I have a neighbor that is bipolar. It isn’t a pleasant thing for him or me; he won’t take the meds. Poker, on the other hand, can reward bipolar play in the right situations.
Craig Cunningham’s great interview with Jason Strasser bring that to the fore. Jason doesn’t truly appear to be bipolar in his poker. But, it seems built around naked aggression and he isn’t the only one with the style. And we see players at almost every table trying to emulate it. Many leave before the second blind change. You can’t push every hand and survive. Jason is bipolar because he can vary his game where his emulator lack those skills.
Strassa2 is playing big buy-in tournaments and also playing high stakes ring games. There is a gated community aspect to such play that doesn’t translate to our studio apartment buy-in events. I watch the $1000-2000 limit Omaha tables at FullTilt and play their lower rent tables. My game on their tables may or may not be as successful but the reverse also applies. It is easier to bluff on their tables where a play like that will get ridiculed on mine.
Csquared plays tournaments and ring and describes it in detail. A lot of his play is with other things on the fire