1.) Books just tell theories and basic strategies. A book can't tell you how to play the game.

2.) The books, theory, and "supposed to's" are all relative because you're playing against human beings. It's not like a video game where there's a "way"
to beat the game. That's the biggest mistake people make when they go book crazy.

3.) As much crap you hear about poker being one long session, it's a copout for people who can't put their opponents on hands in the moment. That long session is made up of infinite moments and the best have a larger amount of great reads in the moment. Reads aren't about bluffing, but knowing how to extract chips from A as oppossed to B which is much different from C.

There are tons of other reasons like television makes them good. Having money doesn't make you good. I can't think of a common TV guy who's strategy I don't admire in some way. Others hate certain players' play for ignorant, narcissistic reasons.

I never think about it. There's no reason to think about it. If you play 6 hours a day for the next year, you'll learn more than you will in 2 years of not playing more than 10 hours a week and just reading books that repeat themselves book-by-book, page-by-page.

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