I wish I could play that way, if only for short periods to deceive my opponents, but it's just too hard for me to do it. I don't like to bluff and yet I don't necessarily need to because I have yet to find a game where someone won't call me most of the time. And when I do win nothing more than the blinds, well, that's good too because now I can play for free for 10 more hands.
Am I really a grinder? I guess I will have to answer yes to that question.
It may not be glamorous and it may not be macho, but it wins. Maybe not tournaments, for reasons I have detailed many times, but definitely cash games.
Random thoughts from a lawyer, an accountant, a commodities trader, an ex-Marine and a WSOP Main Event money finisher that don't know as much as they wish they did...