| Posted by: Insomniac_1006 at October 16, 2007, 4:30 am | | Topic: What is "perfect poker" Forum: Card Chat |
Quote: Originally Posted by OzExorcist
Barry Greenstein ...says that 'perfect' poker is the way you would have played if you'd known your opponent's downcards. If you could see what they held, you'd be able to make the 'perfect' play each time.
Greenstein’s notion is based on the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, but I am sure most of you already knew that. The Fundamental Theorem of Poker, which follows, was introduced in The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky, first copyrighted in 1987.
Every time you play a hand differently from the way you would have played it if you could see all your opponents cards, they gain; and every time you play your hand the same way you would have played it if you could see all their cards they lose. Conversely, every time opponents play their hands differently from the way they would have if the could see all your cards, you gain; and every time they play their hands the same way they would have played if the could see all your cards, you lose.In No Limit Hold 'em Theory and Practice, Sklansky goes on to say, “Note that we use the term "mistake" in a specific and somewhat peculiar sense. We don't mean that you played badly, or that a more skillful player would have played differently. We just mean that you played differently than you would have if you could have seen your opponent’s hand"...
Following with..."The fundamental Theorem of Poker highlights the alue of hand reading and deception. One of your goals when you play no limit hold 'em is to try to deduce your opponent’s holding while disguising your own."
Indeed, if we could all play this way we would be running a perfect game, but most of us make mistakes. To me the perfect game is one in which I am fully engaged, über observant (of my opponents, the flow of the game, the action or lack there of), and making more correct decisions than my opponent is making. This usually will result in a win. A perfect game, I think is elusive, but well worth working toward.
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