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My experience with Poker is that there are three strategies which beginners can easily perform: always fold, always go all-in, play randomly. These are all sub-
by AndrewOMartin 4y ago
My experience with Poker is that there are three strategies which beginners can easily perform: always fold, always go all-in, play randomly. These are all sub-optimal strategies but they tend to be relatively successful compared to all but the greatest players.
To relate this to the article, it seems like unless you're really good at "consciously" playing poker, then playing thoughtlessly (like the centipede) is probably your best bet and how you often see beginners stitching up all but the real masters.
- jstanley 4y agoHow does "always fold" work?
- ALittleLight 4y agoI suppose if it were a tournament you might go out relatively late, or later than you would as a complete amateur, just because it would take you a little while to be worn away by the blinds.
- AndrewOMartin 4y agoYes this, it's clearly a suboptimal strategy but can be enough to win you some prize money in some very loose tournaments, e.g. freerolls.
- djmips 4y agoThis is interesting but not the same concept at all. Randomness is not what is being talked about it's about having competence which is impeded by consciously thinking about it.