speaking of not knowing what GTO means...

not sure if intentional or accidental but this is hilarious

Iso limpers wider in co and btn, C-bet more frequently in hu pots, bet the turn more frequently for protection and thin value, and call much tighter when someone makes a big bet unless you have good reason to believe they don't have it.

Ok but this whole time we've been arguing about which game has the higher $/hr. Who cares about big blinds/hr. I don't pay the bills in big blinds I pay them with $.

Nobody said live players play perfectly when effective stacks are short. But our edge is significantly larger when we have 100+bb stacks and can get three streets of value or pull off a big river bluff as opposed to getting them to limp/fold with 15bb.

I know the maths aren't for everyone but it's not like she's asking you to convert miles per hour into rods per hogshead.

Lol, nice passive aggressive use of quotes around "good", but that doesn't make up for your bad logic and inaccurate perceptions. No, it's because no one in their right mind is going to sit in a 50bb game when they can sit in a 200bb game. An action player doesn't sit in a short game, so why should a pro?

What makes you think a good player turns into a calling station in short games? Shouldn't the ability to adjust be part of what makes someone a good player, so by definition they aren't good players if they turn into calling stations? That paragraph is really irrelevant other than to serve your purpose of mocking people who delusionally believe that they are "good".

People call off too light, or too much of their stack when they are shallow, which is a mistake, obviously. A lot of spots becomes close, and you are forced to call off in spots that you aren't happy about. I wouldn't call it the biggest edge, but an edge is an edge.

And our edge is even bigger when our opponents are playing blind...

So how does your obvious point have anything to do with the discussion in hand?

Someone said we lose a lot of our edge when effective stacks are reduced. You said you disagree. I stated why we do in fact lose a lot of our edge.

If it's such an obvious point, why did you disagree with it in the first place?

This tells me you don't. You may know the definition but you don't know what it means.

I made my point in direct response to what you said about win rate in big blinds increases proportionally to increase in big blinds - ie., "double the blinds, double your win rate in money because your win rate in bbs stay constant".

I'm saying your win rate in bb doesn't stay constant, because it's limited by the effective stack sizes (ie. there are less bbs to be won)

To be fair, I think your win rate in $$ probably increases somewhat just because the pot sizes are bigger/more blinds to steal, but you definitely arent going to see a proportional increase. It's hard to say how much it increases though, and it may not increase at all. Really depends on the game. Much higher variance too playing short stack, so depends if you prefer making a little more with way more variance, or the other way.

Bad players with 100bb stack might lose 10bb an hr. What about with a 200bb stack, will the bad player lose more money or less money per hour?

Easy now. FWIW, I quoted "good" long before you chimed in and "dumb" things down for me.

I don't get these insults from you...it's ok to be wrong, you know?

Correct, but what are we talking about now?

Is the discussion which games are better, 50bb, 100bb, 200bb, or is it:

This whole time, I thought we are still talking about how the game is better when people suddenly have to put in twice as much money.

The same rationale why you keep on saying that doubling the blind is bad...

Does that mean you don't know how to adjust?

Nope, I said "good" many times before.

I don't know why you're so aggressive all of sudden.

Is this your way of agreeing? I guess I'll take it.

Close to some, not so close to others.

If you don't want to follow the discussion, you don't have to, but please don't stir up non-sense because you don't want to put in the time to read prior discussion.

I do know what it means, not sure why you think otherwise.

Richard, Im not sure what games you are playing in, but if the players dont understand that a mandatory straddle makes the games play shallower, then congrats, great game. In most games, a straddle makes players play tighter because they have to put in more money pre flop.

Tighter range pre-flop = less post flop mistakes. Most fish are exponentially worse the deeper the game plays and they play a lot worse post flop than pre flop. A straddle makes the game play shallower, and it makes post flop decisions more trivial and thus easier for fish.

And I said that it's a good thing.


Is it really that hard to follow the context of the argument?

If people are folding like crazy and playing super tight, all things equal, doubling the blinds make it more profitable because you get to steal for more money...

Read these two threads and print mobnies. The F do.

''Are you sure you want to add Richard Parker to your ignore list? ''

YES

Because the first statement is not actually a thing.

:-). Appreciate the support.

here's a little chip porn to get things back on track. ran very poorly at 2/5 in february so i used my "i'm due for a heater of a session" at 10/10. did not disappoint.

cashed out ~6800 (bought in for 1k). have a couple of hands to post in mid-high stakes.

nice hit JB!

nice hit.

i like that you use the 'running bad, so it's time to move up' logic.

it was clearly his time to hit.

its like when you bet $20 on roulette and lose 4 times in a row you now its time to now put down a $1000 bet. its almost a sure thing