Linda posted some interesting tournament hands and the thread is growing. It is a nice thread. There is a bit of hand and player history involved and the thoughts are varied. It is almost impossible to be wrong in posting a view. Views tend to be less right until the river is exposed and then it can be with a suckout in either direction. That doesn’t really resolve the process it just assigns a hand winner.
I think the analogy I posted was a good one. It was along the lines of:
Tournament poker play is choreographed. But that changes from dance to dance and hand to hand.
We do many crazy things playing tournament poker. Many are quick to scream ‘Donkey’ at moves and the fearful avoid plays because they don’t want to look bad. There is a fine line between an ‘advanced move’ and appearance. If you let that affect your game, you are in trouble.
Freerolls and blogger tournaments tend to share tendancies. The difference can be that stupid moves in one are advanced moves in the other. The problem to resolve is placing what passes for blame. Can you say that one was a clever move while the other was stupid? Not without getting into the mind of the player and that only works in Science Fiction.
Two of my favorite themes are ‘changing gears’ and bet sizing. The thread Linda started talks about a permanent LAG. Being that is the worst situation you can exhibit