question Turns out boring poker works better for me

Been playing around with a way simpler style lately and tbh it’s doing way more for me than all the flashy stuff I used to try. Folding more junk preflop, not getting cute out of position, and easing off the random hero calls... sounds dead boring, yeah, but I’m leaking way less. Funny how that works.

The bit I’m sort of reviewing here is really just the basic solid approach everyone bangs on about. Play tighter, value bet properly, watch position, don’t bluff just because you’re bored. I used to think that was a bit too safe and you had to be making big reads every second hand to get anywhere. Nah. Feels like I was just punting chips for no reason half the time.

Still curious though — is this just the normal stage where you clean up your game a bit before learning the trickier stuff? Or do heaps of decent players pretty much stick to the simple stuff most of the time and only chuck in the fancy plays now and then?

Keen to hear what actually made the biggest difference for you lot. Was it hand selection, bankroll discipline, reading ranges better, or something else completely? Wouldn’t mind hearing if there was one small change where you went “right, that actually works” because I reckon I’m only just figuring this out now.

Yeah nah, I reckon that's pretty much how most decent players end up. The boring stuff is where the money stops leaking. Biggest shift for me was cutting out the automatic flop stab when I'd raised pre, felt weird at first because I thought I had to keep telling the story every hand. Curious if your results picked up mostly from ditching the hero calls, or was position the bigger fix?

one thing that helped me heaps was marking hands straight away when something felt off, then checking them later with a clear head. I kept finding the same dumb spot over and over, calling one street too many just because I'd already put chips in. Do you do any quick review after a session or mostly just notice patterns while you're playing?

Simple won way more for me than the Hollywood stuff, no question. I used to defend rubbish in the blinds and slowplay big hands because I wanted to be clever, and it just torched sessions. Most players tell you enough by the way the hand goes anyway, so I'm pretty set on this now: keep the fancy moves for rare spots and punish the obvious errors. Tuesday arvo magician mode can get in the bin.