Not always the reading hand is what it seems to be!

Be aware that betting patterns do not always represent the strengths of your opponent's hands. But there are also opponents who standardize their bets according to their hands. Well it's very hard to know unless you read your moves before you get into a pot with them. Poker is much more than just a game also covers studying opponents. And do you use betting patterns or do I even change betting patterns to confuse reading? Good luck at the tables and until next time.

Many times betting is not happening respectively to the cards someone is holding. Maybe he wants to protect his play and prevent from everyone folding, or he is setting a trap, or he is generally bluffing! From the other side we are trying to study the game as better as we can so to undestand as much informations as we can, to take the pot.

#1 rule of poker, never take the outcome of a hand into consideration of a pattern to the next hand, you will lose or lose out

Each hand is independent of the other.

Standard bets, not as much as game goes on..

When you play "your game", you're focused, playing the odds, patterns,etc. As a tourney gets in a few minutes, it's easy to revert to "feel", not catching, finally get a pair, 'time for action, finally.
In a way, it's good to play with others who maintain their discipline, they are still in the game, even if you are barely hanging on , for example