[BrianWall-ChessList] The Dominator

[Brian Wall]

I was discussing poker strategy with ex Senior Master Lawyer Jerry Kearns -
He says there is this poker book or video out which advises poker players to be
" The Dominator ", essentially a poker bully who pretends with big bets he has a
good hand. If someone raises the Dominator they usually fold because it is 80%
bluff - in the meantime, The Dominator has picked up tons of chips from his
bluffs. Jerry's strategy is to call the Dominator, who then makes another big
bet to bully the weak acting caller, hoping for a fold.

Jerry -
" Then I push all in and the Dominator doesn't know what to do because a lot of
his chips are in the pot because of his big bluffs. "

That reminded me of this Fishing Pole game - Sirius0807 never called my bluff
and took my Fishing Pole Knight so I just rolled over him with a free attack.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Sirius0807"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing POle, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "11:16:38"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!!

Fishing Pole by LM Jack Young

5. h3

Hoping the Knight will just please go away.

5 ... h5 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Ne2 d6 8. c3 a6 9. Ba4 Ba7  Hyper-Pole

10. d4 Bd7 11. d5 Ne7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. c4 O-O-O 14. b4

I was afraid Sirius might wake up out of his coma and take
my knight or lock out my Hyper--Bishop on a7 so I bailed out.

14 ...  Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 f5 17. Nc3 f4 18. Ke2 g5 19. Kd3

White's strategy can be summed up by a joke from Isaac Martinez -

Q -Why did the Lion cross the road?
A - I don't know. RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

19 ... g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Nd2 Rh2

Sirius refuses to insult me by capturing my
pyscho-aggressive pieces so now I just run over him.


22. Qg1 Rdh8 23. Bb2 Ng6 24. Rf1 f3 25. gxf3 Nf4+ 26. Kc2
Rg2 27. Qe3 g3 28. Kb3 Rhh2 29. Ncb1 Kb8 30. c5 Qb5 31. Rc1 Nd3 32. Rc3
Qxb4+ 33. Kc2 Nxb2 34. Rb3 Qd4 35. Kc1 Rh1+

{White resigns} 0-1

Time left -
Brian one minute 23 seconds

Sirius0807 -
15 seconds
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Sirius0807"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "11:16:38"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Ne2 d6 8.
c3 a6 9. Ba4 Ba7 10. d4 Bd7 11. d5 Ne7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. c4 O-O-O 14. b4
Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 f5 17. Nc3 f4 18. Ke2 g5 19. Kd3 g4 20. hxg4
hxg4 21. Nd2 Rh2 22. Qg1 Rdh8 23. Bb2 Ng6 24. Rf1 f3 25. gxf3 Nf4+ 26. Kc2
Rg2 27. Qe3 g3 28. Kb3 Rhh2 29. Ncb1 Kb8 30. c5 Qb5 31. Rc1 Nd3 32. Rc3
Qxb4+ 33. Kc2 Nxb2 34. Rb3 Qd4 35. Kc1 Rh1+ {White resigns} 0-1
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