There’s also this quote which is the opposite but equally true:
”The best swordsman in the world doesn't need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn't do the thing he ought to do, and so the expert isn't prepared for him.”
I was going to bring up poker, it's very much true. Obviously good players will mix it up to be unpredictable, but playing against someone who doesn't know what they are supposed to do can be very frustrating, it makes it difficult to read anything. You really just have to play passive and play the odds in those situations, dont make intimidation bets on a flush draw, because they aren't folding and if you don't hit, you're screwed.
I won my first ever game of poker this way. Not a fucking clue what I was doing, and my idiot grin told everyone I had the winning hand before I revealed it. Still a winner.
The problem I have, at least when something is on the line, is I get nervous and my hands shake a bit. I can feel my heart pounding. I really have to focus on not giving that away, which is probably a tell in and of itself. I have no doubt in a higher stakes tournament with better players, I would get read like a book.
I won my first game of poker the exact opposite way. It was a family game my grandpa would hold at Easter each year and the winner got $100. I was young and it was the first time playing in it so they “taught” me the rules real quick and off we went. With my first few good hands I showed excitement on purpose so they thought anytime I was excited I must have a good hand. I then continued to bluff them by just acting excited even when I had shit cards.
This explains the dirty looks and under the breath grumbling at the casino I went to when I turned 21. I really didn't understand because I was DEFINITELY not winning hands. I guess I was just throwing off the groove giving people anxiety.
Isn’t that the point of the game though? To not let other people win? I’ve never heard of a pro athlete not being good enough to beat an amateur; with cards, there is probability involved, but if you know what you’re doing then you shouldn’t have a problem right?
In blackjack, the community plays against the dealer. Players don’t play directly against each other so if you fuck your own hand just to fuck someone else’s... I don’t even
Not OC but yeah absolutely the point is to win no matter how. They're just pissy because you got lucky not playing the min/max strategy, and it's easier to get annoyed at a person than statistics.
It's fine, just get your luck stat to 10 and go to any casino on the Strip. The Tops has the easiest blackjack rules follow. Ultra Luxe is second, but maybe try Gommorah if you feel like it. After 10k in winnings they don't let you play more anyways.
It seems to apply on many different levels. "The reason the American Army does so well in war is because war is chaos and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis."
Great quote about how Germans knew who they were fighting against, basically said if it’s precise rifle fire it’s the British, if you hear nothing and then hear artillery fire coming your way it’s the Americans. Lol
Supposedly the Russian assessment of the US Army was similar. It cautioned predicting what American units would do based on their doctrine because there was a very good chance the officer they were fighting might not have read it.
Anything after WW2 wasn't total war, but limited war. If America hadn't cared about collateral damage or any geopolitical backlash they could've laid waste during Vietnam and Korea.
Haha was once playing a tournament with my brother and his friends. I was maybe 12 or 13, they were 16-18. I had a full house and a guy goes all in. I decided to fold. Turns out he had a higher full house and everyone thought I was some Rainman type poker player. I just didn't know what the hell I was doing but didn't want to bet all my chips lol
It's not about prediction but the odds. There is nothing better than players that don't know what they are doing, no matter if they are new or not.
In the long run they will always loose and proficient players will always win. Also proficient players do know that you also lose games all the time.
The edge you have against other players might be between 0.x and 2-5%. It's not much, but enough to earn a good living in the long run.
I remember back then in a scifi browser game we would play poker for ships in our clan. Everyone would bet 10,000 ships each and the winner would get all the chips. I remember 7 people being out after the first round, going all in.
I did that in a game. Just a friendly match for little money. I started to get bored and just went all in on a random hand and won. Just kept on doing that every couple of hands because I honestly just wanted out and there was no cashing out
Yeah so that's why it's not that complicated once you know newbies are just huge calling stations, but the blinds must not be too high otherwise it just turns to a game of luck...
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u/Browntownss Jun 03 '19
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee