Quote Originally Posted by CoccoBill
Quote Originally Posted by salsa4ever
You don't win by playing perfectly, that's impossible. You win when you can force your opponents to make mistakes that are more expensive than your own.
Some time ago we had a discussion about this with a couple of friends, and some of them shared your view. My view was (and is), that it's easier to control your own mistakes, far harder to induce bad decisions on your opp's part. Let's say we have two possible moves in a hand, one low risk low profit move where we are not making a mistake, and a high risk high profit one where our small mistake might induce opp to make a bigger mistake, we should opt for the latter? So you're saying we should gamb000l more?

I think that this goes along with miffed's post about poker being a game of decisions. If your opponents decisions are consistently harder than yours, then he will have the greater chance to make mistakes.

Also, it may be my basic understanding of the game, but could you be more specific on your situation? A low risk low profit move may be to call a 1/3 PSB on the river cause you see weakness, and a high risk high profit one being to push over the top with complete air. I am pretty sure that if we think we are more +EV in the long run with the high risk move, we make that move every time don't we?

If you are paying attention to the game, then there is a good chance that you already have an edge on your opponent