Marcel "Bluff"

[stipper30]

Ok, I'll bite

Marcel Luske

Mason Malmuth

[SNOWBALL138]

Mason doesn't play tournaments...

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Snowball:

I do have some plans to change that in the future. Whether it actually happens depends on our publishing business.

Best wishes,
Mason

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Everyone:

Whether Marcel Luske is actually knowledgeable is something I don't know. This is really a criticism of the magazine.

First off, seven-card stud doesn't have blinds. It does have a bring-in, but that is different from a blind and affects the game in strategically different ways from a blind. (For one, a bring-in is a much smaller amount than a full bet like a blins is in hold 'em.)

Second, as some have already pointed out,the statement is contradictory. If the game structure is causing your opponents to "see the hand all the way through," then your bluffing/semi-bluffing should be reduced. We make this point in SCSFAP.

Best wishes,
Mason

[Leroy Soesman]

To be quite honoust, I find it easier to believe that the magazine printed a wrong quote than that Luske made a mistake this stupid.

[BarronVangorToth]

I do not want to speak for Mason, but my impression of what he was implying wasn't that Marcel was wrong or not, but rather that the magazine printed something so ridiculous. Whether Marcel said it or not isn't really an issue - it's that the magazine would highlight such a quote in the first place. The main reason to have the quote IF they knew it to be false would be to mock Marcel, which is likewise not their intent, in my opinion.

While some may point to the occasional odd formatting error that occured with the 2+2 magazine in its earlier stages, across the board, the thinking perpetuated was proper and not erroneous as talking about blinds in 7-card Stud or providing incorrect bluffing strategy.

Barron Vangor Toth
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