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Message: [QUOTE="STL420, post: 1970355, member: 91590"] First a little background, I play only one table at a time and I value this one game. Watching my opponents when I am in a hand or not I am always trying to figure out what cards they are playing by their bets pre-flop and at each street and I call out to myself what each of my opponents actions will be in each hand. However, the information I see at showdown is what I use against them in the future. This means how my opponent enters a hand and how they played their hand until showdown. I am looking for a leak in my opponents game to set them up in a situation when I know for sure what cards they are playing and I know I have the advantage. For example, when I know my opponent has to make call based on "they have to" because my opponent's thinking traps them in a hand. This lets me be creative and invent ways to set up and trap my opponents. As my experience and confidence grows it becomes easier. I only have to think one level above my opponent. The weaker my opponent the more predictable they are. For example, a level zero thinking opponent only thinks about the two cards in front of them meaning this type of opponent is just learning the game of poker or might have some experience but only think about their cards and not what we are holding or how we play at the table. Understanding what people value when they enter a hand and how they bet his or her hand is the start of thinking laterally or "outside the box". Also it lets me recognize my stronger opponents at the table and this allows me to not get trapped by them as well and to adjust to their play at the table. [/QUOTE]

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