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AFTERTHOUGHT

Notice that many of the mistakes I discussed in this section involved the failure to fold. Though it seems most players do not want to believe it, folding when others would not is a key to winning at poker.

Though it does take much more than this to win, especially as you move up the limits, if you consistently make the “calling when you should fold”

Mistake, which almost always defines the average player, your results too will be no better than average. After reading this section, players who still play too many hands or incorrectly call raises cold will be short on excuses for their actions. Since thy will know better, their misplays will be attributable only to tilt.

That, of course, is the subject of another section. Tells are, in my view, one of the most fun aspects of online play poker. Nevertheless, it is difficult to demonstrate logically that a substantial part of one’s profits derives from anything other than fundamentally correct play with appropriate situational adjustments, and reading hands and thoughts. I am sure some will disagree with my analysis in the essay on tell detestability.

That’s fine; it was offered not as the last word on the topic, but to stimulate thought and discussion.

Playing Too Many Hands-I / Playing Too Many Hands-II
Bad Plays Good Players make / Self-Weighting Cold Calls
Do You Pass the Ace-Queen Test /

Conjecture on the Limits of Tell Detectability
Quick Indicators / Afterthought