Playing against a Sklansky Disciple

[lehighguy]

Tournament play is different then cash game play.

Fold equity is a diffucult concept to judge, and hard to do so solely with math.

As in his arguements about math/science/philosophy it has more to do with process then making value judgements. So with his theory of poker.

The nature of games these days can reward tight play. Simply put, you don't need to understand fold equity well enough to make a huge roll. There are just too many fish who play too loose. Perhaps as games tighten the EV of learning more about reading people will increase and more will pay greater attention to that sort of game.

If you want to beat a tight ABC poker player you do it slowly by learning his patterns. After all, he goes from A to B to C. How hard can that be. Don't expect to earn money fast, just chip away at him.

Tournaments, the very late stages, are about push/fold all-ins. You'll find people on this forum VERY well versed in such strategy as it is extremely mathematical.

The weakest point in my game is when my stack is 20-30 times the BB. You can get yourself into a lot of trouble there because most EV takes place postflop, and yet you have little room to manuever, you get trapped easily.