JV raised a great point...

[J.A.Sucker]

In a thread below, JV made the following statement:

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Responses like this will bury this forum pretty quickly. If you don't like the hand give a reason why. The point of this forum isn't to be elitist and that's all I'm seeing.

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I agree completely and am not surprised the slightest. Hey JV, you got any interesting hands to talk about? I sincerely hope that you do, and look forward to them.


Even very interesting hands, such as the one Fianchetto (sp) posted last week were widely panned as "boring" or "typical." I have had similar experiences when I've posted some recent hands. Of course, when Zee chimes in saying that they are indeed interesting situations, everyone posts how interesting the hand is. This is symptomatic of a flaw that several people have when playing poker, and is a growing issue on this forum. We've already lost one highly respected poster, and I hope that we don't lose more.

If one is going to hit it big in high stakes poker, it is important to realize that lots of things that are typical are far from it. These seemingly obvious situations are often not, and recognizing them and making the most of them are what the big winners are made of.

On this forum, if people aren't willing to take a chance and post some hands (which might be the case if they get flamed for being boring or typical all the time), how would these real special situations be recognized? If snide remarks keep people from even bothering to discuss hands that may be interesting, what's the use of a public forum? Even if the hand is boring, it's important to think about why it is. If a player at a high stakes game has any doubt, then we all should think about why the doubt exists in that player's mind. Maybe they're right, maybe not. If the poster is thinking this way (right or wrong), I'm sure that some of your opponents are. Can we take this thinking, recognize it, and exploit it? Further, we should think about things that we think are obvious - what are we missing?

That is the point of these forums, and I have benefitted a lot in the past from it. I don't benefit right now, but I hope that changes. Think about it another way: why aren't you beating the biggest games around?