Comments on: How Small Poker Mistakes Add Up to Big Losses http://www.billrini.com/2008/07/15/how-small-poker-mistakes-add-up-to-big-losses/ Bill Rini's Poker Weblog Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bill http://www.billrini.com/2008/07/15/how-small-poker-mistakes-add-up-to-big-losses/#comment-138058 Bill Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:40:53 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/?p=1510#comment-138058 I'm obviously aware that your equity is non-zero. :-) But it should be obvious that if you don't understand how your small mistakes add up then you probably don't understand equity and thus trying to present it here would add a level of complexity that might distract from the message. It's a good point though and at some point I might write a more advanced version of this post which includes equaity as a consideration. I’m obviously aware that your equity is non-zero. :-)

But it should be obvious that if you don’t understand how your small mistakes add up then you probably don’t understand equity and thus trying to present it here would add a level of complexity that might distract from the message.

It’s a good point though and at some point I might write a more advanced version of this post which includes equaity as a consideration.

]]> By: Fredrik Paulsson http://www.billrini.com/2008/07/15/how-small-poker-mistakes-add-up-to-big-losses/#comment-138057 Fredrik Paulsson Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:35:26 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/?p=1510#comment-138057 The mistakes don't cost a small bet or a big bet. They cost, at most, a fraction of a bet. Your equity when you call loosely preflop is never 0%. It's true that small mistakes add up, but they don't add up with anywhere near the speed you're talking about here. It's hard to gauge if you're aware of these things and left them out for simplicity. I don't think the idea gets more difficult to absorb when expressed correctly, though. The mistakes don’t cost a small bet or a big bet. They cost, at most, a fraction of a bet. Your equity when you call loosely preflop is never 0%. It’s true that small mistakes add up, but they don’t add up with anywhere near the speed you’re talking about here.

It’s hard to gauge if you’re aware of these things and left them out for simplicity. I don’t think the idea gets more difficult to absorb when expressed correctly, though.

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