Re: Phil Ivey vs. Jman 300/600
That's not true at all. Dlizze worded it better than I did. I do think I play worse when I'm losing, as does everyone, but some people not by a whole lot so it's not a big deal.
That's not my point, my point is your opponents react differently to you when they have "momentum" in a HU match. This adds quite a bit more variance to the game at the very least, and at the most makes it much harder for you to win.
For example, Ivey had no problem getting it all in against Jman for 150 BB'sish with TQ on a T high flop. He raised the flop against Phil because he wanted Phil to push. If he felt Phil was playing more tight/solid, I would make a case for Ivey folding TQ preflop, and if he does call, he's not going to be raising the flop against Jman, because if he gets shoved on he's in a horrible spot.
At the very least, not abiding by strict stop loss rules adds variance to the game. That's not something I'd want to do when playing a WCP HU at stakes that I'm probably not completely comfortable at to begin with.
tc
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