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Message: [QUOTE="IntenseHeat, post: 2017448, member: 92488"] I must admit that I somewhat agree with OP. While ABC poker may work for micros, it probably won't serve you very well amongst high level players. Your moves will be predictable. Playing ultra tight and waiting for premium hands may not lose you too many pots, but you'll have a hard time getting any value out of those monster hands when you do hit them. I've stated more than once, that the players that I have the most trouble with are the unorthodox ones. You might call them donkeys. Suppose a flop comes rainbow rags. We can easily assume that flop would miss a tight player. But what about that unorthodox player that tends to play hands that are well out of your normal range? Can you be sure that board didn't hit him? I say donkey isn't what you play, it's how you play it. Of course play varies greatly from the micros to the nosebleeds. And what works at one level, may not work at the other. To me the biggest difference seems to be aggression. For example, at a higher level you're likely to see a lot less limping, a lot more raising and 3-betting. More hands will be played heads up between two players as opposed to half of the table trying to limp in and see the whole board before committing any chips to the pot. We all know that aggression can often win a pot for a player on a board that doesn't hit either player. An aggressive bet may cause a player to fold the best hand, or push a player off of a draw. Of course at lower stakes, a player might be less willing lay down a draw or small pair which may be why a lot of players don't bother using simple aggression to take pots down at this level. When chasing that same draw or holding on to that small pair might cost a player several thousand dollars, they might be more willing to get away from it. [/QUOTE]

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