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Originally Posted by Mason Malmuth
Hi Bipolar:
In my book Real Poker Psychology there’s discussion of something I called “searching.” This usually occurs when a marginal player becomes frustrated that he doesn’t do as well as some of the better players that he’s aware of. It’s seen most often when the marginal player is doing poorly in a game and thus begins to search for other strategies that he hopes will improve his results.
While your description is a little different from this, it looks to me that you may be a searcher. What you need to understand is that changes in your strategy should only be made after much thought is put into it, and that usually should be done away from the table.
So, in your example of playing J9o UTG, there may be situations where adding in a marginal hand up front can help your overall win rate. But unless you have this well thought out, making these type of adjustments at the table should lower your expectation, and keeping this in mind should also help you from falling into this trap.
Best wishes,
Mason
Mason,
First off thank you so much for your insight. I will immediately pick up this book along with DUCY which I felt was very appropriate after reading Theory Applied. This is what sets 2+2 apart. Thank you so very much for contributing to my personal journey to becoming a poker player that can contribute to my families well being after a devastating change to our life.
Cliffs Notes, my daughter and I were struck from behind by a vehicle traveling at greater than 100 mph. Rylee my 6mos old was in her car seat and by the grace of God was very minimally injured. I was far lass fortunate. Lost my left eye and had significant head trauma. The traumatic brain injury led to severe bipolar tendencies among other things. 28head surgeries and counting, along with severe neuromuscular deficits. Therefore, had to make some serious life changes. I had always played poker, but now it is my main source of income.
2+2 has been the leading source of knowledge for me. It is a Godsend between the forums and the books. My game is light years ahead of where it once was and I am now viewed as a very solid player. All because of 2+2, thank you so much Mason. You have no idea the impact you have had on me. Poker is not just my hoppy, it has become my profesion due to my limited abilities to do much else. People are not anxious to hire a slow speaking, bipolar individual with one eye; however, everyone sees me as an easy mark at the tables. That is until I am stacking their chips. Thank you so much Mason!