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Originally Posted by elitemob
As I understand it now, the basic principle is, to steal blinds by raising all in, with what normally would be a marginal hand. Most people will already have folded if someone does sth. like that, so in essence they indirectly have a significantly improved hand (as to chances of winning, b/c there are fewer opponents).
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That is correct. "ABC" SNG strategy is to play very tight early and then loosen up late, culminating in preflop push/fold where to do so is +EV.
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Originally Posted by elitemob
As a second thing they reduce the pot odds of the people still in the game making it less likely someone calls. If someone does call they still have a problem on their hands but in the long run will come up ahead with their decision. So my first question: Do I understand that correctly?  |
Probably a better way of putting it is that a) if you open push all-in you might steal the blinds without a fight if everybody folds and b) even if you are called it is quite unlikely that your hand will be completely dominated, even 32o against AKo is only a 2:1 dog, so you will suck out 1 time in 3.
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Originally Posted by elitemob
I suppose I will have to learn and read up about the second phase as it's something really new for me. It's a very interesting and challenging thing though.
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Yes! Being able to play good push/fold poker is a critical part of tournament poker.
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Originally Posted by elitemob
On a side note, your german is really good, just in case you're interested: willkommen is written with double 'l' and you could have used "Schön, dass du hier bist." instead of "Sehr gut". Don't get me wrong, everyone will understand you, it just sounds more natural this way  |
Thanks for the correction! Hier in Australien habe ich keine Moeglichkeiten, mein Deutsch zu benutzen, schade.
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