Thread: You are a bad player. Trust me on this.
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Old 08-23-05, 04:10 PM
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We should be beyond this by now. Johnp’s is an excellent post, but should be common knowledge to all serious players. I play poker because it is a beatable game if I make better decisions than my opponents. I don’t play slot machines, because it is not. On any given night, I might lose a bundle playing poker, and some guy is going to hit a jackpot on the slot machine. But, in general, the more hours I play poker, the more money I have. The more hours I play slots, the less I have.

Duh.

It’s interesting to me that TP’s original post spun the thread in this direction, because I think the two topics are related. When I’m grinding away at my 2/4 tables, I’m not playing a very sophisticated game. I’m rarely bluffing, I’m rarely slow-playing. I’m betting when I have it, folding when I don’t, chasing when it makes sense. I’m not all that ‘good’ a player, but I don’t need to be, because my opponents are worse.