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Playing 94o there means you are playing all the hands.
Look at the chart. He's playing 94o BTN vs. BB, and he isn't playing all hands. He's only playing 90% of them.
He's folding 108 other combos.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if a crusher is normally playing a hand, it is because he/she things he can win money with it in the spot it is played. It isn't about learning. Like in the grid above, DonJuan plays T3o in the BB vs. BTN open as part of a 89% range. He thinks it is profitable to play it (more profitable than to fold or raise). End stop. He's not advertising and it isn't about Shannia.
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Maybe this is what has made these guy's so good. More hands=more experience.
Certainly online, never been a fan of "avoiding tough spots" for this reason. Guessing that the current generation of crushers don't think much about experience at the table -- they're learning to play by doing homework away from it. It could be that those playing online check results of big samples to make sure they're not off in the weeds. It could be that you or I should think about this stuff, but it seems like results bias would cause us to be as/more likely to learn the wrong lessons. I literally have no concept how one would get better at poker playing live 20/40.
Final thought: let's say 94o or J4o is profitable in one of these spots. It can't be very profitable. Any actual close spot has to be nearly 0EV. So let's say that we just muck one of those hands. What would it cost? Conversely, let's say it is barely worse than 0EV. You're either making or losing a tiny fraction of a bet. Guessing that I should work on my turn cbetting frequency, which is an actual abomination, instead of worrying too much about this.