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Originally Posted by YertleTurtle
I don't think this is correct with Chubokov as Chubokov doesn't even care if your opponent sees your cards. For Nash you are correct.
You're mistaken. Chubokov guarantees a +EV jam, but it's possible for you to get a larger edge by doing something else. For an extreme example, if your opponent calls wide from the BB and then proceeds to fold every single button because he thinks the small blind is an unlucky position, then it's probably better not to jam K2o for 10bb. Your edge is even more massive by winning 50bb/100 from the big blind.
Anyway. Chubokov tells you a couple of cool things, but if you are a player without a lot of theoretical experience trying to learn about endgame, I would strongly advise you to not pay any attention to Chubokov. In many cases, you'll actually be better off not even knowing what it is than trying to apply it.
That's not because it's some advanced thing only for advanced players. It's actually completely useless for advanced players in general because they already know the conclusions that Chubokov is meant to show. H2Olga doesn't need Chubokov to learn that it's better to jam Q7s for 11bb rather than openfold it (wtf openfold Q7s???) even against funky calling ranges.
From a FastTrack article (will eventually be made public), that makes the point of "Chubokov is not a strategy" before going on to talk about what it IS useful for:
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If chubokov were a strategy, it would be what two stoners thought up of in the middle of the night after the brownies are finished and the credits roll on the Harold and Kumar movie. The conversation would go something like this:
Chad: "Dude, what would you like, do, if you were like, 10bb deep, and you had a pair of red fives, man. And you were playing against Jonny Chan and he ate an orange slice and was like, yo kid, I know you got dem pocket fives, a diamond and a heart. What would you even do?"
Jason: "You're an idiot Chad you have fives go all-in".
Chad: "No no no man you don't get it. He snaps you off with 76o and folds 44 face up. Like do you still go all-in? What if we solved this for every single hand?"
Jason: "What the hell man, who cares? Nobody is going to call with 76o and fold 44."
Chad: "Screw you man I'm solving it for everything, you can watch Super Troopers again."
[Editor's note: Yes, it is painfully obvious I don't have much drug history. Don't dwell on this point].