Originally Posted by
griffey24
The primary message was essentially that some hands play themselves, and those hands aren't where the money is made. Winning/losing KK vs AA preflop, QQ vs AK preflop, second nuts vs nuts etc aren't going to vary much from villain to villain. Most hands will end up the same way, so if you ask yourself "Would villain have lost/won as much as I did this hand, if roles were reversed?" - the answer is likely yes.
Poker players really distinguish themselves on all the other hands. The hands where you can legitimately question "would villain have lost/won as much as I did this hand?"