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Message: [QUOTE="Beriac, post: 417969, member: 9064"] Well, without quoting anything, I'd say when he refers to poker as a game of misdirection. Increasingly I am understanding this concept, that changing gears is basically the key to playing high level NLHE. Play less hands but make your life easier by seeing the flop with higher quality cards. Fittingly, the conservative style is good for conservative people. The reverse of the above, play lots of hands and bet aggressively. Positives are stealing and concealing your strong hands, negatives are difficult post-flop decisions and more volatile swings. Any 2 cards! They can win by inducing a fold pre-flop, inducing a fold with a bluff post-flop, or winning with the best hand. You can use the Hammer (come over the top with a big raise versus a s/a player) or the Rope-a-Dope (just call with really strong hands, let the s/a player get himself into trouble). Basically for misdirection, if you're a conservative player and you want to show a bluff to get action or an aggressive player and you want to show your good cards to earn respect for your raises. But, don't do it without good reason. Personally, I never show online. Offline, I will show occasionally, and often switch gears when I do. Balanced strategy -- neither totally conservative nor totally aggressive, lest your opponents peg you for what you're playing and take advantage. - Major live events: Basically people are paying big bucks, so the action will be slower and more conservative to start. - Small stakes online: Lots of people seeing the flop, not very much sophistication -- don't bluff! - High stakes online: Similar to "Major live events". - Single table SNG: Basically consensus strategy here: play only with really strong hands early, start to steal when the blinds go up and a few people are out. - Live single table satellites: Like the SNG but everyone's fighting for 1st place and tells come into play again. Great chapter, nice (series of) post(s) Chuck. [/QUOTE]

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