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Originally Posted by Gzesh
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I retract the cr*p I gave Fore above. Fore, if your intent in your post on 2_2 was to brag hypothetically about how you would measure whose d*ck is bigger in your 1/3 game v some interloper pro moving down from 2-5 because he thinks he can exploit YOU, have at it.
What does poker strategy have to do with this ? Fore may be a legend only in his own mind at 1-3, but he should be able enjoy himself on 2+2.
Just saying that deep stack low limit cash is much more common outside Vegas. That certainly could change but is true currently.
I am not the best player in the local games here. Some but not all who are better than I are pros and I do tread carefully. Sometimes even game selecting away from them even though it is a very good game. There are also plenty of pros who I love to see join the table. Being a pro does not make some one good necessarily.
There are also decent to good pros who know how to outplay me but choose to play a lower variance game. They know this is probably sub optimal but at that time in that session for whatever reason, they are valuing the lower variance.
From what little we know, we don’t have any basis to say if this pro is actually good or not. My real point is just because someone is a pro doesn’t mean they are God. Just because someone is playing deep, doesn’t mean you need fear them even if you are not deep. And if it is a pro playing deep, you def need to pay attention, but if you are going to play scared, you are better leaving. In SOME cases, leaving is the best. But sometimes you might have an opportunity to use his style against him for awhile. If he is a pro, he will adjust and so should you. But for awhile you could have an advantage and if so you need to use it.
It isn’t a macho thing. It is situational awar3ness and adjustments. Iow, it’s poker so play poker but don’t play scared.