It may be seductive to believe Texas hold ’em poker is all about instinct and ‘having a feeling’ about cards, but it’s not. Winning poker is all about mathematics. Every feeling we get as we play, and every decision and every turn of every card, comes down to correctly assessing probabilities.

If you think that sounds a bit dull and prefer to mix it up by playing with more flair, perhaps you should ask yourself why you’re playing poker in the first place. In my opinion, winning poker players are those who think more about probability than feeling, and play resolutely by the numbers.