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People here seem to be complaining about "Texas Hold 'Em." There are several types of HE - limit, pot limit, and no limit are the most popular. If you don't like NL, then play L or PL, and don't whine about people who like to play NL, ok?
To those who complain about the lack of strategy involved in NLHE, they must not have played, or played very little. The real secret of NLHE is that it is mostly a people game, and only secondarily a card game. It seems to me that people who complain about others going All In just can't get a read on the other players, and then assume they are [always] just gambling. Of course, the better players are harder to get a read on, but they are relatively far and few between. There is definitely math involved, and I have degrees in Math and Comp Sci from MIT and Stanford, but I find these skills are secondary to being able to correctly read another player. If you can't take NLHE, understand it's probably because you can't read other players and this is why you can't hack it. Don't harsh on the game just because you aren't good at it.
