Comments on: You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do: Predictability And The Roshambo Defense http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/10/19/you-gotta-do-what-you-gotta-do-predictability-and-the-roshambo-defense/ Begging your indulgence since 200x. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:35:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/10/19/you-gotta-do-what-you-gotta-do-predictability-and-the-roshambo-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-9842 Dan Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:02:55 +0000 http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/10/19/you-gotta-do-what-you-gotta-do-predictability-and-the-roshambo-defense/#comment-9842 In a lot of ways you've described the way that Gus Hansen plays. All of his play is determined post flop, with really very few exceptions. I just watched a video that he put together that really nails that thought down. And you're right. It's impossible to narrow to a range of hands if any hand is now playable before the flop. Ideally, I think a person needs to combine a solid understanding of hand rankings preflop with a grasp on how relative hand strength changes post flop. This combined with good observation of basic opponent tendencies is going to be the most solid possible strategy, at least as far as I can envision. If one can combine a lack of emotional swinginess with this idea consistently, it seems like winning poker would be an almost automatic result, discounting bad beats. In a lot of ways you’ve described the way that Gus Hansen plays. All of his play is determined post flop, with really very few exceptions. I just watched a video that he put together that really nails that thought down. And you’re right. It’s impossible to narrow to a range of hands if any hand is now playable before the flop.

Ideally, I think a person needs to combine a solid understanding of hand rankings preflop with a grasp on how relative hand strength changes post flop. This combined with good observation of basic opponent tendencies is going to be the most solid possible strategy, at least as far as I can envision. If one can combine a lack of emotional swinginess with this idea consistently, it seems like winning poker would be an almost automatic result, discounting bad beats.

]]> By: Windbreaker http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/10/19/you-gotta-do-what-you-gotta-do-predictability-and-the-roshambo-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-9148 Windbreaker Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:11:36 +0000 http://www.absinthetics.com/blog/2006/10/19/you-gotta-do-what-you-gotta-do-predictability-and-the-roshambo-defense/#comment-9148 Great piece of theory. Thanks for posting. Great piece of theory. Thanks for posting.

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