Quote Originally Posted by Xanadu
This response is unfair to AOK. You have taken his statement completely out of context. AOK clearly stated that you should always fold your crappy cards. The statement you quoted was advice for if you for some reason just think you absolutely have to play those crappy cards once in a while, you might as well do it in a way that has value rather than getting yourself trapped into losing a lot of chip when dominated.
Stop blindly defending him. I don't care the reasoning behind the advice, its still horrible, there are ZERO, i repeat ZERO situations where doing this would be appropriate. There is zero value in this and there never will be.

I don't agree with everything AOK posts, but his system has worked well for him and many others. I don't think his system is ideal by any means, but it may be ideal for the beginner. And odds are I'm wrong anyway because he has way more experience than I do. Whether his posts are part PR or not, I don't know, but I do know from my time at FTR that AOK has spent a lot of time trying to help other players with informative posts that reflect what he thinks is the best advice for other players. What else can you ask?
He doesn't have a system. It hasn't worked for anyone else. His posts are all PR. He hasn't spent any time actually trying to help FTR players. He has a complex with feeding his own ego for whatever purpose, re-read Jackvance's post regarding this. And his posts aren't informative, in fact almost all of his advice I had read is just dead wrong. Why do I care? I think possibly the worst thing a person can do in a forum like this is give incorrect advice while convincing everybody that the advice is coming from an informative source. What can I ask? I can ask that the blind don't try to lead the blind.

No one is an absolute authority on poker. Disagreement and discussion of ideas are good things. But it really bothers me when someone's words are lifted out of context to appear to mean the opposite of what they intended. That's no better than corrupt political propaganda.
I'm sorry AOK is a beautiful caring wonderful human being who only cares about the welfare of the beginners circle. You should take his lesson, wink wink, hint hint. Open up your eyes, you're being scammed.