Why bet/fold so much?

[flair1239]

I have not read through yet, but I share this opinon a bit especially on turn play.

Only because of this. I believe bet fold lines have become very popular. As a result, check/raise with light hands/draws has also become more popular.

I think what happens on this forum is we get focused on lines. Some months back the Way Ahead/Waybehind line was quite popular; that got overused as well.

The way to avoid this type of thing is to be opponent aware and adjust accordingly. Which seems like an extrodinarily obvious statement. But with all the multi-tabling we do, it seems that many of us are just interested in default lines and fall into the default mode way too often.

I have recently dropped a table back to three... just because I noticed in my play, that I was doing too many default lines in situations where they were not apporpriate for the particular opponent.

PA HUD is a great thing, your powers of observation are a great thing. Work on using them. To develope and get used to using this skill might come at the expense of hands per hour. Each player needs to decide whether a higher BB/100 WR is worth it; in relation to what you are giving up in hands per hour.

I for one feel that I am improving again and feel that increasing my skills will pay more future dividends than playing the extra 70 hands an hour in a mediocre fashion.