[jds1201]

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I just think that in some cases at my level hand reading doesn't really mean much since the players are so erratic.

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I often think this way too, but I think it's a bad habit. You've got build in a factor for some level of unpredictablility, but this is frustration thinking and something that I try to suppress.

That's why I typed the 76 comment. It makes no sense, but this is one of those hands where you made good plays and everything you tried backfired. Try to raise preflop to limit the field? Reraise behind and a big field. Go for a flop check-raise? Checked around. Value bet river? Raise behind you. Now if he shows a hand that makes no sense, you say "F this, I'm not even trying to read hands anymore", and you stop playing your best.