View Full Version : Defining "outplay"
nuclear500
12-05-2005, 03:13 PM
Got into a semi-argument with someone about what it means to outplay. My definition(s):
1) Getting a better hand to fold
a) By bluffing
b) By betting aggressively (A and B _are_ different)
2) Slow playing a big hand to extract value (and succeeding)
3) Forcing a decision on your opponent that lets you outdraw and you do (the flop raise of an EP bettor and then the turn check/check for a free river card play, etc)
4) Inducing a bluff - however you do it.
Anyone else have anything to add or modify?
wdeadwyler
12-05-2005, 04:36 PM
-only definition needed, causing your opponents to make more mistakes than you.
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-only definition needed, causing your opponents to make more mistakes than you.
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much better
OP -- all of your definitions are results oriented and thus poor.
UATrewqaz
12-05-2005, 05:22 PM
Making less mistakes according to the fundamental theorom of poker.
If you are making less mistakes and your opponent is making more, you are outplaying him.
Bluffoon
12-05-2005, 05:30 PM
I like the FTOP approach but I realize that you are trying to be more specific.
So I would add folding in spots where your opponents would incorrectly call to your list. Everyobody loves fancy expensive plays but the good fold gets way less respect as a skill than is warranted.
I am fish
12-05-2005, 06:43 PM
Making better decisions than your opponent or opponents.
Going all in on a bluff and showing 32o and doing a backflip.
nuclear500
12-06-2005, 02:22 PM
When you say "results oriented" I assume you mean in terms of monetary gain.
I understand what you're saying and actually agree with you, but that is not what I was trying to talk about with my post, not even close.
The definition of "causing your opponents to make more mistakes than you" is simply a longer way of saying "outplay" you are saying..thats fine.
My OP was being granular about what can be part of outplaying, not a redefinition of the term itself.
Poor choice of words on my part by using the word "definition".
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