What winning poker concept is least understood by ordinary Players

[Andy B]

There are no good hands--only good situations.

[maryfield48]

Disqualified on the basis of not being strictly a poker concept. But all the same, the tendency to be result-oriented has to be right up there. All it takes is one pot to cancel out 2 hours of losing, and convince a fish that playing J3o, or slowplaying top pair on a co-ordinated board, etc. etc., is a winning strategy.

[davebytheway]

table selection

[rigoletto]

Total novices fail to realize that poker is not all chance.

Ordinary players fail to realize that chance is a big part of poker.

[Phishy McFish]

I would say the fact that calling someone who is "bluffing" isn't good if you still can't beat their hand.

[goofball]

EV

[PhilipJ]

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Total novices fail to realize that poker is not all chance.

Ordinary players fail to realize that chance is a big part of poker.

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It sounds like me. Then it sounds even more like me. This is like, uh, wild, man.

[PapaSan]

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I would say the fact that calling someone who is "bluffing" isn't good if you still can't beat their hand.

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if u cant beat his hand then he's not blufing is he?

[Malarky]

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There are no good hands--only good situations.

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YOU JUST BLEW MY MIND

[m2smith2]

Negreanu recently had an old article re-published wherein he talked about people spending too much time looking for physical tells to the exclusion of letting someone’s betting/raising/checking do the telling.