You are a good poker player.
You have read excellent poker books from winning poker pros and noted poker authors.
These books tell you that their way is the right poker strategy to win a tournament.
You pay your money and enter a poker tournament thinking this time will be different.
This time you'll win.
But, despite how good you think you are, and the great poker strategies you have learned from these poker books, you get your butt kicked again.
Why? The first reason is that much of what is written is not aimed at helping you play winning tournament poker.
Think about it.
If you were a Professional poker player and your livelihood is based on winning money from your opponents, are you going to reveal your secrets to your opponents? In fact, many of the books authored by the Pros seem to want to make it easier for them to beat you, since if you follow their strategies they will know the cards you hold.
The second reason is that the other tournament poker books that are written by famous poker authors focus on playing smart.
Playing smart is about playing based on the math.
These authors tell you the best starting hands given your position in relationship to the blinds.
They tell you which hands do better heads-up.
They talk pot odds, pot equity, range of hands, etc.
This information is important to know, but guess what? These books only make your game so predictable that your play is transparent to your opponents.
The third reason is that you have not experimented with better ways to play poker.
When is the last time you re-raised a pre-flop raise without holding a premium hand? When is the last time you fired the third barrel? When is the last time you floated a player? To get better you need to work harder at your poker.
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