Quote Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan
2. This is an odd one. Playing strong hands actually makes most every other hand we play slightly less profitable. As the way we play a certain hand comes closer to the way we play a strong hand, the profitability of that certain hand tends to decrease more and more. This same process likely increases the profitability of our bluffs, but that independent of the value of the hand.
This is a while back, so sorry bout that. But has anyone else read this little aside slipped into this thread, thought about it a while, and had a complete revelation?

Perhaps I'm blowing things out of proportion/misunderstanding/stating the obvious, but this read into shania theory and it's implications may quite literally change my mentality when playing any non-premium hand ever again.

It took me a while to realize that it is even true (and this is because the converse is surely true -- that playing weak hands in a way similar to how we play strong ones increases the profitability of our strong hands). But once i did see the truth in said statement, the implication that the theoretical basis for playing weaker hands in a similar manner to strong hands is not primarily to increase the likelihood of a fold and a takedown but to increase the value of our strong hands played in the same manner was revelatory. The implication that my expectation when playing these weaker hands in a manner similar to stronger hands should be to actively decrease the profitability of these hands further in a trade-off for overall value at a game (at least against thinking opps who are paying attention) was even more revelatory, and I am left hoping for some sort of confirmation that I am in fact reading into the above quote correctly before I go and adjust my play and expectations during a hand or a game based on this reading.

So, please, poker geniuses out there... is my thinking/read of this correct?