Is Pre-Flop the New Post-Flop?

[andyfox]

I was thinking about Mike L.'s 300-600 post where he played J-6s when I read this by a respected longterm 2+2er with whom I have played and who is one of the best I've played with:

"the conventional wisdom is that preflop decisions are fairly routine after you have gained some experience and where you make money is with your postflop decisions. I wonder if that is really true. In many games that I play in, I don't find that there is much difference in ability betwen me and most of my opponents when it comes to postflop play. Preflop is where I distinguish myself from these guys. Specifically, most guys who think that they play well and do in fact play well, play hands that are money losers. Put another way, they handicap themselves too much preflop and can't make it up with their excellent postflop play.

"So, IMO, we have come full circle in Hold 'em: Preflop is where you make your money these days."

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