Quote Originally Posted by Sir Pawnalot
Spoon- your comment is retarded in two ways:

1. You spread hatred which is slowing the progress of the Universe at large.

2. "I just sat down at this table. I have no current read on the villian."

Without any reads you must base your decision on your average Equity against all players at this level minus the "good players" which never does this overbetting.

Thus we must estimate our E versus the average overbet amongst "bad players"

This can only be done somewhat accurately with good experience. Since I completed this level so fast I cannot make that estimation with good accuracy- but I would be dumbfounded if OP is not at a marked Equity disadvantage.

This is often a great call versus somewhat tilted players, but we dont know that.

2c and I called a genius retarded!! What a day.
To #1, yes I'm an ass hole and whoever doesn't like it can suck my fucking cock.

To #2, you're agreeing with me here without realizing it. Instead of the thought process being "I have no reads" -> "What button do I push" it should be "I have no reads" -> "I need to estimate a range" -> "What is my equity against that range" -> "Do I have enough equity to make this a +EV call".

Edit: To illustrate what I'm saying, look at the first two lines of the thread:

I just sat down at this table. I have no current read on the villian.

Should I have made the call?