Wise words Don. I think it was Warren Buffet who said something like, You should work at that thing that you would be willing to do for free. {paraphrased}
I was referring to NO LIMIT CASH GAMES only. The correct strategy for Sit and Go's is definitely TAG and not LAG as you have a limited amount of chips.
guys... doesn't Johnny Chan write a column in Trader (monthly) mag. Don't know if that says anything about the aforesaid/debate discussion. Hmmmmmm! Ice
Dax,i play TAG @ cash (ring) as well. i just don't play as much ring, as i do tournaments. just to make sure we are on the same page, I would define the "T" part of TAG as seeing under 30% of flops when playing @ 10 player table
Erik Seidel has a feature in this month's issue. He used to be a floor trader. The article goes into a little bit of depth about it.
Perhaps the obvious has been stated elsewhere, but good traders and poker players are the result of shared skills/traits, such as: strong/quick mathematical skills; deep knowledge of probability and statistics; ability to control emotions; understanding of psychology, especially vis-a-vis other participants; patience; discipline; etc. Add all these things up and you are going to be good at both trading and poker, but you can obviously only devote full-time study of one -- but the other can be a fun hobby, which you are naturally adept at.