Thank you for sharing your words Bob. Wise and experienced words.
I agree, even when maths are important, because A-A starts with higher advantage than a 2-7 hand; the real beauty of poker, and the thrill to play it, is that involves many factors, maths and luck yes, but also the psychology to analyze the other players (if they only fold and play high cards, the time to bet and the amount of their bets (reveals their doubts or confidence), if they bluff a lot, etc.), and also a more subjetive factor like intuition and feelings of the decisions to take at each moment.
I'm playing since 2010, but actually i play just very rarely because not enough time, and some of the most important things i learned playing here is that Poker TH is like mind exercise (to me similar to chess but with more people from different countries then more social), is a game to enjoy, play every hand (or as you wish
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), adapt your decisions to the flow of the game (with my position shall i bluff now with my hand 2-7 and a AA on flop?
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), meet good people (many of them are not more with us, excelent good people, great moments of the memory) and learn to enjoy the wins but also the losts, because at the end is just a game to ENJOY
I'm glad to read posts like yours, constructive ones that can help newbies to start playing and learn from experienced players to enjoy more the game, and I wanted to thank you.
Greetings!
PD: And about maths, I always say the probability of a Royal Flush is 0.000154%, 649,739 : 1 odds ... almost impossible??? I had 34 Royal Flush in last 10 years
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, nothing is impossible
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