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04-28-08, 08:38 AM
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8:1 advantage is extreme, but my point was, HU with shallow stacks and increasing blinds is ruled by the cards.
The key mistake any player can make is folding too often. The small stack only has to double through twice to alter the dynamic. The first is easy since the pro will call <12.5% of his stack (remember, blinds are already in) with a huge range. If the amateur gets good cards, the next one changes the chip count to almost dead even. At that point the pro is at a HUGE psychological disadvantage. He is in a classic no-win situation. He's supposed to beat this guy. Nobody will play up his win. Its ho-hum. But if he loses it's "How can you lose to that guy???" The exact opposite is true for the amateur. The classic example is Farha's inability to call Moneymaker's bluff when every instinct is correctly telling him it IS a bluff.
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04-28-08, 09:49 AM
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Interesting points about the psychology of the situation. Another testament that long term success in poker takes some mental toughness. The better your skills get, the more mental battles you have to win.
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04-28-08, 12:46 PM
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You know, I talked to Sammy about that hand a few years ago (quite a few now - I think it was in '04), and he said "Everyone says how great Chris's bluff was, but it wasn't. *I* played the hand badly." You're exactly right - he knew he should call, but he didn't want to lose to a clearly inferior player like that if he was wrong.
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