? (count combos)
2. Why can't he have and bet flushes (count combos)
3. How many boats can he have?
4. How can he get here with air?

So, pokerblows claim he has boat air here 99% of the time is clearly LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Having said all that, and accepting this is a fold, I think people are way, way, way over estimating the probability that this dude plays as he advises in his books.

Has the game passed ED miller by or does he play lower stakes for writing purposes?

I've come to the conclusion that pokahblows is just ****ing with us because no one can have a thought process so grossly ******ed, someone please ban him.

I thInk the hands at the bottom of Ed's range are KQs, QJs, and maybe QTs... And we don't beat any of those we can only chop at best.

Easy Fold

Can someone direct Limon to this thread. Idk why but I'm sound on my advice. I could be totally wrong and ed could play like any other low stakes cpu jockey.

Why does either of these have to be true? So many weird assumptions in that question.

Ok, I'll get to the root of it:

Why does Ed Miller consistently play low stakes? I don't know a ton about his game but have read his books. To put it lightly, I fancy myselfa solid player and I'm fairly certain miller would crush my soul

It is a good question... He is mainly a 2/5 player, I read an article by him recently about 'how to beat limpfests' he was primarily talking about 1/2, and in the article he stated that he plays 1/2 and 2/5 live nl regularly.

Being a poker author, and an obviously winning pro, it is weird that he doesn't play 5/10 or 10/20 instead, surely he would be able to beat those stakes with his knowledge of the game for a much higher winrate then 2/5.

I mean c'mon, who enjoys playing 1/2

You can't write about 2/5 if you never play 2/5...

Plus, think about it. Top players can adjust, balance, take weird lines, make big bluffs, and do all kind of unpredictable stuffs. To write about such high level plays would be rather tough, and furthermore, the audience would be much smaller.