[Krahsami]

they were just for practice. And the payouts were a joke.

Basically I played two .25 tournies and two . 50 tournies. Got unlucky be it by bad read or beat or whatever in 2 and got knocked out early (it's going to happen). Now including the entry fee for all 4 tournies I spent 1.50 Now I know I am up 3$ still because of my finish's. So I spent 1.50 and am still up 3$ from original number and played 2 more tournies even but didn't place. But I got an education cheaply because I didn't have to buy it, I had a scolarship. So when I look at it my ROI is more than 10%. Im not even saying it works all the time, I honestly just encountered this level of thinking after many years of testing various playstyles maybe a month ago, But I thought it, I didn't read it somewhere. WHY? because I played the hand and got the experience. I have days in ring games I come out behind, But they respected me. Honestly in EVERYTHING you do in life there is a yin and yang. I didn't come up with yin and yang I only thought to myself why would that not apply to poker as well? Then As I said I know even the most aggressive person in the world (Assault type, Yin) WILL RESPECT Dan Harrington as a player. WE all saw him take down that pot with 62 Preflop with 2 aggressors. Why? because he's a sniper and they knew it and were scared when he shot. WHY? because there soldiers and soldiers are afraid of snipers.. He KNEW he needed he had to use some fold points up and risk it at the EXACT RIGHT TIME to take down a real pot. So he SHOT and PPL RAN. hes a yang.
Obviously I don't know what he was thinking honestly. But that move itself is when I truly thought about it. It changed my life forever. It made me a yang when I finally saw what I percieved as respect. the biggest bet in the world can not give you respect it is earned even if you do have to show em your cards. Why because your not Dan harrington but you want them to know you ARE a SNIPER You want them to know you were patient and waited for a kill shot Or you dont show at all YIN and YANG. YOU want them to know and your NOT afraid to show them you are. That when you shoot your not afraid to hide. Why do yins HIDE? Even the biggest newbie in the world will get respect if he has enough fold points using minimal loss. Now imagine a sniper out there using it. He really didnt have to risk alot even. You know what else? he encounters minimal loss by checking and not firing. Why because ppl are afraid to fire thier guns unless its a big one, in which case if he doesn't have a BIGGER GUN he can run away and conserve AMMO. EVEN before the battle begins (preflop) When they know a snipers out there on the battlefield just waiting on some one to stick there head up PPL don't want to start firing first. He wants to encounter MINIMAL RESISTANCE which is MINIMAL LOSS and has simply because every ones afraid to draw there gun because no one has fired first and they know a snipers out there. PHASES basically. Lots of them. Progression of battle. real time stategy. Do you really want to fire at him? maybe so. But what if you knew he was a sniper and not a soldier? Do you really want to fire at him? Well when you do he always ran away so sure FIRE. OOOOPS he fired back at me now what. Up to you if you want to kill your self or risk it. So now all those times he ran away and saved his ammo, Just gave him more because he either KILLED some one or they RAN away. But usually he didn't risk it ( NOT ALWAYS). Snipers are camofaluged ( hard to put on a specific hand). his $ is worth more than the next guy $ WHY? Because he's special forces and has to be respected, he's not your average soldier. I play with certain people in real life alot. You know what honestly I know I have made them lay AK down with an A on board before because they showed me. Why because they know a sniper is out there. No one does that right? Ive seen it.

Im not saying do it. I'm saying digest it unbiastly. The thing about Yin and Yang is they will NEVER EVER AGREE. But it doesn't make the others way wrong.
the other is going to exist no matter what. They have no choice but to come together and meet in the middle at some time and clash. But there will be respect. The other thing is that theres a LITTLE YIN and ALOT of YANG, or ALOT of YIN and a LITTLE YANG in all of us. why are we agruing? it's always going to be the same no matter what. It's going to BALANCE. I didnt say BE a yang. I said it's an OPTION. It's always going to be there no matter how much you argue. So why argue? why not THINK that it exists so you KNOW it's there not just dismiss it. You know why honest? Because I know YINS exist and IM PREPARED for them. Heck I USED TO BE A YIN. Now if this honestly doesn't explain it I don't know what else I can possibly do. U quit after 2 stages even? You now what theres alot more phases. I TRIED TO HELP. Ok it might not blow your mind but did you ever really think about it before? All it is is thinking oppisite of what you normally think. The best way to combat a style is to play an oppisite style, The best way to deal with aggressive ppl is to not be aggressive, Instead of maximize you want to minimize. Now if you can play a style encountering minimal loss and MINIMAL RESISTANCE with lots of respect theres room to make a profit let alone minimize your own personal damages. It's just a different way of thinking is all But it's really really deep theory that could never be explaned in even 5 posts. Doesn't make it right or best or anything. But it is there for me now. And I also know ppl do respect it for sure, that's half the theory.

When you can scare some one and command respect simply by calling then checking at the flop you've found something most people don't have, youv'e made him uncertain more than likely as to how to actually go about dealing with a sniper by doing nothing the oppisite of pushing. well how powerful is the sniper then? You dont know it could be the nuts or it could be nothing because he does what a sniper does. He waits for the SHOT ( you've even seen him limp with AA once or twice flat call raises preflop with KK let alone never raises his AK AQ 90% time). He's camoflauged. Well should you fire before the battle begins? How bigs your gun? There is a sniper out there you know. You see youv'e created uncertainty by doing NOTHING. You also didn't risk alot to do it.

The BIGGEST bet in the world will not get the same respect that a MINIMUM raise from the right person will. Why? because you RESPECT that person.


I know the limits I play are a joke but I don't have the bankroll you do.