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> a good opponent would just start bluffing me out of every pot… People try this. > …by increasing their bet size to a point where I can’t profitably call. A
by csa 4y ago
> a good opponent would just start bluffing me out of every pot…
People try this.
> …by increasing their bet size to a point where I can’t profitably call.
A good poker player will adjust your expected range based on your sizing and frequency of bets/raises, and they will adjust their calling/raising ranges accordingly.
Most poker games, especially big bet games are played against a range/distribution of hands, not a specific hand.
- ryandrake 4y agoYes. The article makes its analogies with a "simplified" view of poker. I don't think the author's point was to go deep into the game. It's enough to describe the basics like bankroll management, pot odds and expected value, and then show real world examples of it. I'll also point out that constructing ranges and thinking in terms of ranges/ hand distributions is a relatively new development in poker. I mean, the very good players were subconsciously doing it all along, but it's only been written down and analyzed in the last 10 years or so.
- csa 4y ago> but it's only been written down and analyzed in the last 10 years or so I agree with you overall points. For historical reference for folks who are interested in the poker boom of the 00s but were not there, it’s more like 20 years, if not more. The book Let There Be Range was published in 2008. High stakes players were discussing the issues covered in that book amongst ourselves (live and online) with quite a bit of sophistication for several years before that. All that said, and supporting the point made above, advanced computational support for ranges (esp. via “solvers”) didn’t really start becoming a thing until the early 2010s.