[Soulman]

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This obviously goes out the window if the coach/sweater has followed the whole/most of the tournament. In that case, following the advice of the better poster will, in general, be better.

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If we disagree but don't know which line is better, yes, the better player's opinion is more likely to be (more) correct.

However I'm talking about situations where the player understands the prob with the advice.

A)
Ghost says: 4 bet shove here.
Player thinks: Well I usually just fold... I dunno.

B)
Ghost says: 4 bet shove here.
Player thinks: No, a 4b is problematic because of A and B factors and a fold is good because it accomplishes X, Y and Z.

Do you see the difference? It's not like the player is going to have time to express his concerns the 'ghost', he's going to have to act, and I'm just saying it's silly to say that the player should "blindly follow" the ghost in scenario B.

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Yeah of course I see the difference and agree with you.

However, I can certainly see situations where inexperienced players have way better friends/coaches, especially on big FT's where nerves, experience etc play a big part more or less take over.

In addition, this affects the other players in a different way than pure EV due to skill: if a player changes his playing style, this will throw off reads and change the dynamic between the player in question and his opponents, in all likelihood to his opponents' detriment.