Some of the smarter players are starting to go the opposite direction. They are studying poker jujitsu, using the opponents aggression against them. I've been working on it myself. I'm probably looking like the world's biggest calling station now, sometimes.
We spent all that time and energy learning to play with patience and discipline, and it made us money. Then we learned to play aggressively and loosened up, and it made us money. Now, let's use that old patience and discipline to wait for the maniacs to bust themselves. They will. Just a matter of time. Which is exactly what I said to the guy sitting next to me the other night. A moron was having a good old time, raising everything in sight and pushing the table around. I waited patiently until the right time and pulled the trigger on him. We walked right into a big hand and I stacked a lot of chips. Just a matter of time, I muttered again to my neighbor who laughed.
While I enjoy the aggressive style, trapping style suits me way better. I can still be very aggressive, but I get a bigger kick out of seeing their faces when I slowroll them than when I push them off a pot. Yeah, some of the fish get slowrolled, which they don't know is slowrolling, and is highly entertaining to the whole table. (Only the ones who deserve it.)
CJ--sadly shaking his head as he turns over one card at a timeStatistics: Posted by Cactus Jack — Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:25 am
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