Well, there's no doubt that both Fnord and Ripp know a lot about NL holdem. But they are really playing two completely different games and that's why they have two completely different strategies.

I hear what Ripptyde is saying, and his style of play is really tournament play - at which he's had good success.

Fnord's style of play, similar to my own, is the PartyPoker cash game style of play - at which we've had good success.

We are really talking apples to oranges - tournament play is much different than the day in, day out ring game. It's really amazing how different they are. On a ring game, you can just chill and wait - playing solid hands, calculating odds, etc. You do not need to get fancy to beat the low stakes game. In a tourney, you must make moves without the cards, and play the player.

So based on our playing style and strategy, did we choose the best fitting game, or did our choice of game develop the style and strategy?