Ahmadinejad

Actually in the tournament where I was knocked out on the bubble, that was the tournament where 999 times out of 1000 (or maybe 9,999 times out of 10,000) I should have been able to coast to the final table. In the tournament where I was 13th and made the raise UTG with AKs I had probably middle chip position but I figured that I was probably going to need to take one more pot before I could safely "coast" to the FT. Everyone was already in "coast" mode and playing extremely scared and I figured to get the blinds who both folded. With AKs most people would feel pretty good against AQo but I

To everyone who says "no such thing as luck", I would agree, IF a "lifetime" was an adequately long sample to even it out. AcesUp46 posted this link to a great article by Caro and here is what he has to say on the subject: The thing about my two years of "bad luck" is that it can turn around and become exactly the opposite at any given time. Or, it could stay the same, smooth out, etc. But the point is that apparently a lifetime of poker is not enough poker for the math to work out to neutral for everyone. So far, I'm nowhere near "neutral" and heck, I would give up my nuclear program ju

In my experience playing online micro limit HE (and often even low limit at Party and others) high pair and two pair are money losers. Even sets at certain tables. I've done fairly well overall in limit HE online but I have been adjusting a LOT to compensate for insane play that goes well beyond what SSH and WLLH discuss. High pair in most games is worthless and for me it's been universally a money loser. I have adjusted to play for straights at a minimum. Suited connectors play in any position in I would say 80% of games and I tend to play them in nearly all cases. AKs is extremely valu

THANK YOU! This was exactly what I was looking for, to know whether or not a "lifetime" of playing poker was long enough to completely level the playing field or, if after even a lifetime of poker, if some were "unlucky" or "lucky" enough to show statistically significant deviation above or below what could be considered "neutral" statistics...The thing about a poker "lifetime" however is that obviously, everything can turn on a dime and do a complete reversal. As far as I believe I am deviating from neutral statistics to the "unlucky" side, tomorrow I could have a run lasting several mont

The tournament I have played in every week the past several weeks, I have finished 13, 26, 13, 11 out of an average of 125. Final table (10) is guaranteed $700+, bubble is $100 and everything else $0. The tournament is strange in that at the final table, all players are given an equal amount of REAL chips to play with and are able to leave with their money if they are the short stack, and everyone does except 2 or 3 diehards who don't mind playing a $700 SnG.On the bubble finish, there were THREE players who were all in every time whenever either blind hit them. All three survived all in a