Blum, I look at planting like playing Texas Hold �em��it�s a matter of probabilities. A guy may have a Jack/5 and decide to play it and the results may be that he wins the hand or it may be that he loses the hand. Someone may go in with a pair of pocket Kings and still lose the hand�..but the probabilities of each hand are still really what you�re playing. The same with planting�.I look at planting time as well as the techniques we choose to use as a means of trying our damdest to be holding a pair of pocket Aces when we plant or as close to it as possible. It�s not a hardcore black and white line�.it�s gambling.