[creedofhubris]

I concur that thinking in a cookie cutter fashion is not the way to learn to beat the biggest games. I'm kind of a Joey Knish sort of player though, I enjoy my moderate wins vs. bad players. (However, I've moved up from "moderate" wins at 2/4 to "moderate" wins at 5/10 and 10/20, so obviously I am improving and climbing the stakes, but not at a TheBruiser or KKF speed.) Right now, "moderate" wins means thousands of dollars a week at very low risk, so I think it's no wonder that a lot of players are looking for cookie cutter moves.

You may see the game differently than I do.

I think that if you're looking to play the big games (bigger than 10/20), then you do need to work on outside-the-box plays, shorthanded games, and basically spend some time challenging the tougher players at your site regularly, which are things that these threads rarely address, and which are things that I avoid much of the time.