Key to winning poker

There's a thread on rgp where somebody is in a tough spot in the play of a hand and didn't know what to do. Many responders don't address the question he's asking but are talking about mistakes he made earlier in the play of the hand that resulted in his being in the tough situation.

He doesn't want to hear that. He wants to focus all his energy on the final decision he had to make.

The point he keeps missing is that playing winning poker isn't about making small distinctions in hard choices but is about avoiding hard choices.

That's particularly true in no limit poker.