We both checked the river and he had A x A x. On the river, a 9 ♦ fell which may have completed a straight draw (if I had it). On the turn, a 7 ♥ fell and he checked, so I checked behind him. He raised preflop from a middle position and I called in a late position with QJ. I recall one particular night where an opponent encapsulated what I'm talking about.
Read also: Common Poker Tells: How to Read People in Poker What is relevant is how much I won or lost with them. But the number of times it won is somewhat irrelevant. It is highly beneficial if you can find a hand that holds up that frequently. If I recorded the last 100 times I had pocket aces, I would probably find that they won the pot around 60% of the time.
In case you don't already know, poker is a game of maximizing wins (when you have the best hand) and minimizing loss (when you don't have the best hand).
