good advice or spew?
 

in the march edition of cardplayer, steve zolotow wrote a column were he suggested playing micro sng's without looking at your cards to improve your position play,hand reading and bluffing skills.is this good advice?

Re: good advice or spew?
 

also walk along the edge of short buildings with eyes closed to improve your equilibrium

Re: good advice or spew?
 

how short?

Re: good advice or spew?
 

I've done it. It's more fun than spewing chips at random at micro ring games. Find a level that's cheap for you and break out the post it.

Did it help? Maybe. I found it was very good at making me look for steals and re-steals pre-flop and quite useful at showing the value of position and flop texture. By removing the biggest source of information people get over-fixated on, you allow the others to become more clear. Like closing your eyes while listening.

Re: good advice or spew?
 

exactly what zolotow was saying in the article.he compared it to how caro would make his students fold every hand for the first hour of a session to develope thier discipline and observation skills.

Re: good advice or spew?
 

I always like to answer these either or questions with "both." [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Obviously you've got to plan on a negative ROI for the SnGs you play this way. In the short term it's spew. But as an investment in learning I suspect it is worth it. Arnold Snyder makes the same recommendation in his book for the same reason. I haven't actually done this, but maybe should.