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Bob Zeidman's avatar

I just added an update that I forgot to put in the original. When I had KK against AA, a K came on the turn but an A came on the river.

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James Todd's avatar

I agree that time off doesn’t affect the odds, but it can make it more enjoyable and affect decision making.

I read somewhere once about expectations of tournament poker:

Assuming you are good at fundamental tournament play and make good decisions, on average you can expect to cash 1/10 tournaments and win 1/100 tournaments. Now that doesn’t mean you’ll do that every 10 and 100 tournaments. It could work out to cashing 0 out of 20 but 6 out 30, or winning 0 out of 200 but 5 out of 400, etc.

It’s such a long run game. Emotional perseverance is essential. For me that includes breaks from playing.

Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!!

James

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