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One of my favorite threads since I started scanning this place months ago.

"They won't buy it, because they're fish, and they don't care"

Yeah they will. Ever hear that phrase, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing?" The same way the average joe traps himself by trying to rigorously apply book-learned advice for higher level usually tighter games to lower looser games, he'll just grab the next book and mis-apply that too.

From UUdevil:

"3) You might win the pot right here (which might well have happened in this case)."

Yes, but you might also get people with horrible hands to pay you all the way to the river, bluffing or calling all the way. This happens with me an awful lot. By having just a little more reasonable pre-flop standards than they do, you often wind up getting these guys to pay you off all the way for very minimal risk. Isn't it better to have them (and maybe all their pals do so sometimes) pay you off than kick out their crappy hands and scoop a tiny pot?