Re: [ba-poker] expected value of BB?

[Jim Geary <jaygee(deleted the rest)>]

half. the kill ev depends on the position of course.


On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Joe Francis wrote:

> Does anyone have any rough figures on what the EV of a BB is in a 
> "typical" holdem game, 9 handed?  How about the EV of a kill blind in a 
> game with a half kill? 
> 
> The underlying question I'm thinking about is: how much does knowing you 
> will get the kill button (if you win) effect your calculations when 
> deciding whether to call/raise preflop on the prior hand?  Up til now 
> I've been thinking of the entire kill amount as lost, but of course it's 
> not quite that bad. 
> 
> So far my rule of thumb is to only come in if I have a truly premium 
> hand, or the situation looks *really* juicy.  The exception to this 
> would be if I am UTG.  There I find I don't need to be any tighter than 
> I would normally be there, since the kill would happen on my BB and is 
> thus not a big deal, plus I like someone to have the kill because I find 
> the competition makes more mistakes when the limit goes up.
> 
> tia for any advice,
> -floppy
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