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Originally Posted by bearer
None of what you said is relevant. All Matt Hunt has to prove is that the top X% winningest players only go on to win/place well X amount of the time over a significant sample.
Moreover, an active reggy player to your right will further diminish your supposed edge, especially if you're letting him over-realise and see too many flops IP.
Overestimating edge is an ROI-killing late stage leak. I know because I used to kid myself that I could afford to pass all types of spots.
There is a difference between not passing up on marginal spots and maximising your skill edge through the planning and execution of lines accordingly.
Preflop is only 25% of the game the other 75% is played after the flop when we look at it in terms of betting rounds, if you are a better postflop player than your opponent than then we want to be operating in this space as much as possible because here we are comfortable and experienced whereas your opponent may not be and this creates an edge for us to exploit.
By planning and executing lines that are not favourable to postflop play you are giving this edge up, thats why you should have a slight bias for highly granular lines that take your postflop skill set into account.
I don't pass up on marginal spots because I feel my skill edge is too great, no maths is maths but I do approach the game with an attituide to excentuate my skill edge as much as possible and plan and exec lines that favor postflop play esp in position as I know I should be making better desisicons here than my opponent.
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Originally Posted by bearer
Being the best player on 100% of tables is not enough 35bb deep. No getting away from the fact you'll need to get it in relatively marginally and hold to do well in most tournaments.
I believe it is enough, best to stop focusing on the results and start focusing on playing the best poker you possibly can. I know I have to get it in relatively marginally and hold sometimes but that fact applies to everyone else too so its held at a constant just like the luck of the cards, but playing your best is something you can control, so when all other factors are held equal the best player will always come out on top.
Instead of trying to be the best player in the world just try to be the best player at your table everytime. If the cards are held constant then you will win guarenteed. Thinking skill edge is non-existent when your 35bb eff is erroneous imo
Last edited by wowsooooted; 11-14-2018 at 01:25 AM.