PurgatoryD
Visionary
Silver Level
Currently, I only play tournaments. But in considering ring play, the following occurred to me (this excludes any ICM considerations that may exist at a given stage of a tournament):
When your hand is better than a 50% favorite, you ALWAYS have pot odds, no matter how little or how much money you put into the pot.
So, wouldn't it follow that when you are a better than 50% favorite, you should be all-in whenever possible?
If you are in position to get all-in first, you also have some fold equity going for you.
So for instance, let's say after the flop I have open ended straight and flush draws and my opponent has top pair giving me a 54% chance of hitting and winning. Especially if I'm betting first, shouldn't I always shove?
I'm curious to hear from the ring players. Because ICM is not a factor, is this generally what people are thinking? It's +EV, right?
When your hand is better than a 50% favorite, you ALWAYS have pot odds, no matter how little or how much money you put into the pot.
So, wouldn't it follow that when you are a better than 50% favorite, you should be all-in whenever possible?
If you are in position to get all-in first, you also have some fold equity going for you.
So for instance, let's say after the flop I have open ended straight and flush draws and my opponent has top pair giving me a 54% chance of hitting and winning. Especially if I'm betting first, shouldn't I always shove?
I'm curious to hear from the ring players. Because ICM is not a factor, is this generally what people are thinking? It's +EV, right?