good advice or spew?

[fuzz66]

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?

[Mingdu]

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

[fuzz66]

how short?

[That Foreign Guy]

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.

[fuzz66]

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.

[BigAlK]

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.