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Old 07-13-2007, 10:34 AM
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Re: poker

<<I've been bad beat heaps of times by people who will call an all in when I have wired kings and they have only an Ace high with a 7!>>

I know what you are saying but for others reading this: the answer to calling with A7 vs KK depends entirely on how much money is already in the pot and the ratio of what the all-in call amount is versus the amount already in the pot. It is CORRECT to call an all-in with A7 vs KK even knowing you are way behind if there is a lot in the pot and it is incorrect to call an all-in with A7 vs KK if there isn't much in the pot.

think this way, if you and I were to flip coins and we each had $100 in our stack. if there was a $1 ante in the pot put in there by somebody else, it would be technically CORRECT for us both to put our entire stacks in because the reward is greater than the 50% odds of each of us winning. we should do this all day long and split up the $1 ante (1% dead money 'overlay').

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