Ship It, Fish!

Who is the moron that wrote this article? Clearly it's you that hasn't sat down at enough poker games. You've been hiding behind your books for too long buddy. Unless you're playing with completely predictable players or against pros who really know what they're doing. Most of the time poker is a game to be played against who are more clueless and don't have perfect plays that only bet hard with the absolute nuts. In fact, I think you need to review your poker "schooling" because if you are consistently laying down the second nut just because you're piss scared isn't gonna get you very far. If that's your strategy any observant player that is better than you can just push you around because you will only get it in with the nuts. And as for the rest of the players out there you're playing against, probably fishier than you, they won't know not to overplay something like 2pair. My point being you seem to be too stuck with your books and the world of high stakes pro NLHE poker, whereas REAL POKER is about sitting down with a bunch of poor players (you have no EV if everyone around you is better than you) and these shitty players often do dumb things. If people weren't all in preflop in a blind battle with some shitty Ax or JJ 99 or even 88, then I would not be making nearly as much money from poker as i am now. And the only reason I responded was because of your know-it-all poker writing...talking about laying down the second nuts just because you get scared....you say save your money for other hands where you're sure you are favorite...I say you are just being a weak player and forgetting that you are giving away pots just because you don't have the balls to call down.