So I've been watching one of the deucescracked coaches review a video of a tournament he played in back 2009 in which he got his first big break. He uses the term ICM quite a lot but I wasn't convinced that his understanding ICM bought anything of value to the game review.
It's like what this other deucescracked coach says about the use of HUD play - too many people want a blueprint for all their moves - they want to know what course of action to take in each specific given; the stats of their opponents, when a particular flop peels.
I feel that the use of ICM can also distract from value added play - in the end a player wants to have their focus entirely dedicated to the table, what's going on at hand - by dedicating too many brain cycles to calculating ICM odds, or by over reliance on HUD stats a player will only hog-tie themselves, and forget that the actual game taking place in front of them is where it's at.
HUDs and ICM odds should be used to support but not be the deciding factor in your decisions.
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