Niche theory

[derosnec]

From this month's 2+2 Magazine article on Poker Finance:

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The secret to consistently good cash game results is not beating other players one-on-one, it's figuring out the soft spots at the table and picking one of them. Even with all top players at the table, you'll find these spots. For example, the tightest loose player makes money much more easily than any of the tight or other loose players. There are tables at which a niche such as aggressive preflop raiser, Ax player, semi-bluffer, is unoccupied; in fact there are too many possible niches for all of them to be occupied. Playing in an empty niche lets you pick up lots of chips unopposed. Playing in a niche with lots of other players means you have to fight for every chip.

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I've been experimenting with this.

Thoughts? Relevant/irrelevant to our games?