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Originally Posted by Chris Vitch
Your hand suffers from reverse implied odds due to what I'd call bad "playability".
-DeathDonkey
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Chris,
You are right about reverse implied odds, but it's not really due to bad playability. (Bad playability of the hand and bad position make it worse.) It's simply because you really aren't getting 3:1 on your big blind call if you are going to have to put more money in at even odds on later streets.
Here's an easy example: Let's say that your team is down 7 points after the first quarter of a football game and the right odds are 3:1 that the team behind will win the game. So you bet $100 to win $300. Fine. Now let's add the stipulation that after the end of each of the next two quarters, either player has the option of making an even money bet of $100 and the other player may take the bet or concede all previous bets if he wishes. You aren't getting full 3:1 odds anymore.
In the football game and in poker, if you started behind you will more often be behind on later streets, but subject to add to the pot at even money.
Barry