rant about sngs not being poker.

[johnnybeef]

i recently played a few sngs in front of my little brother (who is doing quite well for himself through bonus whoring and beating the lower limit cash games). after watching a few late rounds he told me that "thats not even poker" referring to the push/fold strategy that i was employing. I have also seen several other posters here make reference to actually playing poker with a hand in the later stages. I have a news flash...the push/fold strategy is not only playing poker, it is playing good poker. the reason i say this is that poker starts as a struggle for the antes, once these antes get so big, it becomes necesarry to play lesser hands, and take shots at pots etc. etc. (for more info see the theory of poker) so the next time someone says you need to actually play some poker in this situation, i say, not only am i playing poker, i am playing good poker by employing a correct push/fold strategy.

thank you for listening,
johnny

ps. there obviously will be occcasions where seeing a flop is correct, it is just few and far between.

[Degen]

amen


when in doubt...POOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!


Degen

[sofere]

"Poker" is postflop
Sit n Go's are not "poker"
I suck at "poker"

OR

Traditionally,
Poker is outplay postflop
No Poker for me
/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Had to take part in the haiku madness...

MADNESS I SAY

[johnnybeef]

[ QUOTE ]
"Poker" is postflop
Sit n Go's are not "poker"
I suck at "poker"

OR

Traditionally,
Poker is outplay postflop
No Poker for me
/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Had to take part in the haiku madness...

MADNESS I SAY

[/ QUOTE ]

hows this one.....cough, ahem, cough:

preflop or post flop
poker is allout war do
whatever it takes

hmm, hmmm???? how bout a fresca?

[sofere]

I like it...i just had to get my 400th post.

anybody got any fireworks?

[Freudian]

I love it when it's headsup and you pushed a guy out of his blinds 3 times in a row and the guy starts accusing you of doing it because you are afraid to play postflop.

[Misfire]

[ QUOTE ]
I love it when it's headsup and you pushed a guy out of his blinds 3 times in a row and the guy starts accusing you of doing it because you are afraid to play postflop.

[/ QUOTE ]

Three times in a row
He pushed you out of your blinds
Should have called, sucker

[Slim Pickens]

You have to hit the flagpole at a time ending in 1, 3, or 6 to get fireworks. Everybody knows that.

I love Sit 'n' Go's.
So simple, yet so complex.
Simple, in my mind.

[Blarg]

On three sit'n'go's
I just got disconnected
Dial-up really sucks!

[john_]

invest in high speed internet...its worth it.

[raptor517]

tournament poker
is much different than cash games
i love sit and go's

holla

[GtrHtr]

[ QUOTE ]
invest in high speed internet...its worth it.

[/ QUOTE ]

Thanks john

[Blarg]

I did -- it was the phone guys installing the DSL that disconnected me!

Got it working now though, and I do breathe way easier knowing that the chances for disconnecting at important times are way less. Disconnects in limit ring games cost me a few bucks a day probably, but in SNG's and no limit could wipe out my profits entirely.