Guo Dong: There is a gap between domestic players and international players at the level of thinking

First, the opponent learned my thinking to go and beat me, very impressed

Guo Dong: A very interesting situation, that is, some players, of course, are also very attentive players, and then he has read the article I wrote, or he has read this interview, he knows me very well, he knows me a lot, knows that I have talked about some ways of playing, such as some logical thinking, such as a way of thinking to catch bluff, he may have happened to read this article, and then he targeted to play with me, this impressed me, I was impressed by a hand in the wpt China game, I am raising, Then the other side called, sent out is also a very dry side, I seem to be the top of the child, and then I fired a normal shot, that is, half a pool a little more, about 1500 chips or so, the other party directly raise to 8500 chips,

Then I thought it was very strange, how can such a chip be played, I think it is unreasonable, I said if you are in the middle of the set, why screw so big? Such a card face, if it is such as two pairs, so I am very strange to call a hand, turn on my check, the other side plays extremely heavy, and I have a backdoor gold or a backdoor smooth on the turn, and then there is no turn, just a top pair I fold. As a result, the other party was indeed hit by the dark sets.

Later, he said to me: Knowing that you will definitely think that my dish is unreasonable, so you will think that I am not secretly set, so it is very interesting to meet this situation, which is very interesting, that is, to take such a very special way of playing for you personally. Then I've had this situation two or three times in wpt China.

Second, there is a gap between domestic players and foreign players at the level of thinking

Guo Dong: If you are a player, go to Macau to play a game, such as a game with more than 10,000 buys, you go to compare the domestic game, this difference is too big, Macau is good, the United States is good, their game after entering such a level, the overall level of everyone is basically very unified, because everyone is from a distant place to take a plane, it is not easy, and then go to basically professional players, professional players He has an instinctive thinking mode, he will follow this instinctive thinking mode to play, But in the country is more like a big party, in fact, I came to participate in the domestic competition, like cpg ah feel like participating in a big party, is a lot of friends, and then everyone meets ah, drink and chat, and then very happy, is like a carnival. Strictly speaking, it is difficult to use as a real measure of your level, such as cpg, I have won the championship, but there are many lucky elements in it, and I don't think my skills are good, so it takes a lot of luck to get the championship.

Just talked about the different thinking level issues, it is true that when competing abroad, such as in the Macau game, everyone is basically on a thinking level, they are very respectful of each other, they are all about chips, for the opponent, showing a very respectful attitude, but in the country is that everyone has a big gap, what kind of players have, what style of players have. Everyone fights wits and courage, a kind of happy game.

Third, the level of domestic players and competitions is rising

Guo Dong: Our current level of organization and management is no less than that of Macao, and Macao's management is actually not very ideal. The real best event is the wsop, which is not only from the fame, the number of participants, the level of participation, his entire event management, the status of the field and the feeling are super first-class, if the country to compare with this, or the gap is quite large. But the progress is obvious, our country also started late, that is, nearly three or four years, only began to have large-scale events, I can feel that every year is getting better and better, including the organization of this year's wpt China side race.

Fourth, the gap between domestic players and international top players is how to balance

Guo Dong: If you simply say that the basic skills of Texas Hold'em are that everyone thinks they have mastered, that is, a little probability, and then some people think that courage is more important, saying that this is a game of braves. Some people think that this hand is more important, take a good card before going. In fact, all of these views here are actually not contradictory.

I think the most important thing is that the most important thing in the first playing card is the mentality, and the second is balance, as for what is balance? It is between radical and conservative, between good and bad cards, between bluff and value, to find a good balance, the real master should be a very balanced player.

The gap between domestic players is not manifested in a few hands, but in the long run, they may not be able to do enough at the balance point. It's that they may be impulsive, that is, they will suddenly make a decision on impulse, suddenly become radical or suddenly become conservative again, and then they will play for a while. Can't be able to use a very peaceful state of mind, consistently in a way to fight.

Being able to find the best balance for yourself, I think it's the difference between a master and a regular player. Texas Hold'em is very interesting, that is, everyone who loses will not think that they are playing badly, that is, they all think that I am unlucky today, I am bbed, which is actually the charm of the game, everyone has a chance.

Fifth, play german poker matches with peace of mind

Guo Dong: I have been doing painting and photography for many years, before everyone was very curious about what I do, I used to do financial investment, started to do it from college, and then experienced a lot of big famous financial battles in the middle, probably at the age of thirty, I chose to fade out of the jianghu and began to enjoy life.

In fact, playing cards and being a person and investing are actually the same thing as many things; that is, desirelessness is rigidity, when you can become a person who is not greedy, when you can become a person with a calm heart, then you are the most powerful.

For example, you can say that you can generally see a situation: for example, I hit the top pair, on the face I think you are buying flowers or buying smooth, then I must hit hard, I flop a shot you do not go, I turn on my full pool, I can not let you buy, this is a particularly common situation. But in fact, just don't let him buy it, are you sure you're the biggest? There is nothing wrong with the concept of protecting the pot, but there is a premise that you are the largest, you are eligible to protect the pot, if you are not the largest at all, people such as take a set, call you a hand you still have to protect the pot, is a very stupid idea. You're actually jumping yourself into a trap. Basically your game is over.

You can't put your life into it for fear that others will buy cards and not let others buy cards. This in turn is that when you are very careful, you respect the opponent, you feel ok I am not nuts, even if the other party is unlikely, then he may be bigger than me, you hold such a mentality to check it, many times you will have unexpected gains. That is to say Chinese talk about taking a step back from the sea and the sky. This balanced thinking mode I think everyone should be more as a life or not, do not let yourself have greed. First of all, to ensure my own safety, this is not the same as the cash game, the cash game may maximize the value, but when the game your aspect life is the most important.

Six, thank you to those who have "taught me" a lesson

Guo Dong: The first contact with Texas Hold'em was when he was the business partner Kang Jian, who was also the boss of Haihong Holdings, and then he came back from the United States at that time, and when we were still playing stud in 1993 and 1994, he taught us Texas Hold'em.

Looking back on every game now, I feel especially grateful to those who "bullied" me, those who "stole" me, those who "hurt" me, or those who "taught" me.

I used to be particularly troubled by this problem: I think someone is very disrespectful to me, or someone is very unreasonable, you meet such a player, play very hot, and then talk to some good friends who believe in Buddhism about this problem, he said that in fact, these people are your friends, people sent by Heaven to help you, when you look at this problem, you really feel that the world is particularly beautiful, it is all these people who "hurt" you, people who make me make very wrong judgments, you all feel thank you for teaching me this lesson. Now I have this mentality.