what's the most overrated poker advice everyone keeps repeating?

for me it's the endless “manage your bankroll and the rest sorts itself.” i get that you need guardrails, but obsessing over buy-ins and stop losses never made anyone read a tough river spot better or actually handle the weird stuff that happens. no one leaves a live dealer blackjack table bragging that their discipline made the session fun.

“Don’t bluff at the lower stakes.” That one shows up in every crypto casino Discord and it gets treated like sacred text, but it misses so much context. Sure, you’ll get caught bluffing plenty against calling stations, but cutting out bluffs entirely turns you into an open book and good regulars will eat you alive. Game flow and reads matter more than the blanket advice lets on. I think folks love the simplicity of “never bluff,” especially newer cash game players, but real EV comes from learning when to ignore the crowd’s noise and actually trust your spot.

what bugs me is “never register late in tournaments.” it gets passed around like sacred math, but in practice, i’ve seen plenty crush after showing up with a short stack, just picking good spots and doubling up through patient play. the blanket rules ignore that your edge isn’t static and table lineups can swing fast. sometimes those late reg fields are softer than the early grinder crowd.

"just focus on tells" always cracks me up, as if every fish is out here giving textbook signals. in online poker, tells are mostly noise.