Daniel Negreneau Verifies His Agreement With Me

[FortunaMaximus]

I don't dispute that maximizing hourly rate is perhaps an optimal approach for low buy-in tournament players playing the Vegas circuit. Good for them. They're more likely to be the grinders who play an unimaginative, fundamentally boring, exploitable game.

I'm with Negreanu solidly where his tournament approach is concerned. Simply because, personally, as a MTT player, I'm capable of breaking out of the TAG/LAG mindset and simply playing the best poker for the situation. And I'm also good enough postflop to maximize my advantages against weaker, predictable opponents.

And as far as the mathematics of the game are concerned, that's why I came to 2p2. I, personally, as I mentioned in a MTT thread in my criticism of the general player's interpretation of the Gigabet dilemma...

Playing perfectly is not unattainable for someone like me. And that's hardly hyperbole or ego-stroking. I have those capabilities and am focusing on the disclipine and the money management skills necessary to get to that level of competition.

Poker, for me, first and foremost, is an intellectual challenge, and I think it's possible for an individual, in theory, to play perfectly. We'll see.