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Originally Posted by kisada
I'm pretty new to draw games so I am hoping this is a good exercise in basics.
6h game. My read on BB is he plays solid.
Folded to me. I open
98763 OTB
SB folds
BB calls.
HU now, so If BB:
D2s : what do i toss?
D3s : what do i toss?
any situations where i ever pat?
Thanks!
There are player specific reasons to do a lot of things in this game, but just looking at most common scenarios:
Against most D2 hands you are a flip regardless whether you draw to 87 or pat. When you share cards with the D2 you are a slight favorite drawing (51% vs 50% pat) based on sims vs 2w7/www and ww8 ranges, but I'm unsure why the dead cards would help a D1 more.
Vs D3 it isn't even close, you should draw. Your equity pat is 57% vs D2 range, but you are vulnerable to either being played off the hand or owning yourself. If you draw you gain 4% equity and can play later streets in position with more flexibility.
Some expert players take the first draw with a plan to pat almost all flops and barrel. You can do this of course but your draw vs a D2 start is such a substantial favorite it may be better to farm that equity and save the pure barrels for hands with worse potential. Your history and playing style should dictate how often you do this.
In my experience, in a live setting you can also value bet much thinner vs a hand that starts D3 as these hands get targeted by snow a lot, and players who routinely defend and D3 oop know this. So you can bet or bet/call a lot of 1:0 rivers with some dead card information from the draw, but if you pat from jump you have to play the river with less information and an empirically weak hand.
Last edited by electrical; 05-10-2018 at 12:34 PM.
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