the Donkey of Poker

Good poker players and Bad poker players can win any given poker tournament they both have entered in, so why is it that players makes excuses for the bad plays winning?  Why does the skilled player make donkey plays and are deemed bad players for winning?

Poker by playing the players is the difference between a consistent cashing player and the player who is breaking even or losing money.  The difference between making poker a skilled game is the players that are winning and those players are not just playing good hands they are playing the players.
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After the pre flop round of betting, the flop in Omaha is the next most important part to learn because it is usually where the weaker poker player loses money. Reading the Flop to understand it is much like Texas Holdem, knowing that there are more draws is what makes it harder to master. Once you know of what hands are easy to let go and which have value to continue is when you will start to consistently profit playing Omaha.
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Many forums and blogs have a place where people post Hand Histories where other poker players talk about in the hopes of getting feedback of How to Play XX hand. Most if not all are because the player did not exercise Controlling the Pot.

What is Controlling the Pot
To lose the minimum amount of chips in marginal situations
and gain the maximum in spots where you are the favorite

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Sometimes more psychological, Playing the Big Stack can be more difficult then playing the Short Stack, in a tournament game. This lesson is geared towards the multi table tournaments as apposed to ring tables.
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What determines skill in poker? How to raise with pocket Kings, or folding Jack Seven off suit? The skillful player knows how to play their opponents. Knowing their own and players involved in the hands table image.

Ever sat there looking at your 6 4 of spades and missed everything on the board but it got checked down, but oddly enough your aggressive opponent hasn’t raised? and you check anyways, just to muck and they take it down with Queen high.
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