Not everyone is bluffing.

I say this as a reminder to myself ,but for different reasons than normal. Normally I'd be saying this because I become too much of a station, especially making far too many bad/expensive river calls.

Today I'm saying this in terms of getting value out of big hands. As of late, I've been calling too much when people make big donks into me, or raise me on the flop or turn. The logic being "If they have a hand, they will bet again and if they have air I should let them bluff". I think this logic does work sometimes (more specifically against aggro/bluffy players), but lately I've been noticing several spots where I should just be shipping it over their aggression and instead I call and bad cards come or they slow down and I lose too much value with my good hands when they ARE NOT bluffing at the time of their aggression.

Not everyone is bluffing. So don't get fancy, and just ship it in with the good hands!


(aside from that: down $2k on month, but up around $1k with EV. Playing better as of late though, so thats good. Just gotta stick with it!)