Relative Game Strategy between Multiple Games
I was participating in a discussion with someone on the motorcycle forums where they mentioned backgammon and how to play. I made a comment that a lot of poker players also play backgammon. He asked for clarification and when I have it to him, I was surprised at how many of the people that I knew and didn't know played backgammon. So it makes me wonder.
Some of the more "classic" games such as chess, backgammon, bridge, and poker, are apparently relative in nature. So being players who want to improve in general, would there be any real value in learning to play these games in addition to still playing poker?
Is there something to be learned in general? Or do you think that it's just the critical thinking component of these games. The mathematical components of card games are evident beween them and simple to adjust to once you understand some basic rules of the new games (Hold em outs change to different numbers in draw games, and high games play differently than low games, etc).
Just want to see, because I am an average chess player (I would say above average, but I havent' played someone of real skill in so long I can't say). But I don't feel like I learned a damn thing from the two, except maybe how to think more critically in a move or two.
OK, it's late and I am babbling a little. I think you get the point. Any comments? |
