Whats your play on river?

[totalise]

I don't mind the variance at all really, I'm trying to advance my play to a higher level and make sure I capatalise on as many +EV opportunities as possible.

I don't want my play to become automatic and in situations like this i need to stop and think, at the time I called within about 5 seconds without really stopping and thinking about it.  This topic was just an excuse for a bit of a rant to be honest!

If you can withstand the variance, both financially and mentally, then I think the move is OK. Most people over-estimate their abilities to cope with monetary losses and the pressure of losing, so generally its best to try and reduce variance.. (I know that I find it hard to cope with big losses, it sends me spiralling)

When I said automatic, I think it came across wrong. What I really meant was, in 30 seconds, these boys can analyse things awesomely, because they get in situations similar like this all day long, so hoping that in the heat of the battle they will make a mistake is a bit adventurous, if they are winning solid players (they are winners for a reason after all)

Nice post though.. certainly a good debating point.

[WellChief]

Yeh no worries i know what you meant by automatic, in general I can make my decisions very quickly as I normally decide what I'm going to do while the guy is making his bet, and as you say, when you play tens of thousands of hands a month you don't come across any unique situations.  In my post I meant I didn't want my play to become strictly ABC, as are a lot of the players i play against who play 4-5 tables at a time.

As regards the variance I dont really have any responsibilities at the moment besides rent as i'm a student so I can take losing days really well.  If I'm having a bad day on the cash tables where everything seems to be going against me I just quit for the day and play multi-tables which I enjoy even more.