Discipline vs. Skill

Let's take calling hands. How much discipline does it take to muck KT?


Well, if all you remember is that some book said to muck KT, you might just play it. But if you can say, on average, against that player and this player, in this situation, I will only get back 88% of the bet I put in to call, then you can't help but fold every time.


So, by studying the tough Sklansky questions, you can gain skill in making these sorts of calculations. And then knowledge literally commandeers your calling and folding decisions, irresistibly. Every time you eliminate a gray area, you eliminate a place where you will call or fold many hands in a row - and your opponents will pick up on this - based on a constant emotion running through those hands.


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