Jacki Burkhart
long winded rambler...
Silver Level
It seems that talk of "balancing ranges" and balancing moves is all the rage nowadays and in a general sense I completely agree with the notion and understand the need to be unpredictable.
But on the other hand, as an amateur tourney player who rarely encounters the same players again....how useful is this really?
Obviously, it will be more useful in a deep stacked tourney with good observant players where you're likely to sit at the same table all day...and it's less useful in a turbo or at a table with bad players.
So...in light of all this I'm feeling in a general sense tourney players can simply favor the most +EV exploitive moves and not worry a ton about balancing.
More obvious and/or recurring things should still at least attempt balance for example early position opening ranges and 3bet ranges and Cbet percentages but beyond the basics I'm not sure I see a lot of merit to amateur tourney poker players balancing their cold 4bet range, or their 2x pot river bet range.
It seems more like an academic exercise than a practical money making strategy.
Thoughts?
But on the other hand, as an amateur tourney player who rarely encounters the same players again....how useful is this really?
Obviously, it will be more useful in a deep stacked tourney with good observant players where you're likely to sit at the same table all day...and it's less useful in a turbo or at a table with bad players.
So...in light of all this I'm feeling in a general sense tourney players can simply favor the most +EV exploitive moves and not worry a ton about balancing.
More obvious and/or recurring things should still at least attempt balance for example early position opening ranges and 3bet ranges and Cbet percentages but beyond the basics I'm not sure I see a lot of merit to amateur tourney poker players balancing their cold 4bet range, or their 2x pot river bet range.
It seems more like an academic exercise than a practical money making strategy.
Thoughts?
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