Actions made on the river are often polarizing. A polarizing action is a bet which could equally have been made by an opponent with a worthless hand and by an opponent with the nuts. When you respond to a polarizing action, you must decide for yourself whether your opponent has nothing, or everything. I've just come up with some terminology to distinguish your response. If you believe your opponent has everything, you should fold; in this case, you're a polar bear. If you believe your opponent has nothing, you should call; in this case, you're a polar bull. Not only are you bullish on your own hand, you believe your opponent's bet is bull(shit) :-)
This is an excerpt from my February 9, 2017 post. Last night, my stack went on life support when a polar bull decision went south on me. The river put four cards to a straight on the board, but it was a gutshot. A big stack bet big on the river, and I just wasn't a believer. I fell in on the very next hand. I made a pair of sevens on the river, but got outkicked an opponent with an ace and a seven in his hand. Whatcha gonna do?
style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings
MTT NLHE 174000 26000 6 88 21 30 0
delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $23,391,768
2021 balance: $70,000
blue distance: $1,445,900
balance: $77,735,453
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