How important is math in poker?

[Vincent Lepore]

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It is of much more importance to know how to play a hand than to know WHY it should be played in a certain way...


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I couldn't get past this statement. If this is true I need to rethink how I look at the game. If it is not true then you need to rethink how you look at the game. One of us has a fundamental misunderstanding in what's important in poker.

Vince