Quote Originally Posted by jackvance
Man that stuff about TPTK/2p/overpair is such nonsense. The important issue is your ability to read flops and hands. Saying that TPTK/2p/overpair sucks is as wrong as saying that they are great. It all depends on what range you put your opponent on, what the board has for options, etc.

I often see advice towards new players to be "you need to be able to lay down TPTK". Well, that's not the issue. You need to learn flop-reading and hand-reading, then it'll become more obvious in and of itself when your TPTK is probably good and when it isn't!
so true