Quote Originally Posted by Sredni Vashtar
We have also touched upon Shania's fulcrum ever so gently.
*childish giggle*


Seriously though, thats a very important way of thinking about pretty much anything to do with the game that i hadnt really considered before. I suppose that's what Fnord means when he starts going on about balence.

Ive recently begun raising the odd suited connector in tight games. I dont do it often but it seems to me that you either want to do it often and not get noticed or do it rarely and have it noticed. In either case your "Shania" would go up but if you raised 78s alot and people notcied, or you hardly ever raised and noone noticed, then it hurts you.

I suppose what it all comes down to is this:

You have to be aware of how aware your opponents are of you.

You can start raising suited connectors and trash and stealing pot after pot but when they catch on and start calling with semi-trash, you need to change gears to hang them.

I definatly agree that it isnt nearly so applicable in games where your opponents are not aware.