Quote Originally Posted by Trainer_jyms
Hand reading is probably without a doubt the most important part of poker after the basics, hell without basics you could still kill the games if you are a great hand reader. Why is there so little to read and talked about when it comes to hand reading. All anyone ever talks about is preflop stats, aggression stats but never "what do you put him on? Seriously, what matters if you put him on correct and very narrow ranges.
This is the undoing of a lot of players along with tilt and poor game/seat selection.

I ran into a guy a couple nights ago who was obviously self-taught and made terrible techincal mistakes. However, he was really good at being aggressive in the right spots post-flop and had basic hand reading skills. He went on a heater and had around 8 racks worth of chips. It also helped that he ran good against me It's really easy to dismiss a guy like that as an idiot when I 3-bet his A7o with 99 in a kill pot and I lose to a KJ7KJ board on the river. But that's not an accurate way to look at it, particularly when he calls my hand when I checked to him on the river.