NL strategy

[Reel Deal]

Sklansky has a similar system in his Advanced Tournament book... he developed it for a casino owner who gave his daughter the present of a seat in the WSOP main event, even though she never played before. Apparently it worked pretty well for her (can't remeber if she made it into the $ or not... have to go back and look).

[badblood44]

This begs the question of why you are playing poker at all. Is it to win money? Or is it to become a better player?

How you answer depends on your own goals. I maintain that if you strive for the 2nd, the 1st will come by default. But that's just me.

Personally, I'm not in a position where playing a set NL-ring game strategy is personally fulfilling, even though it may generate profits. There isn't any intellectual challenge, which for me is the basis for my desire to play poker.

Please don't misunderstand me and think I'm being critical of anyone who does subscribe to the other goal. I'm just stating what my own motivations are.

[nflchad]

I agree entirely, the only reason I played this way for the 2K hands was I wanted to see how effective it actually was.

[johnp158]

If I'm thinking of the same strategy (and I'm positive that I am), it also advocates folding AKo preflop, not just facing a raise, but period. As far as I know, the strategy doesn't really address TPTK, but I think the strategy's originator would advocate a check-fold (btw, this is not some pro who came up with this. It's a well-known poster on another poker forum, and who is only well known because he posts so much and seems to be a successful player). He insists that whileit is not THE best strategy for LLNL, but that it's better than 99% of the strategies that LLNL players use.

I tried this strategy while clearing a bonus, since it does allow you to play more tables at a time, very mechanically. The first two times I got KK I moved in and was called with AQo and AKo. When you play like this, people talk to you like you're an idiot. "nice bet, asshole", etc. So that's probably one reason that people can make money on this strategy. I had multiple people saying "I'm calling the next time you pull that," or, "If I had Q-high I'd call you."

I got bored with the strategy pretty quickly though, but I might go back to it to start clearing this Full Tilt bonus I just started.

P.S. You would not believe how hard it is to fold AKo when everybody has folded before you. Unless you have discipline, you probably will break the rules some. I mean, limping with QQ?

[Talking Poker]

Right.... I don't know that I could do it, but I think it's a very interesting strategy. If you or anyone knows exactly who came up with this, feel free to contact the guy and direct him to this thread. I'd be interested to her it from the horse's mouth, along with what kind of numbers he's achieved playing this way over what I would imagine amounts to tens of thousands of hands...

[johnp158]

I'm pretty sure he wouldn't do it. There is already an unbelievable number of threads debating this strategy on his forum, so he's tired of talking about it. Plus, he's a pretty huge asshole.

nflchad could try, but I'm just a lurker on that forum.

[Talking Poker]

LOL... I see. And now that we are officially calling him a huge asshole in this thread.......