Fantastic quote by Texas Dolly

[Toddzilla]

Regarding the massive influx of newbies and internet-players into the WSOP:


"That's a key thing to fight for the pros. Doyle Brunson says, 'Put a man to a decision for all his chips.' That's how you play poker. Most of the time, the amateurs acknowledge ahead of time that we're going to outplay them after the flop, especially on the turn and the river, so they're trying to play it preflop and on the flop.

"Now, what we're doing to counter that is, we're picking places to take stands, sure enough, but we're still picking them, picking them, picking them. You're seeing more pros play more hands and trying to pick up pots, so when we do have to take those stands, we've got them covered so we don't go broke on the hand and we can afford to play a hand where we have only 3-2 the best of it for 30 or 40 percent of our chips.

"It's like the difference between bacon and eggs for breakfast. The chicken gives his young by giving you the eggs, but the pig is committed.''

[Pumpy Tudors]

I get everything in that quote except the bolded part. Doyle's usin' that Texas language on us, and I think it's just too crazy for me!

[corbes]

I read that quote as being from Robert Williamson III. Here's the fuller text from ESPN:


But for the pros who are playing, even if they aren't winning with the dominance seen last year, they might just be playing better overall this year, Robert Williamson III says.
"I think the pros have figured out how to get to the right place to win these things, but it's still a matter of getting over the hump,'' Williamson says. "At some level, the blinds become so big that it's still a crapshoot.
"So, if you notice, you'll see a lot more pros getting deeper now," he said. "Last year, they won more bracelets, but I don't know if you saw as high an average of pros getting that deep. This year, a lot of pros get really deep in tournaments. I think the reason why is, when you come to that critical hand, you have to win. A lot of pros aren't winning that hand to get them the bracelet, but a lot of pros are getting really, really deep in these tournaments.''
Williamson can see where the pros have adjusted their strategies.
"For example, if it's a small pot and I don't have too many chips committed and if I think I have only a small advantage, I have to let it go and wait until I have them really tied up in a hand where I have 3-1, 4-1 the best of it because I'm going to have to do this 10 times today. I'm going to have to fade a lot of these hands,'' he says.
"Here's the thing: The amateurs, from watching TV, have watched the people put their money in with crazy, terrible hands. All of a sudden, a lot of the amateurs realized, 'Wow, if I bluff enough and put enough pressure on the pros, I know they can outplay me, but if I don't give them the chance to outplay me and stick it all in preflop or on the flop, it puts the pro at a big disadvantage.'

"That's a key thing to fight for the pros. Doyle Brunson says, 'Put a man to a decision for all his chips.' That's how you play poker. Most of the time, the amateurs acknowledge ahead of time that we're going to outplay them after the flop, especially on the turn and the river, so they're trying to play it preflop and on the flop.

"Now, what we're doing to counter that is, we're picking places to take stands, sure enough, but we're still picking them, picking them, picking them. You're seeing more pros play more hands and trying to pick up pots, so when we do have to take those stands, we've got them covered so we don't go broke on the hand and we can afford to play a hand where we have only 3-2 the best of it for 30 or 40 percent of our chips.

"It's like the difference between bacon and eggs for breakfast. The chicken gives his young by giving you the eggs, but the pig is committed.''



And the link: hxxp://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryDate=20060724&name=poker