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Originally Posted by Irisheyes

Originally Posted by aokrongly

I am willing to FAIL trusting myself rather than Succeed by Not Doing So.

Could this not be really dangerous to reaching your goal if through some sort of ignorance you were going in a direction which was not actually beneficial to reaching said goal? How wise is it to subbornly trust yourself (considering you could be wrong)?

First, Jack, to each their own. I know others who aren't big fans of this style as well. I'm sure your's works for you well.

Irish, I love this comment. The answer is, I don't know but I have to trust something. Considering the work I put into creating this game and the success that I've had with it, I feel more confident trusting it than something else. In the end Something has to stay consistent, if for not other reason than to prove it doesnt' work. But history shows this game works great and it works best if you just operate it and let it do it's thing. That's why I need to just follow it. Also, part of "my game" IS the function of making changes over time based on observations and records. But that isn't what I was doing. I was breaking my poker rules. And that's something different.

I know there's a huge camp that says poker can't be played by rules. I respectfully disagree with the premise. Everyone follows some structure and rules (at least everyone good). Rule #1 is (and is universal), if someone pushes all their chips at me on the river and I have garbage, I will fold. Every other rules just adds to that one.

But, anyway, I do see your point... Can stubornness be a problem? It Can! But, reworded Consistency can be an asset.

And, again, my goal isn't to win more money faster than anyone else. It is to have a Performance game that produces consistent results as predictively as possible. Keep an eye on me though. I can get stubborn at times.

Maybe i'm being stubborn now. Only time will tell.