Poker is a game of accidents

[luckychewy]

i don't think i ever read a strassa post that didn't really make me sit back and think, 'wow'. awesome stuff.

[homnig]

genius, thanks a lot

[cts]

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Good post, I very much agree. I think a very similar post was made a while back in this forum, possibly by ZeeJustin?

I remember it basically said poker is extremely difficult to learn by trial and error because of the variance involved: in the short term, good plays can very often lose you money and bad ones can win it for you. The result was alot of people learning bad habits because they worked for them when they created their basic poker strategies. However, there were a select few who got very "lucky" and by trial and error learned mostly the right plays (regardless of the reasoning behind them) - those people became very successful even up through very high limits simply because they lucked out and learned alot of very important lessons early, simply by luck of the draw.

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yea I was reminded of this too -- was also a good thread.

nice post strassa

[tagtastic]

I found ZeeJustin's post, another very good post/thread, with several follow-ups:

How Do Non-Rational Players Succeed in Poker

[Prevaricator]

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I also see stuff like a player check raising top pair against me on the flop and then calling an all in

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hope thats not directed at me.

btw good post.

[Teh1337zor]

Deleted cause I just found out where you go to school and it would be treasonous to say somthing positive about you.

[raptor517]

w/e ur a tourney donk.

[shaniac]

meh, I thought op was somewhat long-winded and masturbatory.

[EmpireMaker2]

I think poker is all about smoking pot and saying yeah that makes sense.

[alphatmw]

i didn't find this post all that insightful.