Re: Stud - style of play - discussion
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However, you generally only gain good instincts about stud by playing and winning at it a lot, which has a sound theoretical background as a prerequisite.
So I don't think the big winners lack the probabilities and odds they needed at lower limits, but have simply developed and evolved to play a higher limit where instincts become greater in importance.
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This is a very important point. Playing an winning instinctive game requires that you play by the percentages in most cases even if you don't "know" them or calculate them out in your head. For example, if you play a medium pair with a gutshot draw on 5th st enough times vs. enough opponents with enough types of boards you can instinctively put the villain(s) on a hand and decide your best action based on how likely you are to be ahead, how likely to draw out, how likely to make them fold etc. It takes a ton of experience to get it right however, and knowing the math is a terrific shortcut.
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