If there is one mistake I see people making over and over again in low stakes cash games it is fancy play syndrome. They destroy their win rate by constantly trying to make sophisticated plays that fly way over the heads of their opponents.
Sometimes it is just sheer boredom or frustration that leads people to go for that river raise-bluff against the recreational player who will call with any pair. Whatever the cause may be, in this article I am going to discuss why fancy play syndrome is such a mistake in the lower-limit cash games and what you should be doing to achieve big success instead.