Quote Originally Posted by Rondavu
You can't make moves without reads. You are playing average poker if you don't find yourself making moves.
Just don't fall into the trap of trying to pull "moves" all the time and ending up spewing chips, pick your spots well and you can pick up a few extra pots but if you try to steal too many people will start trapping\playing back at you which will make your life quite difficult (unless of course you go on a rush of cards). Pulling a move after winning the last 3 pots without showdown is less likely to succeed than trying the same move after folding for 2 orbits. People underestimate the amount of money you can make by simply playing solid TAG poker combined with basic hand reading skills. In my experience of NL (at least up to 200NL) you can beat the games quite well by just playing tight solid poker, building big pots when you have a monster ie knowing how to bet, knowing when to get away from second best hands (or at least controlling the pot size in marginal situations), adjusting to different players' tendencies and being aware of your image and how it affects the other players decisions when they are in pots with you. Everyone wants to be LAGs but most of them cant even play solid poker. Thats like building a house on the sand.