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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Originally Posted by Chopper
and, the only reason i think this is because BTN is basically AI at this point. if he is ahead, and i spike a miracle A on the river, i cant get any more from BTN. so, i may rather keep MP3 in this hand since i am well ahead of whatever he is playing in this capped pot.
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What I don't like about this is that you are forgetting the concept of ranges. BTN has some range of hands. I suspect that most of them are ahead of you, because I still don't buy the idea of a 55/25/1 spewing chips like crazy post-flop without a very strong hand. But some of them are behind you, and perhaps I am wrong and most of them are behind you. Nonetheless, it's a range.
Now, you have pocket aces. Pocket aces is both (1) the best unimproved hand and (2) a hand very unlikely to improve when beat. This is exactly why you want to be heads up whenever possible. When you are heads up, there's only one hand that has a chance of beating you, which is crucial because your hand isn't likely to improve.
So, if your judgment is that you have enough equity in the pot to continue against BTN's range (and, by the way, I don't dispute this for one second), then you generally want to blow out anyone else you can. As I said, it is very seldom that you actually want your unimproved aces to go to a multi-way showdown.
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