Polarized vs Non-Polarized Range HU IP on River (Exercise)

[grnydrowave2]

Yup.

Forgive me if I'm being dense. I thought a polarized betting range would be something like 5 bluffs and 5 strong hands, not 1 and 10.

So since it's neutral EV, wouldn't the answer be "no, we shouldn't be polarizing our range" then?

--assuming there's a +ev option out there.

Yeah, that's kind of what I meant. If you know what the +ev option is. Otherwise, you can fall back on the neutral EV option.

[Ragnar4]

Forgive me if I'm being dense. I thought a polarized betting range would be something like 5 bluffs and 5 strong hands, not 1 and 10.



Yeah, that's kind of what I meant. If you know what the +ev option is. Otherwise, you can fall back on the neutral EV option.

I'm not saying you're wrong, or anything.

I'm just saying that's the answer to Spoons Question. All things being equal, there is probabyl a +ev choice, a neutral ev choice and a - ev choice. We should strive for the + ev choice.

Although Poker is one of those batshit crazy games where you're stuck with neutral ev or -ev as your only options every once in a while, and in that case you take the neutral ev.

[NightGizmo]

Forgive me if I'm being dense. I thought a polarized betting range would be something like 5 bluffs and 5 strong hands, not 1 and 10.

"Polarized" just means the top and bottom of your range. It doesn't say anything about the ratio of the top to the bottom.

I think betting with a polarized range is neutral EV, no matter what villain's calling range looks like

If the villain only calls with the nuts and second nuts, and folds 100 other combos in his range -- you wouldn't bet a polarized range? And you don't think that would be +++EV?