Re: \"Tourney players are idiots\" -Mike Matusow
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Even though he is annoying he has a good point, people who watch the wpt and such are being taught to love coinflips way too much, too much preflop pushing really diminishes the skill of the game, which is mainly seen postflop.
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When people need chips what else are they supposed to do? My take on what Matusow stated was that he took up big cards against short stacks with pairs and lost more than his share in a short period (doubt if he lost 6 in a row btw) when he was a slight dog. Sklansky in his tournament book pointed out this flaw in the structure of NL Hold'em i.e. that moving all in pre-flop negates a superior players advantage alot (not totally). Lot's of money to be won in these tournaments and when people recognize they need chips to have a competitive stack they try to double up so they're willing to gamble.
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