Thx guys.

It's just weird when you see someone betting on innocuous flops, especially after a raised preflop pot. I'm like "WTF?! All in on a 237 flop? Can they really have K7, A4???"

Since I started this thread, I've been reading opponents in SNGs, especially when I am not involved, and am doing quite good. I find it quite easy to spot when a bet means they've missed the flop. Of course, some had overpairs to the board. And the odd one was genuine but still, a read is a read and you gotta start somewhere.

And guessing a bluff of A10 - and it's actually AJ - or guessing K8 (to make a pair of 8s) when he really has J8 is good enough for me! I also find it easier to gauge when I am not involved. Which isn't the most useful way!

The paradox with " try and put them on a range and bet/raise/call/fold accordingly" is that though it's true; when you see a villain play 37o as keenly as KK, it can be quite hard - and dangerous on a 37Q flop - hence this thread.

It just concerns me that the ABC poker is just percentage play - and emphasis on your cards. That makes you a card player and not a poker player. Granted, it's more than good enough to profit at $5 -$10 SNGs but in the grand scheme of all things poker, I don't wanna be stuck on ABC poker forever. Certainly not when at the final table of the WSOP



The irony of all this is that though hand reading should get better as a player improves, at the pinnacle of the game, the really great players will play any 2 cards and disguise their hand at the same time. So even a flop of 367 can be just as deadly as QKA.