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I have suddenly realized that I am excellent at putting people on hands when I am not involved in the hand, but when I am in the pot I am not as good. Also, I am very comfortable in the limits I play so the issue is not that I'm timid or scared when I'm in a pot. Any thoughts?

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I have suddenly realized that I am excellent at putting people on hands when I am not involved in the hand, but when I am in the pot I am not as good. Also, I am very comfortable in the limits I play so the issue is not that I'm timid or scared when I'm in a pot. Any thoughts?
Yeah, sounds very familiar. I don't know which pro recommended this, but he suggested you tried to get out yourself and try to view the action as a bystander without taking your own hand in consideration. It helped me quite a bit.
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I guess I should have been more clear. In my opinion *nothing* changes in my mind in hands that I'm in or not. I DO think objectively on both sides.
But sometimes you can only think so "objectively" beacuse you don't know what the other guy is holding (Not villian, other competitor), but if YOU were in the hand with the VIllian then you would know what you were holding...Make sense?
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But sometimes you can only think so "objectively" beacuse you don't know what the other guy is holding (Not villian, other competitor), but if YOU were in the hand with the VIllian then you would know what you were holding...Make sense?
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. But if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells?
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I just noticed this today while playing a SNG. I probably didn't play some hands as well as I should have because I didn't have as solid of a read on my opponents.

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When you are in a hand you know your cards and will have a tendency to color your reads to what you either want the opponent to have, or what you do not want him to have.
A good reason to not look at your cards until the action is on you... well for live play anyways, not sure what you can do about online play. Maybe a sticky note?
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