[his posts were very repetitive]

oh and i know of arbboy IRL, he is def a character lol.

while i initially thought his posts were very repetitive and a bit close to the line (bear in mind i'm only catching up on this thread now and assume some of it has been - possibly heavily - edited by mods) given the seriousness of the actual revelations to come to light they are completely justified imo.

yes he started by making a point about the south korea match, but ultimately he was making other points and asking the sort questions that should of been more purposefully brought up weeks and months ago by those with a vested interest. had they done so then perhaps the problem wouldn't have escalated to what it has become now.

That;s only because none of his very pertinent questions were being answered, instead there was just a bunch of droolers replying to his posts with some lol stuff. That he ended up being banned is just amazing. What a thread.

Mantis' post has sapped my will to argue.

In cash the variables are much different so you can become a profitable player in spite of the odds that suggest otherwise. Factors like you can quit when ahead and recover from being busted make this a more achievable goal.

lower variance would have been top of my list of why it's easier to be a profitable cash player than a tournament player, despite the fact that tournament's fields are generally so soft.

Impressive first post phantom_lord.

Ty.

Your raise pf, bet the flop, and move Allin theory is based on seeing the queen yes?

no not all of it. my raise pf advice is because it's the best play, do i need to explain why?  post flop is because we hit the queen.

Do you still bet the flop if you miss? Because statistically most of the time you will.

well it depends obv, we can C-bet other flops besides Q and A high ones, and other flops we'll have to give up on, but even so the whole play in general is +Ev.

There are many different ways to play a hand out, we see that on the PHA Board all the time.

of course, no doubt about that, all loads of people posting silly stuff on this forum just shows that, but usually there's a correct way to play a hand, like here for example, raise pf, bet the flop, and try and get all in agaisnt the moron.

If you have a tangible thought process that is at the heart of your strategy then this cannot be argued with.

uh, it can, if it's a flawed thought process, I'll see if i can drag up an example...oooh here's one!

The merits of checking pre-flop, not risking chips that you don't have to risk, and trying to win a big pot by trapping mean this strategy is open for some consideration. I have used both strategies to good effect and both have their advantages. To say that not raising is wrong can be statistically proven for sure but we are talking about a tournament rescue package. And it is this complete package that is the priority, not making one statistically correct play.

In tournaments you will have the need and opportunity to get creative at times. Creativity will be stifled if you use +EV plays in isolation of complete strategies, particularly when we're talking about rescue strategies.

lol

2. Tournament players cannot expect to make long-term profit

Well good players can, maninly due to generous folks like you contributing to the prizepool.