[Louie Landale]

He's got an over-all strategy, something lacking from modern texts. In this case he wants the opponents to know that when he's in a pot he's willing to push in all his chips. This fact causes most opponents to abandon small pots since they don't want to play a huge pot with their modest, even if currently 'best', holding. Wouldn't you prefer playing Kings-with-a-Queen against someone unlikely to make a big bet with a lesser hand? Well, you are not alone.

So his willingness to invest a lot of chips as the likely underdog helps him win lots and lots of small pots. And, he claims, this makes ..err.. made him an overall winner.

And I'm sure the following happens a lot: the tight player calls with Kings-with-a-Queen on the flop and maybe the turn, but cannot call a really big bet on the end. That's ChaChing for the aggressive player.

Its nothing like the blackjack player 'playing on casino money' since those are independant events: betting $1000 on one hand does NOT help him win the next $50 bet.

Playing the rush, I suppose, is just part of the psycological strategy he employs. I don't think much of it, but if he's a pretty big favorite to win that pot by virtue of being aggressive, then what the heck.

- Louie