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Originally Posted by Conan776
Personally, I would rather have SSers on my right than my left. If they are in the pot first, it folds out most of my range, and I've lost nothing. If I'm in the pot first, a lot of my range has to fold. It's great being able to steal their blinds from the button and CO, but that's only 2 of 9 spots.
i actually had a debate with a very solid 6maxxer today on this subject
my point is this...
if they are on ur left, and say will only re-ship a range of 88+/AJ+/KQ (8% of hands) then we pick up the pot uncontested 92% of the time. and the 8% they ship, we will sometimes be able to call profitably against. So we are picking up these spots super often. Also, i count at least 3 spots to do this (us in CO, BUT, or SB)
If they are on our right, we play an effective SS range when they steal (about 2.5 hands given a SS strat). If they steal wide/call tight, and we can shove ATC, then that is different. but most SS's wont allow you to do that (correctly so regardless of the SS player type). So you win nearly nothing when they are on ur right (ur WR is now a SS WR playing an effective SS game), and if they are on ur left you win 92%+.
Left>Right
or put another way. a SS on ur right isnt there. a SS on ur left is free lunch