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09-23-07, 09:21 AM
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Thick skin
You need to either have thick skin or you need to block chat when you play mid-late game ICM strategy. Players who are clueless about ICM but have read a few poker books will berate and belittle you when you are only shoving or folding.
What is interesting is that once all your pushbot actions have built up your stack to 20+, your 2.5 - 3.0 bb raises suddenly get more respect (they think you're playing your cards when in reality you're playing your stack), and the smaller raises become (at least for a while) less exploitable.
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09-23-07, 12:23 PM
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For a STT, is this all still within the mindset that you are playing for third, and once there, playing to win?
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09-23-07, 07:05 PM
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Great post, Kurn. Thanks. Looking forward to reading more.
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09-24-07, 07:05 AM
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No. You are neither "playing for 3rd" nor "playing for 1st." You are always playing to maximize expectation. Theoretically, at the end of each hand, you own x% of the prize pool (before the first hand, all 9 own 11% of the prize pool). You are always playing to maximize that number.
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09-24-07, 07:39 PM
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I moved your other thread (your results) to the Railbird section.
Question for you: Are you familiar with Collin Moshman's book, ? I bought it the other day, not because I intend to read it any time soon, of course, but I needed another book to get to $25 for free shipping at Amazon, and this one looked like it would be a good addition to my poker collection. From glancing through it, it looks VERY good to me - incorporating the concepts you are talking about, but in a HOH format. Thoughts? |
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09-24-07, 08:00 PM
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Last Thursday on my way to my home game I stopped at a Barnes and Noble to look for Moshman's book, but it wasn't in. I'll try Borders this weekend. It's on my list.
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09-24-07, 08:52 PM
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Amazon, dude (link above). 34% off, no tax, free shipping ($25 min), fast delivery, and you don't even have to leave the house!
Would love to read your review after you get your hands on it. |
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