与流行的看法相反，赢得扑克并不是一件美妙的事。这不是搬起巨大的花盘来击败你对手的同花顺与皇家的同花顺。打扑克获胜，是一个冗长的过程，是一次又一次的重复。玩得越久，一个成功的玩家赢得的钱就更多。在这方面，扑克赢钱就像一项工作。

　　为了赢得扑克，你需要找到几个适合自己的边缘，你可以申请。这样做有什么简单的方法？很明显，由于绝大多数人的模仿，因而只有一小部分是创新，只要寻求一些灵感，这就是最快和最简单的方式。

　　不断去找那些小边缘的并能产生巨额资金的玩家，找到并模仿他们。

　　你知道是哪个玩家做的吗？不知道？那也没关系。它有时就发生在我们当中，我们是只见树木不见森林而已。实际上，要不断应用这样一个小的优势，扑克室本身就是有史以来产生钱的最好的工作。他们通过扑克，在自己的房间里，赚取每一个真正的钱罐。这种优势很重要，这将影响你的游戏。你要知道对这些东西：无论你输赢，你最终还是得支付一部分钱。因此，它不是从盆的赢家，而是几乎每个人都会积极参与。这意味着在你的工作时间里有一个微弱的优势。这样的一个时间模式应该会对你有用。

　　你能做些什么呢？如果你玩了一大堆，同时签署了一个返水提供，而你玩的扑克室却无返水。返水就像是一个耙边缘，区别是它是供你使用的，而不是提供给扑克室的。它绝对是你应该使用的，并会对你有好处。毕竟，一旦签署了，你甚至不需要移动手指，就能将它应用到你玩的每一个真钱的手。返水指的是您已通过耙将被永久减少30％左右的边缘扑克室。

　　对于其他类似的边缘，你需要仔细观察其他玩家（获奖玩家，如果可能的话）。这些玩家的做法与其他玩家有什么不同呢？你会注意到的第一件事情是，他们的百叶窗关系发挥得特别好。要赢扑克发挥固体百叶窗的功能是绝对必要的。

　　当你在一个百叶窗，积极尝试从他们的EV获取尽可能多的利润，不要傻傻的追逐之后，百叶窗，这是一个资金杀手。你必须要知道这样一个事实，每个人都会在百叶窗失去，获奖玩家只是失去的比别人少。如果您管理每小时失去20美元的百叶窗，那么在表中的其他人则失去了$ 30。

　　当你不是在坚实的百叶窗时，最重要的是你要付诸行动。这一点是所有的玩家都做得非常成功的。你必须不断攻击百叶窗，你是否已经成功地做到这一点？在每一个扑克游戏（无论是一个NL，PL或FL之一）中，百叶窗是在玩扑克游戏中是非常重要的，但他们成为游戏的本质玩有固定的限制。

　　记住，认识到这样一个边缘可以被应用这本身是不够的。您需要进行实际的应用，需要不断地找出一些办法来适用于您的边缘。这是一个非常有活力的游戏，而适应能力则是其中一个基本要求。

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　　Contrary to popular belief, winning poker is not something glamorous at all. It's not about taking huge pots and beating your opponent's straight flush with a royal flush. Winning poker is a long and tedious process of applying and reapplying tiny edges time and again. The more hours a winning player puts in, the more money he makes. In that respect, winning poker is a lot like a job.

　　In order to be able to play such wining poker, you need to find yourself a few edges you can apply too. What's the simplest way of doing that? Since the vast majority of people are imitators and only a small percentage are innovators, it's obvious that just seeking some sort of inspiration is the quickest and easiest way here.

　　Find someone who continuously applies small edges and generates huge amounts of money by doing so, and copy him.

　　Do you know a player who does this? You don't? No problem. It sometimes happens to us all, that we don't see the woods from the trees. The entity that does the best ever job of continuously applying a small edge and generating money this way, is the poker room itself. They achieve this through the poker rake, which is a tiny percentage of every real money pot, won in their room. This edge is something that will seriously set your game back. You have to know one thing about this rake: no matter whether you win or lose a pot, you'll still end up paying part of it. So it's not taken from the winners of the pots but from pretty much everybody actively participating in a hand. This means that there's a small edge working against you all the time. The type of minute edge you'd like to be working for you.

　　What can you do about it? Well, not much if you play in a poker room without rakeback, but a whole lot if you play while signed up to a rakeback offer. Rakeback is an edge just like the rake, with the difference that it works for you and not for the poker room. It is definitely one of the small benefits you should make use of. After all, once signed up, you don't even need to move a finger in order to apply it to every single real money hand that you play. What rakeback means is that the edge the poker room has on you （via the rake） will be permanently diminished with around 30%.

　　For other such edges, you need to carefully observe other players （winning players if possible）。 What do these guys do differently compared to losing players? The first thing you'll notice is that they play especially well in relation with the blinds. Solid blinds play is something absolutely necessary in winning poker.

　　When you are in one of the blinds, try to profit from the positive EV they provide as often as possible. Do not end up foolishly chasing after blinds though. That is one sure bankroll killer. You have to be aware of the fact that everyone loses in the blinds, it's just that winning players lose less than others. If you manage to lose $20 on the blinds/hour while everyone else at the table loses $30, you're playing well.

　　The most important part of solid blinds play comes into action when you're not in the blinds. This is the part good players are very successful at. You have to constantly attack the blinds and you have to do it successfully. The blinds are very important in every poker game （whether it's a NL, PL or FL one） but they become the very essence of the game when playing Fixed Limit.

　　Remember, recognizing the opportunity where such an edge can be applied is not enough by itself. You need to actually apply it too, and you need to constantly figure out some way to apply your edges. This is a very dynamic game and the ability to adapt on the go is a basic requirement.