Re: Doyle philosophy troublesome
The part about playing any hand after winning one is dumb, of course. But the other part makes sense. It's not so much a philosophy as a description of why he wins given the way he plays. He plays a very aggressive style and manages to steal a lot of small pots. But occaisionally, he'll get trapped so that when the other player calls him, he's likely to have the worse of it. Nonetheless, he still manages to win because all those small pots finance these big gambles and occaisionally he'll draw out in these big gambles and hence be viewed as a lucky idiot.
This concept is, in my opinion, even more important in limit than no limit, especially in the bigger tougher games. The best players at these games do not wait for group 1,2 hands and trap their oponents. They play aggressive and manage to win a lot of small pots from the weaker, tighter players. But occaisionally, they'll look like idiots by betting with nothing into a strong hand. But overall, you cannot be successful above 150/300 unless you can play/think like this.
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