‘Fit or Fold’ Poker is Silly
- Fit or Fold is Silly - Mason Malmuth
In the August issue of Two Plus Two Internet Magazine, Mason Malmuth has a great article that discussed the ‘Fit or Fold’ strategy and the weakness of that style and how it really will be quite costly. It goes into many examples and tells you how over the long run the Fit or Fold strategy makes money for your opponent.
Fit or Fold applies to playing the flop in Hold ‘Em. If the flop fits your hand you stay in the hand, if it doesn’t fit you must acquit…. err fold.
Malmuth references his book ‘Hold ‘em Poker for Advanced Players’ he co-authored with David Skalansky, when the article discusses a short handed game with an aggressive player and the flop didn’t fit. Folding or by calling about 50% of the time when you hit or have a draw will only lead to long term profits by your opponent.
He refers to the book again when discussing a large multi-way pot and how you get 12-1 to call if there was a pre-flop raise but only 7-1 if no pre-flop raise. Discussing how that goes into your decision instead of blindly using ‘Fit or Fold’.
At the end of the article Malmuth ends with this gem regarding Fit or Fold:
By the way, there is another point to be made about “Fit or Fold”, and this point has been mentioned many times before in my writing. It is the fact that poker is not simple. If it were, we would all be playing correctly and there would be no winners. So fortunately, it is a good thing that “Fit or Fold’ is a silly concept. source
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