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I thought the column was OK, but basically beginner's material and not helpful to a good player. I don't think he meant to always bet pot, but to generally bet near the size of the pot. The examples he gave were of bad players making huge overbets where they were risking too much to gain too little and of limit players making tiny bets that did not accomplish anything useful.

The Cloutier/McEvoy books do seem to suggest an ABC approach. You need ATs or better to raise from middle position. You need KK or better to reraise. If you raise with certain hands and are reraised, you have to fold. I have heard McEvoy accused of playing ABC, perhaps taking an accountant's approach. In one of his books he mentions that he won his WSOP title partly by playing tight when there was a lot of wild action at the final table.