Feel or Math

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Sort of depends how much math the feel based player uses. I mean a feel based player I think is someone who knows the mathematics, but goes with his gut when the decision is marginal whereas the math based player takes the line he thinks is most +EV no matter what, but I mean you have to give ranges and stuff so that's pretty "feely", I'd say it'd be a pretty big error in logic to classify someone as purely logic or purely feel.

feel

Both.

The math is variable depending on how you feel.

On June 29 2009 13:41 SpeedyJack wrote: Sort of depends how much math the feel based player uses. I mean a feel based player I think is someone who knows the mathematics, but goes with his gut when the decision is marginal whereas the math based player takes the line he thinks is most +EV no matter what, but I mean you have to give ranges and stuff so that's pretty "feely", I'd say it'd be a pretty big error in logic to classify someone as purely logic or purely feel.

what he said

-hoss

its both the answer is both

Obviously I use both. But I think most of us around here with positive winrates in this, a negative EV game, derive our edge from a better understanding of math than the fish. The degree to which I use math relative to other good players is pretty irrelevant, but I certainly beat games because I understand the probabilities underlying the game better than fish do. This is true of anyone who plays 20/18 to beat a 70/2. Winning poker in the internet age is build on a strong foundation of math, regardless of what tpye of player you fancy yourself.

good players dont categorize themselves they are good at ever aspect and are always changing

Both. Feel is just reading his ranges, which you calculate with math etc to make your decisions.