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Originally Posted by limon
people arent really coming on the show to grind out a small hourly. the show is only on a few hours a week. people come on to make a big score and to see themselves play in big/stressful situations.
I feel like every player is trying to do their best to win the most money possible or "make a big score". But for the tables I'm seeing on LATB, the best way to make that big score is to attack the obscene looseness of the table, not by joining in on that looseness. The time to play extremely loose is on passive tables with opponents who call you down 3 streets with top pair.
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Originally Posted by limon
it really wouldnt help your game to come on a show and just nit it up with a short stack. there would be no situations for you to review. Playing big on LATB is probably the worlds greatest training tool. You get to see your demeanor and tells. you get to see how your reads were and if you were correct in your assessment of game flow. you can present the hands to a coach or friend without the filter of your biases, they can see the actual hand play out. The LATB regulars who take their game seriously get better at an amazing speed.
Oh, I don't mean go on LATB with the plan to nit it up. I mean you should go on LATB or any table for that matter with the plan of adjusting to the weaknesses of your opponents. It just so happens that I feel like the best adjustment you can make on a table that loose is to take away implied odds of the LAGs by playing with a smaller stack, and entering pots with better hands than your opponents.
I feel like if I were one of the losing players on that show and I reviewed my hands, the biggest mistake I'll notice is that I'm consistently putting myself in marginal situations for no good reason. And learning this lesson would naturally lead me to play a tighter range of hands.