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Originally Posted by iraisetoomuch
Try to keep focusing on making the right plays. And if you feel your self doubting your self, post a hand or three and see if people would have played it the same way.
Good luck.
Im sure this will piss plenty of people off like usual, but the problem is that most people think they are making the right plays but they aren't.
We all know there is plenty of variance in poker. If you are a 5BB/hr winner long term, you will go thru streteches of breaking even and stretches where you win 10BB+/hr. If you stick to your strategy, whatever it is, the cards will turn around and if you make the "right plays" you will converge back to around your 5BB win rate over time.
However, when you open your mind and figure out that your strategy is not "right" and there are many way to increase your win rate and you start experimenting with new things, that is when you will get better results. It boggles my mind that there are so many people posting here that are 100% convinced that the lines they take are the best lines and nobody can convince them otherwise.
Whatever your win rate is, it can be better. At least until you get into the 10-15BB/hr range.
For 1/2, if you're not over 15BB/hr you're not close to making the "right" plays. Sure, if you're winning anything at all you're doing better than most and if you're winning 5-8BB/hr you're well on your way and should be proud but you should also always be looking to get better and find ways to increase your win rate, not posting absolutes in the strat forum because you are making all kinds of mistakes without even knowing it.
For 2/5, if you're not over 12BB/hr, you're not close to making the "right" plays.
For 5/10, if you're not over 10BB/hr, you're not close to making the right plays.
Some people are happy to make $35/hr at 2/5 and they should be. Thats pretty damned good. When I was a $35/hr winner at 2/5 I was happy too, but I was also always looking for new lines and new exploits to win more.
The "my way is the best and only way" attitude in most strat threads is old and tired especially when it comes from people who arent beating the game for 12+BB/hr.
PS...this is in no way meant to mean that my way is the best way. That's my whole point. We should always be looking to figure out what other people are doing better than we are and adding that to our games. Very few people know that the "right" plays are because most hands don't have a "right" line.