In no limit Texas holdem, the form of poker played in most tournaments, a solid pre-flop all-in or fold strategy is almost unexploitable. That is, based on my first two cards and some other factors, I decide to bet all my chips right then, or fold. If the system is sound enough, I could announce exactly what I was doing and still no one could gain a significant advantage over me.
Of course a skilled player won't play like that; skilled players seek out and exploit their opponents' mistakes instead of playing an unexploitable strategy. In fact, because of these all-in strategies, many people want the World Series of Poker to be decided over a pot-limit game.
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In no limit Texas holdem, the form of poker played in most tournaments, a solid pre-flop all-in or fold strategy is almost unexploitable. That is, based on my first two cards and some other factors, I decide to bet all my chips right then, or fold. If the system is sound enough, I could announce exactly what I was doing and still no one could gain a significant advantage over me.
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Of course a skilled player won't play like that; skilled players seek out and exploit their opponents' mistakes instead of playing an unexploitable strategy. In fact, because of these all-in strategies, many people want the World Series of Poker to be decided over a pot-limit game.
David Sklansky, probably the best poker strategy writer out there, has developed exactly such a system: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/skalans
The neat thing is that it'd be quite easy to program a computer to play this strategy.