Mendacious

Maybe I misjudged you Smash.

Both styles are effective depending on circumstances. My point was greater skill against lesser opponents is a greater determining factor than Style. And as you have frequently pointed out, playing within your comfort level is HUGELY important. You will find that most great players can and do play with a full spectrum of styles. They are NP's at times and LAGS at other times depending on a whole host of factors. You will also find that the general styles of some of the Poker greats also varies widely, from the Hellmuths to Hansons, Deebs to Negreanus, Harringtons to Brunsons. Which ar

Thats because Pokerstars is filled with FCP'ers

Sheesh, I really need to read this forum I guess.My take on the Ribmeister.As a poster:He writes well. He knows a lot about PLO8 and much of what he writes is very good, and sound. Some of it is great reading and completely worth studying and incorporating into your game. His writing is at time quite insightful. He can also be an overly sensitive egotistical jerk.As a player:He plays for BIG hands, and intimidation value. He is nowhere near as aggressive against players that he respects, and he can make great laydowns. He does put people on tilt, generates great action, and in my opinio

Didn't know you and Smash were still at it. Nice!Is the debate here really whether it is better to be LAG at some undefined lower level than a NP at some undefined higer level????This is SO vague and SO dependent on the table composition-- that you can't possibly be serious. Clearly the real debate here is straight-up NP vs LAG, and it is fairly pointless, because we all know players who are very succesful with both styles, and players who are tragically bad with both as well.The plain truth of this game is spoken by Jackingoff in his first post I think style is FAR less important in th

If I am in your shoes I play the same way. (correctly)If I am in SB's shoes, I check call it down on the turn. The most probable outcome at that point seems to be the split, with you having the suited ace. I also would think (unless he knows you are a very good player) that getting 3/4s for him seems much more likely than getting 1/4d, but there isn't much reason to roll the dice for his stack in that situation when he is probably splitting (and could be counterfitted).

I have no general beef with FCP. I'm a huge Negreanu fan. I'm not totally sold on the level of aggressive play at 2+2, but, that a whole forum would advocate folding that hand seems pretty far out to me. That seems like a little too defensive poker to me. For my part, I posted because I was interested in the credibility of someone who acts like he knows it all. I've learned all I need to know about him. I don't always agree with Wintermute, (and don't play much shorthanded) but I greatly respect the integrity of his posts. Honesty is probably the most important part of self-evaluat

I point out what a phony Smash is, therefore I must be gay. I see the logic. This explains a lot.

Very professional writing. Perhaps one of your keys is stuck from all the self-love you give yourself on the computer.Way to leave visual part of the joke out. Did they teach you that at journalism school?I don't know which is more flaming bs, you claiming to be a professional writer, or taking 40K off of Wintermute.PS Comic books don't count.

Wow, Lame!May I suggest for your next Avatar....WORST BEAT EVER!

I'm not the one who has a picture of a dwarf as my avatar!For all the suckling you do of Smasharoo, I would think you might have an interest if the guy is a lying braggart, or authentic.

Touchy touchy Smasho. Your claim seems more than a little preposterous, especially since it wasn't that long ago that Party didn't even have the $600-$2000 tables. It is actually quite easy to post a screenshot of your winnings against a player head to head from PTO. How many hands do you have with Wintermute? What is his alias? Without a little more information your claim completely lacks credibility. Regardless of what you think of the number of my posts, you obviously took the time to write your evasive response. For the record, Wintermute disputes your claim and says that NO ONE

I'd love to see some evidence that Smash has won $40k off or Wintermute.