BJS,

Great explanation and I don't doubt it. My only comment was that many noobs can't think like this, or even if they can, cannot ascertain villain's level and so are none the wiser and that villain could hold ATC. More to the point, villain often does have ATC.

Sometimes I make good reads and other times I am utterly in shock (sometimes nicely so and other times not) about what he actually holds. I don't doubt the advice - just that it's very hard (otherwise they'd all be making killer reads) and it's something that I am often stumped on, despite reading and learning. Interestingly enough, when I sit the tests in magazines, I always perform well. But they usually involve opponents that aren't liable to go all in pre flop with J6, lol.


PokerMuzz, you're right, I'm wrong. There wasn't a thread about holding KK on an Axx board on another forum, and the vast majority of replies didn't argue, rightly or wrongly, that you have to bet out. Thank you very much for that correction.