The Fine Line Between FPS and Being a Robot

[sean457j]

I agree with the sentiment of your post - that it is important not to always just to accept received wisdom about how to play an SNG, or indeed poker, and to understand why you are performing certain actions and what you hope to gain by a result of them.

In the examples you gave of the two hands involving DannyOcean and darinvg I would agree there is a case for playing the hands for a few reasons. One of the more important ones could be to gain post flop skills. This is no reflection on DannyOcean or darinvg, but if you get yourself into these situations in the early part of an SNG, then you are able to quickly learn what hands you should be mucking to c/bets, what players you should call to see what they do on the turn etc.

Even though you may say that it is negative ev for a player who is still learning to do this, he will gain an experience for himself why this is true in certain situations. If the result is that 3% is knocked off the ROI of a player, but the result over a period of time is that he gains a few post flop skills, then that can be no bad thing.

[suzzer99]

I play more hands early and gamble early more than most I think. The key is knowing when to slow down postflop because you might be behind, and when to lay it down altogether. At least for me that could only come with a ton of experience, and a whole lot of bad calls along the way.