Re: I return with a reply.......
Mez,
Excellent points. I'd like to revisit the idea that Kong's advice is for players that have a good command of how to identify a hand that is a potential winner.
Though the advice in the beginner poker books doesn't make a heck of alot of sense to the experienced player, they are VERY valuable in getting the novice player to understand what constitutes a playable hand from trash. It's the old "learn to walk before you can run" philosophy. These novice players, if they play "by the book", will turn out to be tight/passive players, but they will certainly stop such chip hemmoraging plays as calling down with 49o to the river when they hit bottom pair. Once you get the newbie to figure out starting hand selection, then they can move onto understanding odds and finally to such advanced concepts as betting for value.
The concept here is that, for the most part, you can expect your average low limit player to
a: play marginal hands to the river and
b: not have the knowlege to pick up on the fact they they're being smacked around by you.
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