Originally Posted by
redietz
I don't think the non-optimal holds for tournament strategy is much of a secret. I think the majority of people playing in vp tournaments use some special holds to try to hit the big hands.
I think the actual value to what Rob does lies in the subsidiary aspects -- namely, players may play fewer hands while playing negative games and may get categorized as wild and crazy players because of their denomination switching and playing less-than-optimal games, which may boost their comp ratings beyond what optimal players would get in offers. The better comp categorization may very well overcome the slight difference in return due to sub optimal play, which is really only a tenth of a percentage point at worst.