[sandsmarc]

You misunderstand. I'm not advocating playing bad cards and pushing them late in the hand. I'm talking about, for instance, pushing someone off second pair with unimproved overcards after they just had a beat. They are psychologically ready to be folded out of the hand. In other words, playing your normal decent cards but playing them expertly for value even when they are unimproved. Just one minor example of play that overcomes "bad cards". There are thousands of situations like this where good players overcome being card dead. Again, much more effective in NL-PL.