It's tough to pay attention to all the bits of info on the table:

• Everyone's player type.
• Stack sizes and pot sizes.
• Actions made on each street (and actions NOT taken).
• Bet sizes made.
• Player positions.
• HUD statistics.
• The boards cards and how future cards may help/hinder your chances of winning the hand.
• Prior showdown hands and what they tell us a player values in the hands they play.
• Player ranges and how they interact with the board.

But here's the thing: Great poker is built on key observations. It would be easier if your hole cards were the only thing that mattered. But, that doesn't lead to great poker. Who you're up against, their position and stack size, their range and board cards, their tendencies and what they do truly matter.

In order to become one of the best, you need to play the player with every hand dealt.

When you call a tight-aggressive player's open-raise, your call must be more than just "Let's see a flop!" You call because:

"I'm calling this player's raise with a solid hand because his range is weaker than mine and I know how to exploit him for great value or to steal the pot later."

When you iso-raise a fishy limper to 7bb with AA, it's more than just, "Woohoo, Aces!"

You raise because:

This fish loves flops and can't fold any pair or draw. He'll call now and the pot on the flop will be 15.5bb's. I can triple-barrel on good runouts and get his entire stack. If he wakes up with aggression, he'll only do that with 2 pair +, so I'll simply respond accordingly. Plus, both blinds are super aggressive and can easily 3bet me, so I'll re-raise either of them for loads of value."

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