Hi CP,

I'm going to have to disagree with you here. Maybe you're exagerating to make a point, and if so I agree with you, you can't go all in with just any "good" hand and hope it holds up. You might win the most pots that way but that's hardly the point. Eventually you'll come up against someone with a much better hand and you'll be put to the sword.

So much of no limit holdem depends on reads - not just on wether you have the nuts.

Example:
At a small poker site I play at occasionally I'z in a no limit ring game and had a pair of 9's in middle position. UTG limped in, I put in a pot sized raise and the button raised all in.

Against a tight player I'd know I'd likely be dominated or at best a coin flip - so easy fold. As it was I'd noticed this player had bet large frequently, and in the last orbit had won a hand all in pre-flop with something like K7o. I called and it was the right decision (he held J8o or something ridiculous).

I don't want to overstate this but it's important to be observant and notice other players styles. Poker tracker software helps and can be a useful aid (not essential but I'd estimate 80% or more winning online players use software like this).

Anyway, continue...