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[QUOTE="dmorris68, post: 1501208, member: 40397"]
It did happen, and was written up on several sites on the net.  It was an experiment to demonstrate the power of position, and she's not the only one who has done or suggested such things.

Arnold Snyder, author of the tournament books I'm reading now (Poker Tournament Formula, vols I & II) takes a unique rock-paper-scissors approach to fast MTT strategy. Without getting into too much detail, scissors equate to position, and cards equate to paper, and scissors beats paper.  In that section of the book he demonstrates how much more important position can be than cards, by suggesting a basic position strategy.  To drive the point home, he directs you to buy-in to a small MTT, stick a post-it or piece of paper over your hole cards, and play completely blind to your cards -- using only your position and the betting action in front of you to determine your decisions based on a simple chart.  He claims that if you strictly adhere to the strategy, you will cash or at least go deep a surprising percent of the time.  I haven't tried it yet, but I have played around with using his position strategy (while also paying attention to my cards), and it was actually quite effective against micro players.  Better players would likely figure out what you're doing pretty quickly and exploit you, but regardless it's an interesting experiment that really does emphasize just how important position is.  I would certainly consider it a valuable lesson for beginning players, anyway, and I think that's the point Annette was making.
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