[Chris Daddy Cool]

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if you would have asked me 1yr ago if a guy who plays 30% of his hands (or vol puts $ in pot) can win i'd say no...


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while 30% isn't optimal, i don't doubt somebody could be a winner with those stats. (its just a matter of how big of a winner you can be with those numbers)

i know its a completely different ballpark, but i was at 4.4bb/100 over 30k hands at party 3/6 with a 27.5 vpip. with such a big head start in terms of bb's won, i could easily add even more to my vpip over tens of thousands of hands before i go into the red and would still be a long-term "winner", but that doesn't mean its sound strategy or anything.

playing a suboptimally preflop + playing decently well postflop + running really hot can result in some really freaky looking numbers.

the long run is really really long. don't forget that before you jump into any conclusions to any great new strategy you may learn from him or conclude he's cheating.