If you don't know what the 80/20 rule is then I will breifly explain it now. It says that 80% of your results come from 20% of your inputs. So relating that to a game of poker, 80% of your chips come from 20% of the hands your play. When playing a game of poker one needs to focus on the 20% of hands he/she plays. If the 20% hands you play are loosing hands than the 80% of your chips will be lost. It is important to make sure the 20% hands someone plays are strong hands so that your results will be in the positive.
Another way to look at this principle is that 20% of life is what happens to you and 80% of life is how your react to it. So in this example of the rule, you may interpret it has to focus on how you react to those 20% of hands you play.
What I'm saying with this rule, is that poker is not a game of luck. It is a game of strategy and mental composure. The really great poker players who consistently bring home the bacon are the ones who do not rely on "luck" to win. So if you are loosing your hard earned cash on poker I would advice you to either quit, or stop complaining about luck and get better. I would like to see how many people ether agree or oppose my statement.
I found out playing charity poker the other day that in a 3 way hand with A6 off, Pocket 99, and J10 Suited,, that Jack Ten suited is actually the best hand going on,, not the pocket pair. Thats a good stat that I wasnt aware of
ReplyDeleteYes, it was the better hand because you had the best odds on your draws. I will play suited connectors before I play pocket pairs anyday. Reason being the pocket 9's only really wanted to see 2 cards out of the deck to appear and there are 5 over cards that could appear to mess him up. Plus that hand didn't have the flush draw. The A6 off just has the high card advantage, so they only had 3 cards to look for.
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