Wednesday, January 12, 2005  Biggest Leak  As you read through
the many wonderful poker blogs that are out there you'll find
many of the bloggers discussing their strength and weaknesses at
the poker table. One particular weakness I seem to see a pattern
with is "making the right read, and not following through". Now
the consequences of this can be positive or negative. Either way
you are losing bets if you're attentive enough to make a read on
an opponent and not following through on your observation.  (For
ease of use, these example are for a full ring limit game)  Some
excuses:  1) Its only one more bet to see that he/she has me
beat  Unless it is limit poker and its last bet on the river,
why throw away an hour's worth of profit (if you're making 1/BB
an hour, but I know most successful players are making 3-4BB/hr)
if you know you're beat. The only other exception would be to
validate your read on this player once and only once. "Paying
for information" as Danny N. has been known to quip about.  2) I
was