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Originally Posted by Daniel Negreanu
I can agree with that. I'm certain there are loads of plays/mistakes I've made that a 50NL reg would not have made. Have you considered, though, that there are some plays I've made in the game that were actually really good that a typical 50NL reg would NOT have made?
I believe that anytime you step out of the box you either run the risk of doing something awfully stupid, but you also have the potential to make some really high end plays as well.
I'm not Durr or Ivey and I know that, however, I am certain that I could find you some hands where if you didn't know who the player was you'd say "That's a mistake a 50NL reg would never ever make."
When your goal is not to learn how to become a "grinder" and you are trying to become really, really, good at the game, you are simply going to make mistakes along the way that people will go, huh??? How bad was THAT! The key is to learn from those hands and I think I'm doing a very good job of that...
good post....tho i dont really think u need to justify urself here.
its pretty clear u understand ur a dog in the lineups ur playing in, and are trying to improve ur NL game. so when ppl criticize that this play or that play was awful and not even a 50nl player would make it, therefore u dont belong in these games, etc etc......theyre really missing the point.
NVG,
he could obv play at 50nl or even 600nl and work on some fundamentals, but when he makes these mistakes hes going to get punished less often for it thus reinforcing the bad plays for a longer period of time. playing w/ really good players allows him to see good lines they took and try to understand why they took them and hes going to get **** on a lot more when he makes mistakes which is going to force him to plug his leaks quicker. sure it might be more costly overall but he will get better in a shorter amount of time than grinding MSNL so if he has the money to pay for the lessons at 50/1 and 1/2 then good for him.