Today, I watched the movie rounds (1998) again. I know you watched it so I won't go to details. It is a story about a law student, who is really good at poker, goes to KGB's place for $30,000 and gets busted then gets busted again for backing up his best friend's gambling debt. He finally pulls it off with the money lended from his law professor and pays everything and go to Vegas.
If you watched the movie carefully enough, that guy never played anything wrong. One of the interesting thing is him and his best friend goes for 60 hours session and he loses for the first time at the game with golf club guys. If someone who doesn't know poker watch that scene, he just got outplayed but he didn't. He read his opponent hand perfectly, executed bluff at the perfect timing but the guy who played at the golf range just out bluff him with more money out of his ego. It was so clear that his best move was to fold and his best friend dragged him out of the table but I bet if he had stable bankroll to keep playing with that guy, he would have taken all of his money.
I believe we all should play in a style where we go with read and very affirmative about all the actions. You might fail to bluff or got bluffed but one should never play with ego - It is just about how much you gain on each session and how much you lose on each session. It is not to show everyone who good you play and how well you can read them.
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