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11-21-2005, 02:48 AM
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something i have been doing of late
i am only a 22-24/17-19 guy. i want to learn to play like a 30/20 nutcase. lately i have been playing some .5/1 like a complete LAGtard monkey. i am trying to FORCE myself to play more hands. anyone else try this?
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11-21-2005, 02:51 AM
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Re: something i have been doing of late
Those extra points come mostly from increasing steals, defence, and isolation. .5/1 is not a very conducive environment to these types of changes.
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11-21-2005, 08:56 AM
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Re: something i have been doing of late
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Those extra points come mostly from increasing steals, defence, and isolation. .5/1 is not a very conducive environment to these types of changes. [/ QUOTE ] I think this is exactly right. I, too, would love to be able to transform myself from a 22/17 into a 30/20, and I have tried occasionally to do that at lower limits; but I think the lower limits are precisely the worst places for this style. As for those who wonder why we'd be interested, for me it's simply because it sounds like a lot more fun (and ego-gratifying) to be the intimidating force and also get to play a lot more hands. Still, I also believe that the difference between me and the 30/20 player is primarily blind defense (not even blind steals that much). I suppose what I would really like to be is a 35/25 or a 40/30. Now THAT sounds like a good time, kind of like bungee-jumping (another thing I'm too scared actually to try).
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11-21-2005, 04:12 PM
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Re: something i have been doing of late
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Now THAT sounds like a good time, kind of like bungee-jumping (another thing I'm too scared actually to try). [/ QUOTE ] I've always been afraid of tying a rope around me and jumping off something too - now skydiving is different THAT's FUN !
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11-21-2005, 02:51 AM
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Re: something i have been doing of late
I do it frequently, at games ranging from .5/1 to 5/10. It's quite fun and challenging as well. IIRC Daniel Negraneu used to have essays advocating this -- playing nutbar, I think he called it?
Rob
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11-21-2005, 02:58 AM
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Re: something i have been doing of late
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I do it frequently, at games ranging from .5/1 to 5/10. It's quite fun and challenging as well. IIRC Daniel Negraneu used to have essays advocating this -- playing nutbar, I think he called it? Rob [/ QUOTE ] He called it "party day" or soemthign and would do it very rarely at much lower than his normal limits--saw a big thread about it recently (in the archives) where mason kept jumping in saying "throwing away money is stupid" "this is not a new idea" "it was stupid then and is just as stupid now"--stuff like that.
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11-21-2005, 02:08 PM
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Re: something i have been doing of late
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I do it frequently, at games ranging from .5/1 to 5/10. It's quite fun and challenging as well. IIRC Daniel Negraneu used to have essays advocating this -- playing nutbar, I think he called it? [/ QUOTE ] It was nutbar. At the goal of the game was to play for x hours and break even. (not counting rakeback...that's a joke...)
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