[Cosimo]

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Ive narrowed it down to my superior hand selection

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I've recently changed my hand selection. I'm going for monster hands more often now, since TPTK is too fragile. If I pot TPTK, I usually get called to the river by someone with a set -- or not called at all. To me, this means suited connectors go way up in value, and offsuit broadways (even KQ and AQ) drop.

This is a recent change, so maybe I haven't yet learned to maximize profit from KQ and AQ. But 87s and the like are doing really well for me.

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and superior ability to read and analyze the board versus said fish.

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My current hand-reading ability is "fold to a raise". I tailor my betting to my opponent, but I haven't had much luck putting them on hands. I'm still making some money, so maybe this is where I look to improve next.

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We avoid common traps such as min betting and slowplaying

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I think these are good sources of profit. They minbet, letting me make my draws. They minbet, letting me call down cheaply in WA/WB situations. They slowplay, letting me improve from 7-high to a BD str8 or flush.

So, we profit because:
1) we bet well. When we're ahead, we make them pay.
2) we know pot odds, and can evaluate when a draw will be profitable
3) we are mindful of position, using late position to chase out weak hands, bluff, steal pots, and make free card plays
4) we don't call down too liberally