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Newsflash: You don't need the NUTS to win a hand, Sherlock! Especially against 1 or 2 opponents!
Especially in NL, whence you can protect your hand!

You are saying you'd rather see your opponents hands PF in NL? OK, picture this...

You hold AA and your opponent holds KK... isn't he still going to win like 20% of the time? You have no idea what the flop will be.

How would you play this? Build the pot PF, on the flop, and on the turn? Great...and he calls down... and here comes the rivercard! Voila! It's a King! Congratulations, you've pumped the pot and lost to lady luck!

Getting dealt 34 and knowing the flop will be AQ25A ahead of time is far more valuable. (Note, you dont have the nuts here, but you will crush 1 or 2 opponents almost every time)

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There is obviously no convincing you otherwise, but consider this:


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Every time you play a hand differently from the way you would've played it if you could see all your opponents' cards, they gain; and every time you play your hand the same way you would have played it if you sould see all their cards, they lose. Conversely, every time opponents play their hands differently from the way they would have if they could see all your cards, you gain; and every time they play their hands the same way they would have played if they could see your cards, you lose.

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David Sklanksy, The Theory of Poker, pp 17-18.