Post by ppz2 on Sept 27, 2006 16:36:39 GMT -4
WRITTEN WELL OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO, THE ART OF WAR BY SUN TZU IS STILL CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND PRESTIGIOUS BOOK ON STRATEGY EVER WRITTEN. IT IS STUDIED THE WORLD OVER BY POLITICIANS, EXECUTIVES AS WELL AS MILITARY STRATEGISTS. THE WISDOM IN IT'S TEXT IS REMARKABLY APPLICABLE TO TOURNAMENT POKER AS WELL. FOR INSTANCE, HE STRESSES THAT A GENERAL MUST KNOW WHICH OF HIS OPPOSING GENERALS HAS ABILITY. AND WHO HAS THE BETTER CLIMATE AND TERRAIN. WHOSE DISCIPLINE IS EFFECTIVE, AS WELL AS WHICH GENERAL HAS THE MOST TROOPS UNDER HIS COMMAND. JUST AS A PLAYER YOU MUST PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHO YOUR OPPONENTS ARE, AND WHAT POSITION THEY AS WELL AS YOURSELF ARE IN. DISCIPLINE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, AND AFTER A FEW ROUNDS
OF HANDS IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS WHO THE ACTION JUNKIES ARE AND WHO SHOWS THE PROPER PATIENCE FOR SUCCESFUL PLAY. WATCH CLOSELY WHAT YOUR OPPONENTS SHOW DOWN,
AND FROM WHAT POSITION. WHAT DO THEY RAISE WITH AND IN WHAT POSITION. WHAT HANDS DO THEY LIKE TO LIMP WITH AND HOW THEY CONTINUE WITH THE HAND WHEN RAISED. THE MORE YOU CAN OBSERVE AND RECALL THE BETTER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE HOLDING WHEN CHOSING TO PLAY AGAINST THEM OR AVOID THEM. WHO HAS THE MOST TROOPS AT HIS COMMAND, DIRECTLY RELATES TO STACK SIZES. WHEN AN OPPONENT HAS A VERY SMALL STACK COMPARED TO YOUR OWN, IT IS RIGHT TO PLAY MORE HANDS AGAINST THEM. JUST AS YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IN BATTLE WHEN
YOU HAVE SUPERIOR NUMBERS AND STRENGTH. WHEN AN OPPONENT HAS A MUCH LARGER STACK THAN YOUR OWN YOU SHOULD BE WILLING TO COMMIT CHIPS ONLY WITH A PREMIUM HAND IN THE HOPES OF DOUBLING THROUGH THEM. LIKEWISE YOU WOULD NOT SEND YOUR TROOPS INTO BATTLE SEVERELY OUTNUMBERED UNLESS YOU HAD A SECRET WEAPON OR WERE SO COMMITED TO THE BATTLE YOU COULD NOT RETREAT.
OF HANDS IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS WHO THE ACTION JUNKIES ARE AND WHO SHOWS THE PROPER PATIENCE FOR SUCCESFUL PLAY. WATCH CLOSELY WHAT YOUR OPPONENTS SHOW DOWN,
AND FROM WHAT POSITION. WHAT DO THEY RAISE WITH AND IN WHAT POSITION. WHAT HANDS DO THEY LIKE TO LIMP WITH AND HOW THEY CONTINUE WITH THE HAND WHEN RAISED. THE MORE YOU CAN OBSERVE AND RECALL THE BETTER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE HOLDING WHEN CHOSING TO PLAY AGAINST THEM OR AVOID THEM. WHO HAS THE MOST TROOPS AT HIS COMMAND, DIRECTLY RELATES TO STACK SIZES. WHEN AN OPPONENT HAS A VERY SMALL STACK COMPARED TO YOUR OWN, IT IS RIGHT TO PLAY MORE HANDS AGAINST THEM. JUST AS YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IN BATTLE WHEN
YOU HAVE SUPERIOR NUMBERS AND STRENGTH. WHEN AN OPPONENT HAS A MUCH LARGER STACK THAN YOUR OWN YOU SHOULD BE WILLING TO COMMIT CHIPS ONLY WITH A PREMIUM HAND IN THE HOPES OF DOUBLING THROUGH THEM. LIKEWISE YOU WOULD NOT SEND YOUR TROOPS INTO BATTLE SEVERELY OUTNUMBERED UNLESS YOU HAD A SECRET WEAPON OR WERE SO COMMITED TO THE BATTLE YOU COULD NOT RETREAT.