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I read enough of it to get the theory. There's a chapter in one of Sklansky's books called "The System" where he describes how a friend of his asked him to teach his daughter how to play hold'em so that she could play in a tournament that weekend. I think the guy was rich, so he was going to plunk the money down and he wanted his daughter to have fun.Just finished the book (Kill Phill) anyone here try that strategy online?
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That's true. Also, I've been toying with using the KP rules to push in with, but instead of folding when you don't have one of the hands, I do what I would normally have done. For instance, instead of folding KQs in the early rounds in LP with limpers, I might call or raise, so I at least get to see the flop. Plus, after a short try at it, I abandoned going all-in on alot of the hands that call for it, but rather just raise like I used to. I know it's a trade-off, because part of the rational of the method is to get people to fold, but survival is also important, and anytime you go all-in, you can lose.One good thing it really helps me to play tighter than i was in early play.
JJ, I noticed something lately in low money buy-ins with re-buys and add-ons. I've seen three different players do this, and I'm wondering if anyone knows if they got their inspiration for the theory from Kill Phil or somewhere else.
What they do is literally go all-in on almost anything and everything during the first hour when re-buys are available. If you take all their chips, which isn't hard to do once you spot them, they quickly re-buy, and go back to going all-in on almost every hand.
Then at the end of the re-buy period, they add-on as much as they can, and then get tighter than a mouse.
It seems like a perversion of the KP method, but I'm not sure. One guy amassed a mountain of chips (he was pissing everybody off like crazy though) by going all-in about 15 times in a row. Then after the re-buy he practically stopped playing for a long time.
I can see what they are attempting to do: get a huge chip stack and then coast into the cash, only having to play a few more hands at most. I can't imagine how it could be successful strategy, but nothing would surprise me after seeing all the sitouts at PokerStars.
Thanks NineLions. Tell me something. They appear to be going in with anything and everything, which seems to me to be a suicidal technique. It usually only takes me a second or two to spot this and the next time I'm holding something better than about K9 I'll take his chips. It's kind of hard for me see how this can be a viable money making strategy.this is pretty common rebuy strategy. Take risks trying to build a stack, rebuy if you miss. Tighten up once the rebuy period is over.