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Originally Posted by Eto Demerzel
The whole point of a NL cash game is to be able to have 4 betting rounds so that the game can be made more complex.
What complete rubbish.
From the individual player's the whole point of a NL cash game (or any other real money poker) is to try to win money. Pretending otherwise is idiotic.
The four betting rounds are merely part of the framework of the game, and yes they do make the game more complex when all four streets are played with a deep stack. But they aren't essential to complete a hand.
Would you fold AA if someone openshoved 100bb preflop, because you're not playing all four streets and therefore it's not poker? No? I thought not. But why? Surely you're there for the love of the beautiful game; surely it's not about the grubby lucre.
An undoubted purist such as yourself should spurn such a simplistic spot in favour of the opportunity to play JTs oop in a pot where you've been 3bet pre and are 100bb deep.
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Originally Posted by Eto Demerzel
Once people realize that what they are playing at the short tables is more casino holdem than actual poker played against actual humans they will give up on poker and never return.
As long as the fish don't notice (which they won't) and the sites' advertising ensures a steady stream of new fish who won't notice the difference either (which it will) then I can't really foresee a point when the fish will go away, absent of a seismic shift in the global legality and financial accessibility of online poker sites. The fish see cards in the same order as they see on the tv, or the same as they saw last time they played, and therefore, to them, it's poker, and they want to gamble.
Therefore it's up to the "pro" (or however you categorise yourself) to play where the opportunity presents itself to make the most money for himself. The opportunity you get may not be quite as ideal as the one you would have in your own version of a perfect world, but hey, life isn't perfect, so just deal with it.
Last edited by TeamTrousers; 11-25-2010 at 02:15 PM.