There were things that contradicted this also: Was not talking or acting like a recreational playerĪll of this together pointed towards him being someone that considered himself a professional or aspiring professional player.Bought in with plenty of black chips that he pulled from his pocket.The Villain and I had not been playing together very long, but here are the things I knew about him: Here is a hand I played at the Mirage $2/$5 during March Madness, where all kinds of patterns came together to make one decision that will pay my rent this month. You can learn to see patterns like:Īll of these patterns give us one key insight: What does the other fellow hold? Once you know that, the rest of the game becomes much easier.
Training is why we are here, and making the right decision at that critical moment can be the difference between losing a medium pot or winning a large one.
It reminds me of a cheesy 90’s motivational poster of a wrestler in my high school gym class. Many of us dedicate a huge amount of off-table time to this game. We train in poker so that we can make the right decisions.
