mikech
10-09-2005, 01:49 AM
link (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/08/sports/othersports/08poke.html?emc=eta1)
not sure if this is the right forum for it, but it'll do. a friend emailed me this article today and wow, it's really bad. he starts out with the point that AQ can be a trap hand, which is certainly valid in some situations, but he ends with two examples from the 2000 main event final table where AQ got all-in preflop against A4 and A9 respectively and ended up losing both times. his conclusion? "At that table at least, Cloutier and I both should have listened to Brunson. [whom mcmanus quotes as having said, 'i try never to play this hand.']"
i thought "positively 5th street" was a great read, but after his acting like a crotchety old fart last year telling ellix powers he was "disrespecting the game," and now reading this, mcmanus is looking a lot like a results-oriented nit who probably sucks at poker.
not sure if this is the right forum for it, but it'll do. a friend emailed me this article today and wow, it's really bad. he starts out with the point that AQ can be a trap hand, which is certainly valid in some situations, but he ends with two examples from the 2000 main event final table where AQ got all-in preflop against A4 and A9 respectively and ended up losing both times. his conclusion? "At that table at least, Cloutier and I both should have listened to Brunson. [whom mcmanus quotes as having said, 'i try never to play this hand.']"
i thought "positively 5th street" was a great read, but after his acting like a crotchety old fart last year telling ellix powers he was "disrespecting the game," and now reading this, mcmanus is looking a lot like a results-oriented nit who probably sucks at poker.