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A Bit of SbobetMaths

Introduction   Whilst losing my money on Paradise Poker recently, I found myself considering an interesting problem. In the UK, we play mostly pot limit and it is clear that pot limit hold'em and limit hold'em are two completely different games.   One difference in limit hold'em is playing out of the same blind. Clearly in a multi-way pot, there is a temptation to call with trash from the small blind. Who wants to go through the agony of throwing away a 38 offsuit and the flop coming down A88? It happens all the time to me. Of course, in my case, the big blind is always slow playing AA.   Anyway, there is the introduction. Let's get on with the analysis.   Calling from the small blind.   Firstly, we must make some assumptions about what constitutes a good result and calculate the probabilities of achieving this.   We shall define two broad styles of play, loose and NOT loose (i.e. tight).   Lets say a loose player is a playe...