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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Six Simple Rules for Poker Success

  1. Play with the stupidest people possible.
  2. Don’t tilt.
  3. Embrace variance, it is your friend.
  4. It is always useful to appear to be what you are not.
  5. Planning ahead is mandatory.
  6. Seek to make your decisions as simple as possible.

nota bene: These are too simplistic of course, but that does not make them wrong.

17 comments:

JeannetteLS said...

My mother was brilliant a number 4. She was valedictorian of a class of 850. Math was her specialty. People always seemed to forget that as she sat there, braided hair, polyester pants, overblouse and saddle shoes. She would open her big blue eyes and look around vacantly a moment, ask what the bid was.

Her laugh was downright evil as she would rake in her armloads of change from the men who just never seemed to get that she knew every card played, all the odds, and precisely when to hold 'em.

Sometimes the stupidest people possible are people who believe they are unbeatable.

LOVE don't tilt...

Suze said...

I like six. No wait, I freaking lurve six.

angryparsnip said...

Love @jeannetteLS story !
I don't know what #2 means in Poker but in general I try not to tilt... falling down is not a good idea for me.

cheers, parsnip

Laoch of Chicago said...

Jeanette, I agree. Often it is good to have people underestimate you. I would have liked to have played with her.

Suze, it is a useful rule of life in many areas.

Ap, it means that it is quite bad to lose emotional control.

PokerLawyer said...

Great reminders.

Laoch of Chicago said...

Pl, returning to basics is always reasonable

Antares Cryptos said...

I see you're applying number 4. Misdirection.

Jolene said...

I have one question...
How good is your pokerface?

Laoch of Chicago said...

ac, I am a great believer in misdirection.

jolene, legendary.

Jolene said...

Good to know.

:)

Kerry said...

I must learn to play poker before I die. But that means I will start out as the stupidest person, which is quite intimidating.

Laoch of Chicago said...

jolene, I wish I could take credit for it but it mostly genetic I think.

kerry, it is only by being willing to be the stupid person can one hope to learn effectively in almost any sphere.

Twisted Scottish Bastard said...

Could also be general rules for life.

Not So Simply Single said...

I often wonder what it your brain would look like in an MRI.

Laoch of Chicago said...

Tsb, sounds reasonable.

Nsss, I had that done. My brain looks a bit sad.

JeannetteLS said...

"kerry, it is only by being willing to be the stupid person can one hope to learn effectively in almost any sphere."

Well. I must be brilliant by now, PLUS I am so good at misdirecting everyone about that that I've fooled myself to boot!

Laoch of Chicago said...

jeanette, I often find that reading basic books in fields in which I am knowledgeable is quite useful as the simplest truths are often misapplied or are not really totally understood. Small steps in all things leads to good results in the long run.