Unlocking Poker Strategy Myths - what are yours and do any actually have credibility today?

[pirateglenn]

There have been historically and also currently poker myths that many players have fallen foul of or aspire to with their game play.

In this thread i want to explore a bit more what those myths are and if any of us at CC believe them to be true so i invite you to post a myth that either needs busting or proving or even - one that could be a bit of both.

I am going to kick off with one that i once believed myself when i first started playing poker on Full Tilt and then pokerstars and its one that i still believe many players today think has some relevance (i dont personally).

Myth - Players sometimes move up in Stakes because they believe their raises will be more respected....

What Myths do you feel are complete rubbish or maybe need to be respected?

 

[G0930]

Myth - Players sometimes move up in Stakes because they believe their raises will be more respected....

I don't think this is a myth. A huge stack can be intimidating. Especially for shortstacks in which case you can't really raise with many hands making any raise from the bigstack a decision of fold or allin

 

[pirateglenn]

I don't think this is a myth. A huge stack can be intimidating. Especially for shortstacks in which case you can't really raise with many hands making any raise from the bigstack a decision of fold or allin

Yep you may be right but i believe its more myth based but as i said in original post, sometimes it can be a bit of both and its good to generate debate here.
I also think it comes from the train of thought where players assume that better players play at higher levels so you come across less donks, this is most definitely NOT the case lol.

 

[billibooo]

Okay attempt two to answer this

That playing GTO is the way to go.

I swear I heard that way too many times, and I never got it. Why would the way everyone is playing excel me at the moment? GTO was big when I first got here, and by the time I figured out how to play that way, its time to shine would have passed.

I feel it is all our different ways we play that makes this game so great.

I think poker's foundation is more malleable. What wins today will not win tomorrow; if I play like everyone else, I will not excel. So I got my own groove on , and I think I made the right choice.

 

[pirateglenn]

Okay attempt two to answer this

That playing GTO is the way to go.

I swear I heard that way too many times, and I never got it. Why would the way everyone is playing excel me at the moment? GTO was big when I first got here, and by the time I figured out how to play that way, its time had passed.

I feel it is all our different ways we play that makes this game so great.

I think poker's foundation is more malleable. What wins today will not win tomorrow; if I play like everyone else, I will not excel. So I got my own groove on , and I think I made the right choice.

I agree, it would be interesting to hear what John Nash would have said as his mathematical principles have overtaken poker theory in more recent years. Exploitation versus opponents imperfect plays.
Chris Moneymaker made several references to this style GTO as he was up and rising - he said that despite being from an accounting and maths based mind, the natural flow and talent of a player with the ability to read situations can negate such principles, older players went for the touch and groove, the gut feeling, being exposed to same and similar positions over and over again made for learning poker easier and self development.

 

[billibooo]

I know you know how organic I am at this game, really my roots are just here playing against everyone.

I have no idea what you mean lol and who is John Nash? <3 My strategy is to get my own strategy of what works <3 may take longer may make more mistakes but I will get it better <3 That is how bigmomma rolls

 

[pirateglenn]

I know you know how organic I am at this game, really my roots are just here playing against everyone.

I have no idea what you mean lol and who is John Nash? <3 My strategy is to get my own strategy of what works <3 may take longer may make more mistakes but I will get it better <3

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=john+nash

In game theory, the main difference between a dominant strategy and a Nash equilibrium is that in a dominant strategy, players don't consider what other players are doing, while in a Nash equilibrium, players do

 

[pirateglenn]

Poker coaching has become big business in the last 10 years, more so than ever and professionals who once sought to keep their skills hidden and sacred realised that there was a market to sell those skills in packages because knowledge is only one part of the jigsaw, real life poker involves so many other skills, just ask Debi who has played live a great deal as have I, then factor in whats at stake, the pressures, whereas online poker has become so generated in more recent years with a gigantic boom in the number of really good players all doing the same thing or following the same principles, the really great players tweak that, dont follow necessary convention of betting styles, opening ranges etc etc.