Official JUNE uNL **'`MICROBREW THREAD`'** LC/NC this way...

[Chomp]

Thanks Gelford.

Sheesh. Bit depressing how far behind this stuff I am tbh.

Here's an odd thing though, that I've mentioned before. I must have looked at dozens and dozens and dozens of poker videos: Cardrunners, DynastyPoker, Isura, iStrong etc. etc. This encompasses all levels from 25NL up to Townswend and Caby playing 10/20NL.

In all that time (maybe 100 hours of poker played at all levels by very good players), I swear to God I have seen them making "moves" about 10 times in total. And these were primarily Caby playing beautiful power poker at hi stakes, which is obviously a game different in nature to the one us donks are playing.

Now, I know the concept of Merging Ranges is not a "move". It is more a matter of optimising value/bluffing/metagame considerations. But at the same time, I can look at a Townsed video and he is: betting for value always, bluffing in fairly obvious spots occasionally, always playing from position, folding wisely, exploiting weakness etc.

IOW, basic, basic stuff.

On any given river he is not looking to merge a range. He is looking to value bet or, occasionally, push a guy off a hand. Or whatever.

I guess what I am saying is that poker need not be as complex as we sometimes think, and while ceoncepts such as merging ranges helps us undertsnad the game better in an abstact sense (it deepens out thinking) it seems something Townsend/whoever does as part of a basic game anyway. Give it a name, sure, but it is still value-betting and/or semi-bluffing and/or pure bluff.


(Cliff notes: I am jealous that others understand complex poker theory I don't, so I am trying to convince myself - half-heartedly - that it really doesn't matter [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img])