Quote Originally Posted by HalvSame
Can you elaborate a little (are you saying what mcat is saying)?

also marshall wtf is this psychological edge you're talking about that only exists at high stakes, and how is your play with AA/KK without more than 15 hands together gonna factor into it?
psychological edge is like ... its having your opponent leveled. say for example u 4bet bluff and get 5bet jammed and u fold or whatever. u have no idea what villain was 5betting you with. it coulda been a pure bluff it coulda been a decent hand it coulda been a monster. say a similar situation comes up 2 or 3 orbits later ... you have no idea what to do, but he knows that you folded to a 5bet making your 4bet this time much less credible.

maybe thats a bad example, but its more like ... if u r winning and not going to showdown, its natural for other players to tend to give you more respect because they either assume you are picking up hands or are outplaying the other players at the table. for the same reason, when you are getting beat down on and re-raised every time u enter a pot and cant seem to make a move its because your opponent has you leveled, which forces you to make a hand. its extremely difficult to explain ... its like u can feel it in your gut ..when the momentum is on your side or up against u, but that momentum is basically what im trying to describe. as massimo said ... by insta-4betting the first time and forcing villain to fold, it allows you this momentum.