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Originally Posted by answer20
stremba70 hits on a saying that I will often blurt out in certain spots ...
"I wish I knew less about poker"
As a Player improves their skill level they end up folding in spots where they might have called before .. not being as aware of the spot before experience tells them it's not as it appears. By making these folds a Player may miss out on some fairly large suck-outs which will tend to pad the bankroll of others.
HOWEVER .. these same Players 'ARE' making these calls and ARE sucking out in these marginal spots. So they have the benefit of both good Players folding out AND they experience the feeling of the huge suck-out big pot being pushed their way.
It's can be disheartening some sessions to see all the betting antics going on and know that your holding is marginal and shouldn't jump in .. and when you do jump in it's just not your day on Flops and Runouts.
So as good Players set themselves up for higher equity spots they don't need to run as good as Players who put themselves in low equity spots to turn the same profit.
You can call it 'good luck' or just running on the right side of variance 'today'. GL
This is so true, it can't be emphasized enough. I had a moment way back where I started wondering why I couldn't recreate the old Borgata days where in 2/5 I'd have a bunch of pumpkins. And it hit me eventually: I was a fish on a heater. (relatively) I don't get into spots like that anymore. I'm better for it but it deceivingly makes me feel like I got worse.