STP Jackpot Question

[farc]

Would you rather be right or lucky? Lucky is good in the short term but right often wins out. I do not think in math terms so I tell myself that holdingA-10 is way too rrestrictive. It's like trying for the utimate inside inside inside straight.

[Tomcat1569]

Would you rather be right or lucky? Lucky is good in the short term but right often wins out. I do not think in math terms so I tell myself that holdingA-10 is way too rrestrictive. It's like trying for the utimate inside inside inside straight.
 Farc, I agree with you 100%. I'd never play that hand the way he did. Apparently his overly aggressive playing strategy is coming home to roost -- he's on a bad losing streak ever since

[Lucky Larry]

Tomcat,
Maybe your friend had one of those "gut" feelings. I try to play the best EV on every hand on the games I play. But this past weekend I consciously broke up a pair of Jacks on 6 hands of STP - JOB to hold the A, J, and 10. This is a move I would almost never consciously make - I was incredibly rewarded with a RF.   Over the next 1,000 hands it will probably only be the paying pair.    

[Tomcat1569]

Tomcat,
Maybe your friend had one of those "gut" feelings. I try to play the best EV on every hand on the games I play. But this past weekend I consciously broke up a pair of Jacks on 6 hands of STP - JOB to hold the A, J, and 10. This is a move I would almost never consciously make - I was incredibly rewarded with a RF.   Over the next 1,000 hands it will probably only be the paying pair.    
Larry, No, unfortunately he always holds the A-10 suited. He also rarely holds four cards to a straight or flush, and will often throw away JOB to go for a 3-card royal. I keep telling him not to do these things (especially the latter), but he insists

[Lucky Larry]

Sounds like one our family members who only believes in always going for the RF. His mantra is, 'Hey, I'm a gambler!"   In other areas he is a Dave Ramsey believer.