The Poker Tournament Formula: The Conclusion

[4CardStraight]

I bought it, read it.

Its marginal at best. It has several things in it that are completely wrong. Some of it has some value, like for instance that we should be more aggressive with position, and we should be more aggressive with a thinner stack. By in large tho, I think those that follow his advice to the letter will be just as succesful as he is. Go to hendon mob and see if you can find all of arnold snyders big wins.

I think his advice could be a winning strategy if we were playing an uber fast sit and go with a bunch of weak tight reject live players. In todays turbo online SNG format, his maniacal play is not highly recommended.

As an example he recommends always raising on the button when its folded to you, and then always betting when checked to you. He recommends open pushing from all positions when your stack is under 5BB. He recommends always pushing when theres a few limpers in the pot.

These are not winning long term strategies, regardless of tournament speed.

4Card