Quote Originally Posted by Legendash
It seems to be a common theme that anybody who plays above the level that is currently being discussed basically thinks that no players at the level in question have any poker skills at all. This then leads them to recommend playing ABC poker and not trying anything clever. I saw someone make this comment about 2/4 limit the other day and thought to myself "surely people at 2/4 know what they're doing" I think it's all relative to where you're at. One of the few people who doesn't do this is Fnord, he'll give advice on 5/10 and 0.01/0.02 the same and more people should try to do the same. I'm not saying the level you're at has no relation on the skill of play but it's lazy to just assume everyone is an idiot. Most of us were down there at one time and we obviously weren't idiots.

the majority of the players at the 25 tables dont even pay attention to the board enough to know their beat, they just look at their own cards and play on the strength of their hand .. straight, flush, 3 of a kind and bet.

i'd imagine as you move up, players tend to think of their opponents possible holdings, and will lay their hands when they are obviously beat.


hence why bluffs will tend to work alot better at the higher stakes.. and no a continuation bet on the flop is not a bluff