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Why Being ‘Almost Right’ Costs So Much Money in Poker

Poker isn’t an exam.

Alex Hart · 2026-06-27 07:45 · 0 claps · 0.7 min read
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Why Being ‘Almost Right’ Costs So Much Money in Poker

Poker isn’t an exam.

You don’t get partial credit.

You either make the profitable decision or you don’t.

The dangerous thing about being almost right: It feels correct.

Close enough.

Reasonable.

But small errors repeated thousands of times become enormous leaks.

Examples: Calling slightly too often.

Defending slightly too wide.

Value betting slightly too thin.

None of these mistakes feel dramatic.

That’s why they’re dangerous.

The strongest players obsess over tiny edges.

Because tiny edges compound.

What surprised me during my own improvement: Many of my biggest leaks weren’t catastrophic mistakes.

They were small frequency errors repeated endlessly.

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Small mistakes become big losses through repetition.


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