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Originally Posted by Gilmour
Coudnt agree more:and its actually quite surprising that a player of OPs caliber doesent know or understand that one of the keys when going deep in a big tournament like this is to being able to pass up on very marginal spots. Its one of the core elements of ICM at a final table, and the principle can be applied to a certain exctent in similar spots before the final table also. As you get deeper and deeper in the tournament your stacks pure cash value increases as we all know, and its just so insane high variance/marginal EV situation to put yourself into those spots over and over again without having to do so.
the truth is far more complex than this. What you are saying is true to a large degree, but when you never are capable of putting your stack in to gamble for a bigger stack deep in an mtt and always allow your game to become weak based on ICM, you dont win tournaments often enough.
To think that im gambling and just putting it in without really evaluating everything is disrespectful, like really i see so many poker players being ignorant and judging others, not even knowing their thoughts or having a clue about their knowledge.
I win tournaments more often than most regs. There is a stat for this on sharkscope, compare the stats of regs, how often they beat the fields 100% of the time. And while i win them more often than most, I also dont end up less often in 2nd and 3rd place either.
It just amazes me how many people think they can so easily judge someone in this absolutely complex game. I am respecting other players when im playing against them, like if a reg does something that doesnt make sense to me, I dont immediately jump to conclusions but try to understand his line of thought. This is a much better way to improve your own game. Obviously you dont always end up saying "oh yes now i see this was good", but at least dont be so judgemental.
Its unfortunate how many attention whores and judgemental players looking down on others and thinking they know better there are in this profession.