Re: Chapter 8
I think one of the most important pieces of advice in this chapter is found in the summary (p.68):
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Sometimes, though, playing your hand normally may be the best deception of all against very tough players who expect you to be deceptive.
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I think this idea can be extrapolated further to include not only players who are 'very tough' but even players who are 'adequate' or worse. How many players do you play against who expect you to play a big flopped hand like a set or straight fast on the flop? How many of them do? In my experience, against most opposition that I have played against, virtually no one puts you on those kind of hands if you bet them strongly on the flop. Not only will you pick up some additional flop bets, you might even get raised on the turn when a blank falls.
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