Dan Harrington on Volatility

[DeezNutz3]

You think Sam is a stronger NL holdem player than Amir? Amir has a better track record with NL holdem tournaments even with Sam's second place finish IMO.

[SossMan]

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Uhh, thats correct to alot of tight players AK is not a premium until super crunchtime

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it is if people are raising UTG w/ AJo.

[zaxx19]

When the table loosens tighten and vice versa....is this stuff B.S. then??

[nolanfan34]

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does he mention the stack sizes?

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Yes. He goes into great detail on this hand. Do get the book.

[Boris]

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He just means he wants to limit how much he could either win or lose on this given hand.

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If that's all he means then why doesn't he say so? Why does he feel the need to mention all the other players at the table?

[zaxx19]

???? Now im tired but Im not understanding the ???

[Boris]

Yes and I don't think it's close. Vahedi strikes me as the type of player who will often put in big money when he is drawing very slim. Farha has been a successful high limit cash player for many years. Ray Zee has a high regard for Farha's game and I have a high regard for Zee's opinion. I'm pretty sure Vahedi would get destroyed in a cash game. Also, every time I've watched Farha on TV I've been impressed, with the exception of the last hand of the 2003 WSOP.

[zaxx19]

Vahedi is an awful cash game player(high limit). Thats why he lost his backing from Hellmuth like a yr ago just lost too much @ Bellagio.

[Boris]

My point was that there was more to Harrington's point than just keeping the pot small. Particularly in no limit, you want to determine against which players you would like to play a big pot. Farha is the type of player where, unless you have the stone nuts, you will not feel good if a bunch of chips go into the pot. Combine this with the other players at the table and clearly you would be better off not playing against Farha.

[zaxx19]

Depending on how far it is in the tourney this could be the case against a bunch of players. There are a ton of aggressive NLH players capable of moving players off hands...especially deep in the main event of the WSOP.