What does it mean to play poker properly?

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I think we all have our secrets and tricks that we don't want to share but I don't know if it always helps and every player has their own ways to win
Can poker be played -right- at all and what does that mean for each of you?
 
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The main rule of Texas Hold'em: choosing a strategy for a specific table to get the maximum win in a favorable outcome and reduce the loss of the stack in an unsuccessful draw. How to achieve this, everyone decides for himself.Just watching the pros won't do any good, of course, so you should definitely visit a poker club if there is one in your city, or at least try yourself in online games, but not freeroll tournaments.
 
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Correctly, according to my experience and thinking, which I am very sure of, I think it is that moment when you play what you feel.
 
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For every strategy there is a counter strategy
One of my poker mentors said after a strange play by an opponent "everyone knows what makes them money"
 
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I think we all have our secrets and tricks that we don't want to share but I don't know if it always helps and every player has their own ways to win
Can poker be played -right- at all and what does that mean for each of you?
The secret trick is pattern recognition for online poker and then how much you can milk people.
 
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I think we all have our secrets and tricks that we don't want to share but I don't know if it always helps and every player has their own ways to win
Can poker be played -right- at all and what does that mean for each of you?
Can poker be played right? Wow that’s a great question!
My thought of this is yes poker can be played ‘right’ but that doesn’t mean we will win this session. We can still get fleeced by some guy on crack even when we do everything right. That’s the beauty of this game.
The correct way I suppose is GTO. But only if against another GTO player. So is the correct way to exploit? I think so. But to do that we still need to know the correct way so we know how far off from GTO the other player is.
 
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You are right that every player has their own secrets and tricks and their own ways to win. But there are also the most effective strategies, styles of play and techniques that people have developed over the years, and if they are applied and used in the game, then in the long term they will give the most positive effect and result from the game. Poker is mathematics, everything has long been calculated for us, and there is no point in inventing something new here, since the most optimal strategies, ranges of starting hands, ways to calculate odds and outs and much more have long been invented. Playing correctly means making those decisions that in the long term will lead the player to winning and making money, and not playing correctly means simply playing and not thinking about the consequences. Every player, sitting down at the poker table, wants to win in his soul, and in order for this to happen, you need to make mathematically correct decisions.
 
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I think that not tilting is a good start to learn and play poker properly
 
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I think we all have our secrets and tricks that we don't want to share but I don't know if it always helps and every player has their own ways to win
Can poker be played -right- at all and what does that mean for each of you?
For me, there is such a thing as the right game.
For me, it is a disciplined, patient, deliberate and consistent game. It is a game of tactics and strategy.
 
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