I cleaned up the thread 2 or so days ago. I haven't been back since then, so you must have overlooked what I did the first time.

And yes there are two ways to skin a cat. The right way, and the wrong way. But if the cat is poker, and the methods to skin are our decisions, then there are numerous techniques to be used.

However, it still breaks down to a simple scale. You have the best way to skin the cat. Then you have a way that will work, but that won't be as effective as the previous way. Then you have multiple ways that won't work, with some being worse than the other.

This all equivocates back to poker. You have the best decision, or the most +EV decision. Followed by a less +EV decision, then a breakeven decision, then comes your -EV decisions. Why go with a breakeven decision, when you can chose a +EV decision? And to go a bit further, why go with a +EV decision, when you can go with the MOST +EV decision? It just doesn't make sense.

Profiting in poker can be broken down to a very simple statement. You must make less mistakes on average than your opponents. That is, you need to make more +EV decisions, and less -EV decisions than your opponents. If raising A2s on the BU is a +EV decision, then by making that play is going to elevate your winrate, and make you a larger profit at poker.

As our last few posts were not flame oriented, I'm fine with discussion of poker concepts, etc continuing here, unless Skeeno does not. However, anything that begins to resemble flaming each other will be deleted, and it will either need to stop or move to a more relevant place (your OP maybe?).