Daniel Negreanu says O8 is Barry Greenstein's worst game

[sy_or_bust]

Making a "STRICTLY" -EV move is terrible, and not what Greenstein would be doing. For one, if you are misleading tough players you see regularly, inducing them to think a certain way and understanding exactly what you are doing, that isn't -EV. On top of that, there's the possibility that this weird, seemingly bad play might pick up the pot as well.

I'd encourage everyone to head over to Mid-High Stakes LHE and check out this thread, mostly towards the end. It's about a high stakes player (one of many) who makes occasional plays that appears simply bad, and certainly unorthodox. Yet he is a significant winner over a large sample, and there is some interesting discussion on how that might be. It's important to note, also, that the bigger online games get, the more and more they feature regular players who are tough and cognizant at the table.

[Wintermute]

The post I like best from that other thread is some guy pointing out that maybe making a *definitely*-losing call on the river will prevent opponents of the player in question from ever running a legitimate bluff against him. He's trading a BB here and there for an entire pot when his opponent fails to bluff him off a weak winner.

Totally different kind of advertising ploy than we're debating here, but in similar spirit.