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Originally Posted by beauvanlaanen
unreal how many ppl say check fold because this missed your hand.... lol is this a joke? Is that how ppl play? "Ugh I raise with AK and missed the flop so now I check fold...." Seems real... Just cbet and win the pot most of the time and when V calls a cbet just give up.
Yeah, I hear ya.
There was a time that I saw mountains as mountains, and rivers as rivers. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and rivers are not rivers. But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and rivers once again as rivers.
So many things are like that in poker. I've said each of these things at one point:
1. I'm never check/calling again, ever. It's bet or fold.
2. I'm never playing the small blind again, ever.
3. I'm never calling an all-in bet, ever again, ever.
4. I will never limp in ever again.
Each of these phases was necessary at the time. To be clear, each of those resolutions made me money at the time. Now my task is to move beyond those simple rules.
Checking is neither good nor bad in itself, except to the extent that it saves you money or costs you money.
I appreciate the replies greatly.