Tight-Agressive Outdated?

[Lash]

”Is this the way to play optimum tournament and middle limit poker for 2005?”

Who cares! But I will say this…

It sounds like Daniel is coming across as some sort of banner for a new generation of poker players….

I think that’s a good thing. It’s great for him and great for the game. It’s great for the players to have spokespersons, role-models, and Icons….plural.

I’m a low-mid Limit relatively conventional tight player who plays in a mundane un-flashy grinding manner. I am licking my chops at having Daniel, or any other high profile player wave this banner of unconventional play at the current ocean of newcomers. Many of those newcomers are thinking “72 in this spot? I forget why, but it’s no fun to just sit here anyway”. Who cares?! I can play 72 better than those guys for all the right reasons.

On the other hand I do agree that to beat the best (most crafty & skilled) you have to instinctively employ skills that are integral to an “open” game. Clearly only a minute portion of today’s population of poker players can effectively employ these “unconventional” skills…. So once again I’m sitting here thinking: “who cares?! I don’t have ESP down quite yet anyway.”

If I was playing with the pro’s and in the biggest games on a daily basis (including big-buy in tournament poker) I probably would be sitting there thinking: “who cares?! Once they pick his brain and communicate his strategy in a meaningful way…I’ll just learn better how to counter it.”