in a vacuum

doesn't it mean "by default"?
edit: I mean "without specific info"

I think it means
in this specific spot without considering our overall strategy or balance at all

yeah i've always used it as meaning "in this hand, your default play without taking any extraneous variables into account should be x"/"in a vacuum, you should do x".

i don't think either of the examples are precise definitions of the phrase =o

the simplest way to express it would be. no outside factors influencing the decision.

definitely doesn't mean over infinity hands x play is ideal UNLESS we mean to say that cbetting K73r board against a fish is the best play "in a vacuum".
the difference here being the same play always or the same play whenever there is a fresh slate or something not interfering with how that person will react to the hand.

so context matters here.

and obviously in a vacuum could mean a specific hand. depending on context either can be right

over infinity hands x play is ideal

yeah just for clarification when i said 'ideal' i really meant without knowing anything special to tell you otherwise [which i consider to be the same thing as what should be ideal]

thought it meant your vanilla, bread and butter line, with no reads.

was so excited about a pu blog

imo its "optimal strategy for specific spot/ situation" without adjusting to player specific stuff (reads / gameflow / image / etc)

Readless.

the word itself is kinda self-explanatory, vacuum = absence of something, deprivation. Vacuum of information, i.e. very first hand vs a total unknown player going allin preflop with AJ is a leak.

On January 15 2013 19:42 mnj wrote: was so excited about a pu blog

same here...

Thinks it means something along the lines of "having no influence from outside variables"

I guess over infinity hands the in a vacuum play should always be right? and in one specific hand the in a vacuum play might not be right because of all the variables.

Not sure if it helps but glgl

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If we ad ing to it.

On January 15 2013 19:30 PoorUser wrote: yeah just for clarification when i said 'ideal' i really meant without knowing anything special to tell you otherwise [which i consider to be the same thing as what should be ideal]

i think the key point is the explicit preclusion of other factors, not the number of hands.

in this exact situation.

On January 15 2013 20:48 wobbly_au wrote: in this exact situation.

i read it as this.

Me to, me to, but I think I have specific instead of exact. Just to be different.

I've always interpreted the phrase "in a vacuum" to mean "ignoring meta-game". No or few variables.


Google result:

in a vacuum without any connection to other people or events

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+a+vacuum