Quote Originally Posted by ChezJ
this is brilliant stuff... now here's my question... what is this advanced concept doing in the beginners circle???
Since when is this advanced concepts?? And sorry to go out on a little rant, seriously what is up with everyone being against introducing difficult concepts to beginners? They will need to learn it at some point, and tossing it there way in the early stages accomplishes alot of things imho. (1) they realize it isn't a cakewalk and that they will have to work at it, which (2) developes a better work ethic toward studying because they actually need to try in order to understand some things (3) it doesn't allow them to get into a mentality in which they feel what they have been/are doing is good enough (4) makes them begin to think in ways which are vital to becoming a better player. If we keep the content in the BC as "don't stack of with less than two pair" (btw this is a total blanket statement and I am by no means saying this is correct), etc. then how can we expect for the players to improve? We have to introduce them to concepts that they must work to understand, and for some this is one of them.