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Message: [QUOTE="mrmonkey, post: 1621034, member: 72028"] This is a very good point which I hadn't conceptualized until you just stated it so succinctly. I have found myself growing a lot since starting to participate here, and I think it is because of all the thinking about my own game I've had to do because of it. One of the areas I desperately need help in is bankroll discipline -- I intellectually know all the management principles but have a hard time actually practicing them as I am a huge loss chaser that is prone to blowing weeks/months of hard work on one session. So to both help the community and to get at the root of my own problem, I'm currently researching/drafting an article for cardschat about the psychology and prevention of chasing losses. I think this is a huge problem for many people trying to get out of the micros, and likely for some that DID grind their way out but ended back there not necessarily as a result of their play but because of their lack of discipline. Hopefully in researching and writing the article, I will be able to resolve my own issues with it! LOL, this thought did occur to me as well. I guess it's like a learning tax we all have to pay? :) I see, this is very true -- the effort required to learn about starting hands and pot odds in the past is now like the effort required to learn about equity. I forgot that learning such things in the past would have been more difficult, and would have required book purchases or other types of dedicated research. Although, I would say that concepts such as equity are a little more difficult to grasp then hand strengths and pot odds. So even though we have pokerstove and reading about equity is just a few clicks away, it requires a little more thinking and tinkering than learning about hand strengths and pot odds. However, as long as new players continue to be introduced into poker then I do see your point that there will always be undedicated players to capitalize off of. I think what worries me is if poker loses its mainstream luster and the supply of unthinking players begins to dry up... but it doesn't seem to be the case as of yet. I'm not really concerned about people targeting me at the micros/freerolls... :p I guess I'm just blowing out of proportion the possible effect that a few hundred people reading some poker theory would have on making the micros a little tougher to beat. Putting it the way that you did, gaining the insight in thinking about my posts and beginning an exchange on ideas likely outweighs the possible (minor) negative effects of slightly improving a few others' game. I will say this though... I have sometimes drafted lengthy replies which caused me to do some analysis and which I have learned from... but decided not to actually post the reply due to selfish motives. Has anyone else done this, or am I really that much of a selfish/paranoid bastard? :hmmmm: [/QUOTE]

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