Who would you rather....?

Sky_Poker

Sometimes people say they get frustrated by really bad players and would rather play better players!

So in the long-run would you rather play poker against...?

1) A really bad player - unpredictable and a bit harder to read
2) A player who is slightly worse than you - but you can read a bit better

gazza127

Sigh.

Saw thread title and thought i'd see a totally different question.

Slykllist

Happy to play either as long as I feel I have an edge, but obviously you'd play the really bad guy as over time he's gonna spew more money quicker than the other guy.

Slipwater

Option 3.

gazza127.

splashies

In Response to Re: Who would you rather....?:

Option 3. gazza127.
Posted by Slipwater

I thought gazza was option 1 anyway.

Slipwater

In Response to Re: Who would you rather....?:

In Response to Re: Who would you rather....? : I thought gazza was option 1 anyway.
Posted by splashies

Good point. My bad.

Glenelg

In Response to Who would you rather....?:

Sometimes people say they get frustrated by really bad players and would rather play better players! So in the long-run would you rather play poker against...? 1) A really bad player - unpredictable and a bit harder to read 2) A player who is slightly worse than you - but you can read a bit better
Posted by Sky_Poker

HI,  I'm slightly confused by this.  The sentence and the questions differ IMO. Surely after the sentence the options should be..

1) A really bad player.

2) A better player.

Or do you mean players slightly better than the bad players BUT not as good as you?

Personally, to improve my poker it's BETTER players than me who I learn most from.  There are way too many of these mention :-(

Sky_Poker

In Response to Re: Who would you rather....?:

In Response to Who would you rather....? : HI,  I'm slightly confused by this.  The sentence and the questions differ IMO. Surely after the sentence the options should be.. 1) A really bad player. 2) A better player. Or do you mean players slightly better than the bad players BUT not as good as you? Personally, to improve my poker it's BETTER players than me who I learn most from.  There are way too many of these mention :-(
Posted by Glenelg

No it's as written.

Just to see if people would rather play slightly inferior players or far worse players. Some people believe that it is better to play those slightly below you so that you can out think them one 'level' of thinking ahead of them - on the basis that it's hard to out-think bad players you cannot read as easily.

Chris_Mc

much rather the poor player, 

overall you should be getting more profit and winnning a lot more overall, prob have a much higher hand range and bigger pots.

probbally why people want too play me alot.

Lambert180

Definitely the really bad player. You can hand read a slightly worse player easier but hand reading isn't as important imo if the player is reallly bad

jordz16

what if you are an incredibly awful player, surely you wouldn't want to play someone who is really bad, as the player a bit worse than you could be a worse player than the really bad player.

get your head around that.