4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 3,654
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Obviously this depends on who your opponents are. In general, there are two different types of bad players that we make money from: bad players who call too much, and bad players who fold too much. Against the first type of bad player, we might earn 80% of our money by making good hands like full houses, straights, and flushes and getting paid off, and 20% of our money by bluffing or taking down small pots with weaker hands. Against the second type of bad player, we might earn 80% of our money by bluffing them out of the pot and 20% of our money by making good hands.
Most 10NL and 25NL tables are full of the first type of player so aok's rule is usually applicable there. But you'll also see players who are down to the last money in their account and are scared to lose it all, so they won't call it off without the nuts or close to it. And finally, there are players at every level who will not only heavily contest pots with top pair weak kicker, but also with bottom pair, a draw, or absolutely nothing. You have to know your opponents. If you fold good one pair hands every time there's a bet and a raise on the flop, you're just transforming yourself from one type of fish into another.
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