Feeling a little lost

[SeanC]

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Thanks for the reply. Using instinct at the table of course makes sense as it's impossible to do the math you'd do off the table, but one's instincts are pretty useless if he doesn't have a sound mathematical understanding of the game (I would think). If the person can't even determine +EV lines off the table, who cares what his instincts are, right?

I would think that honing one's instincts means solving hands and strategies against certain ranges, which then comes back subconsciously when actually playing.

I may be wrong though, which is why I'm posting. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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yeah. i dint say not to do the reading n studying. I read more than the avg pro. The problem trying to play by the book instead just applying the advice to your current style. I think its common for players of your profile to hear the instinct and over ride it with some out of context advice, like "dont go broke in an unraised pot" but you've seen this guy stack off with garbage 5 times already, etc.

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Yeah, I understand. I actually don't approach the game an in overly-academic fashion, I just like to understand the mathematical underpinnings of good decision making. If you know a guy has a tendency to stack off lightly, then the right decision of calling lightly could be justified mathematically.