Lesson 9+10

Question 1

What’s the absolute quantity fallacy?

Answer 1

It’s not about who has more Qx but about who has more CONCENTRATION of Qx in his range.

Question 2

What happens if I never raise as BB hands like A9 SOMETIMES on A84r, but play the strategy the same otherwise?

Answer 2

I end up overbluffing.

Question 3

What are the properties of median hands that the solver likes to call and never raise?

Answer 3

1. They don’t benefit from protection

2.They are much better to call than to fold due to robust properties

3. They rarely improve to a nutted hand

Question 4

BU vs BB SRP, board comes A84, why is there some raising with hands like 86s, 54s,22? How can I get to understand it better?

Answer 4

Look at BU’s reaction to those raises.

All the 3 taps work in our favor (the bet sink analogy):

1. Value:

A: with 54s the ability to his the 5 pairs outs is part of the value part itself. It is this alone that makes 87 raise-able and 77 not.

B: He calls me with worse hands, for example bd flush+straight draws.

2.Denial: Even KQo/K9o have 6 outs vs my hand

Question 5

The bigger the villian’s bet on the flop…

Answer 5

The more polarized his range is, the less we should raise.

ie if he bets small I can raise wider.

Question 6

What’s the ‘semi bluffs are bluffs’ fallacy?

Answer 6

Raising with flush draw on the flop is “wild” lol. They are high equity hands. I can raise them or not, but I should have real low-equity bluffs (gutshots) to make villain indifferent to my raising range.