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Posted by: OzExorcist at October 16, 2007, 5:07 am

Topic: What is "perfect poker" Forum: Card Chat

Yep, that'd be the definitive erm... definition.

What I find interesting about the way Greenstein's puts it is that he clearly distinguishes between 'perfect' and 'correct' play. I'm sure Sklansky did too. But Greenstein's book had pretty pictures so I read that first, and that's what stuck in my head .

Anywho, point is that the perfect play is something we can work out afterwards. But while we're actually in a hand, is it practical be thinking you can make the perfect play?

By definition, you can't. It'd be nice if we could, and sometimes we'll stumble upon it either by chance or with a great read. But in general, it's neither possible nor practical - there's just no way (within the rules, at any rate) to do it.

Instead, you should be focussed on making the correct play for the situation, given the information you have.

Which is why posting results in the hand analysis section changes the answers you get: it changes the analysis from determining a correct play (of which there could be many) to determining the single perfect play.

It's being able to identify a correct play that will help you next time you're in a hand. Being able to work out the correct play is also by far the harder skill to master. Gawd knows I'm still pretty average at it .

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