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To: JohnM who wrote (224072)	5/13/2013 7:59:38 PM
From: freelyhovering	Respond to of 542122

Probably good scotch quieted his moralism

To: JohnM who wrote (224072)	5/14/2013 11:45:02 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542122

Being confrontational is actually exactly how the best players play. It is called power poker and first described by Doyle Brunson in his book "super system" that revolutionized poker. He won the world series of poker twice and played out of the same poke as Sailor Roberts and Texas Amarillo Slim, each of whom also won the world series of poker once. The concept is you play strong hands strongly and you bluff a lot. You want to cow the table and make them afraid. By doing this when you bluff they are afraid to call you because you will just go at them again after the next card. This forces people to try and play good hands, but there are not enough good hands. It is hard to make a good hand. And so by doing this, you pick up lots of small pots and then when you do get out of line all they win back is the money you already stole from them. And you try to do your bluffing with an out e.g. and inside straight draw. Brunson once said: I will bluff a dozen times and say to myself: "surely they won't drop again and so I force myself to put the money in the pot and sure enough they all throw their hands in again. Being moralistic has nothing to do with poker.