Love the post salsa...I consider that I fall into precisely the same category that you described - though I play lower limits...essentially nut camping, exploiting occassional edges, winning big or losing little (most of the time) with AA/KK and sets...and not generally fighting over piddly pots with mediocre holdings.
What fascinates me is watching the big guns at Pacific (on occasion) when they come down to the $10 tables...guys raising Q2o from EP, then potting the flop and turn with bottom pair and just being smooth-called - what's that? They hit trip deuces on the river - overbet the pot - top two pair AJ is still calling them and they lucked out!
I just don't comprehend the play, and damned if I don't call them the luckiest fish/LAG I've seen. Maybe I'm just watching them on a good day - raising every 4-5th hand or so no matter position, betting no matter the board until the end when they either have something to take advantage of, or don't - and generally taking proper advantage of scare cards etc.
Watching these guys makes me feel like I have no balls for the game long-term...I'm happy making my reasonable BR building earnings at my game...but I certainly would like to be able to really rake it in like these guys do when they get lucky, which sure as hell seems like a lot!
I don't exactly know how to get there either...would love to be able to expand on the opportunistic pot stealing with reads, an example of which Rondavu provided. Just gotta suck it up, get some nads, and pay attention I think
That, and I still have lots of learning to do in this game - which is of course a lot of the fun and challenge for me at this point!
Best of luck!



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