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Old 01-09-2009, 04:31 AM
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Default how starting hand values "normalize" in deeper stacks

I would like to see a video where you guys talk about how at deeper stacks starting hand values "normalize" [gaps between strong hands (AK, etc..) and weak hands(small suited connecters) get closer the deeper the stacks] as Dan Harrington puts it in his Cash Games Vol. 1.

I am a tight aggressive player, but end up too often winning small pots with large starting hands (AK, JJ-AA) and losing medium-large pots with the same hands. It is so easy on a Kh8c9d board to make a large bet on the flop, Qc hits (you assume a fairly safe card), so you go ahead and make another 3/4 pot bet.
The majority of the time you win a small pot after your flop bet, but sometimes your called and before you know it your in a huge pot with only TPTK.

I would love a video on this. What I am talking about is better presented (way better) in Harrington on Cash Games Vol. 1 starting on pg. 53
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Old 02-02-2009, 12:10 PM
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I think the most notable difference is that hands with good implied odds like 22, A4s and 89s become more playable, while easily dominated hands like KJo tend to get you in a big trouble. That's what you mean?
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Old 02-04-2009, 04:36 PM
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Right on the ball Chinz, I would like to see a video talk about this. Because, even though hands like KJ or KQ get you in trouble, they are still profitable when played right. A video on how to play big broadway cards (how to keep the pot small, not get committed, ...etc) would be great. Of course just a new video in general would be great seeing as how I haven't seen a new one for quite a while.
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Old 02-04-2009, 06:41 PM
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it depends what games you're playing in and who your opponents are, but the recipe for fixing your "winning small pots & losing big ones" is pot control.
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Old 02-07-2009, 01:12 PM
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I realize pot control is the solution, but I would like a video that goes more in depth on the topic and approaches their hands from the light of "We have only top pair here so we are going to check this back" or "This guy is really deepstacked so we are going to try to get an extra bet in with this draw so if we hit we can get him all in by the river" They allready do this in videos, but I would like to see a video dedicated to it, where this is the topic they talk about when they are just folding hands.
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