What is the most common mistake you see recreational players making in online cash games or tournaments?

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In my opinion, the most common mistake is playing too many hands without discipline and not respecting position. A lot of players also don’t know when to fold, call too much out of curiosity, and end up putting themselves in bad spots. On top of that, many players lack emotional control, go on tilt easily after losing a big hand, and don’t follow proper bankroll management, which hurts any chance of long-term success.
 
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Its open limping(being the first to limp into the pot). There is no reason to play a bad hand, out of position, with no initiative.
 
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I think that playing random hands and stacking off with weak top pairs and second pairs tends to be very costly, and limping is the biggest mistake of all for me.
 
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The most common mistake? The classic “let’s just see one more card” call. Too many curiosity calls, often out of position.
Then one bad hand happens, tilt shows up, and suddenly the goal is to win everything back right now. That’s usually when the bankroll disappears.
 
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The main mistake is to play at high levels, especially when they have a good streak, they have confidence and think they are better players than they are.
 
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Limp limp limp any positions then calling any raise Limping AA from first then not being able to fold when 4 cards to a flush come on the turn and BB has the 2 to make the flush then crying about it - You get zero information when you limp so why do it?

Trying to be clever aggressive playing with shit but hitting some miracles on the river and laughing and throwing stuff at the person who had them crushed all the way to the river, and you know they actually think they played well

All in to a 30 chip pot first hand. All in as the only move they make - just tells me they can’t play me it’s a compliment but boring
 
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