On Thu, 7 Jul 2011, Chandler wrote:
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "nightoftheiguana2000" <nightoftheiguana2000@...> wrote:
>> I think before Rodman, Sklansky had "The System" which he wrote about
>> in his "Tournament Poker". The simpliest system is to go all in with
>> pocket Aces if your stack is more than 10 Big Blinds, once the
>> stack/blind ratio is under 10, go all in with any pair, any Ace suited,
>> Ace-King, or suited connectors. Otherwise you fold. In Chen and
>> Ankenman's "Mathematics of Poker", they print the mathematical solution
>> to the jam or fold strategy (page 136) and suggest it is the optimal
>> strategy for stack/blind under 10.
>
> Hmmm... Only playing aces until you get to 10 bb is going to get you
> crushed in most MTTs. You are better off getting your money in bad a
> few times, IMO. Harrington's red zone. Equilibrium strategy. ICM
> strategy. Most of the poker eggheads have something to say about
> playing push/fold short. It is an essential part of tournament play.
> I suspect KP is talking about something a bit different.
IIRC Sklansky's "The System" was designed for a friend who had no NL
experience whatsoever but wanted to play the main event anyway, or
something like that, which explains its lack of sophistication.
