chewybarber

Thanks.I think I will continue to play tourneys and work to improve.I think developing an overall strategy for the entire tourney, and a mental script for individual hands will help. Not having a routine seems to leave me open to acting without good reason, andthis is probably worse after long periods of concentration. thinking this anyway

I suffer from what can only be described as a mental defect. I literally explode mid-tourneys after playing an otherwise decent game. Idon't think I'm the only one, so I am seeking advice from otherswho have overcome this same defect.You know the routine. You play well, or as well as you can play. Then,for no reason you can explain, you decide to go insane in a hand youhave no business going out in, and blow off half or better of your stack.That is a mental defect, a serious flaw -- same thing we see in chesswhen after an otherwise great game the player looses the thread of the gameand is soon

Ah, you should want good players to win--Cheating probably does happen, but isn't it more likely that some of your table mates are the cheaters and not the site?Still, I think a good player should usually crush the machine--it isn't like chess, and your opponent isn't Fritz!If you don't know odds, you can bet your opponent does or is using a simple application--I would worry about my opponents more then the site. Oh, and why doesn't anyone get online with something like "I know this site is rigged, I was dealt AA three out of the last five hands, and I won every one of them!"--hehe

Stop getting on your nerves?Poker forums naturally attract winning players?Come on, you think I'm annoying because I question "winning" players--oh well.I'm just trying to keep things objective.

The obvious question is, where the hell are all these loosing players? Everbody is either a winner, or they don't post--or well, theres that other option we wont talk about.

Full Tilt says there were several transfers to your account from this guy. It wasn't as though he payed back a simple loan--FullTilt isn't out to get you--it looked suspicious, and why not, the story is goofy at best.

Honestly, I'm just happy to see poker sites cracking down on the cheats. If you weren't involved sorry. Oh, and why did you loan him money and then recieve money from him? I'm guessing it was loaned, he was paying you back--come on man.

Who lends money to a friends roomate to play poker?

They are supposed to disagree with me, it wouldn't be any fun if they didn't. This is what I'm talking about, "you virtually can't go broke.", I mean, who told you that?This is poker, you can and you will go broke. Go ahead, start the flame fest swearing you'll never go broke, been a winner from day one yadda-yadda, and this last comment isn't directly solely at you mikey and it is half tounge and cheek.

You're supposed to go broke.Keep having fun, if it stops being fun, stop playing. The number of people who actually make money at this game is so small, you may never meet one--oh, you'll meet thousands who claim to be winning players...In my opinion, if you go broke, and you have some play money--AND YOU'RE STILL HAVING FUN--then re-up and play on; otherwise, why keep killing yourself?

A Poker Bot?I mean, you don't think all these guys actually win money--do you?Seriously, most of us are just degenerate gamblers who'll never get it, so whatever you do, just have fun--

buwahaa, thats funny

slow down man -- you sound like your about a step away from adult diapers to avoid bathroom breaks --take a friggin break, eat -- oh, and wait 30min so you don't cramp up

This isn’t advice so much as things to think about –In my experience at .10/.20 –My first rule of thumb after some time in these levels is – don’t play at tables of nine. I stick to six players or less, four and five is nice.My second rule is – find out who’s either on tilt or just crazy, and who is aggressive, who is passive and who is conservative – I have found that even at this level there is a mix. After I know something about the players (not much, but anything is better then nothing!) then I have some idea of what type of hands they will play, and how they act when they have a hand or

I don't know, I've never just scooped the blinds with a call. Ok, then there is some truth to what I said. The reason you raise is to represent strength, and the reason you represent strength is to drive out what might currently be weaker hands that could develop strength during play. Do I hope someone calls? Yes, but the brunt of my raise is to drive off weaker hands.Oh, and I did say (the majority of the time) in other words, in my opinion, at my levels, raising most big hands 3x BB isn't a great play. That being said, I do raise many hands pre-flop, just not as often as I might if I were

I respect that you are the stronger player; however, I think your position on this is too static. I don’t agree that a person should never play off beat starting hands, and by off beat I just mean something other then those hands commonly accepted as being good e.g. AA KK AK QQ AQ JJ 1010 etc.I liken you’re position here to that of those who advise players to adhere to similar absolutes like raising 3x BB with a good hand, or using the button to exert pressure etc. All these things are good, but they aren’t always good, and rarely good at the limits I play. For example, I have found at my l

Isn’t extreme to say, “Never play ______, pre flop!”? If you only play top ten hands and connectors, then aren’t you limiting yourself? I see the reason for playing only top ten hands and connectors the majority of the time, but to say that is all you’ll ever play—ever—seems extreme. Oh, and 92o was just an example, I haven’t even played that hand, maybe in the BB—89o I have.Let’s say you sit down for a couple of hours, and the majority of the time you’re playing top ten hands and an occasional connector. You win a few bets here and there, some big some not so big—you loose a few too. Now

Ok, so I know the big starting hands. But, I think I win more with the off beat hole cards. For example, I might win a few bets holding QQ when the board hits duds, but I really seem to win when I’m holding something stupid like 92o and the board comes down 99K and the opponent has something like AK—or I have a hidden straight etc.Obviously the big starting hands win big too. But, what I want to ask if you guys play the odd starting hand just whenever, or if you have developed a strategy for playing these hands. Being a noob I usually play them on occasion (gamble) or if I have position.

Ouch, can't you set a stop loss? I'm an idiot, 1200 probably is your stop loss--ouch.

I would be a little nervous about playing poker to pay bills--thats just me. I just think it is so much easier to go broke or break even....anyway, best of luck.

Yeah, soon as I finished posting I saw a nearly full SNG--go figure! So is FCP a hub for poker sites? Anyway, if more start comming it sounds good to me.

Being a poor player myself, I can tell you I hate playing against strong players. (Luckily for me, I am learning on the minibet.)I'll throw something else out, I've noticed that a lot of the big talkers--table coaches--can't find the fold button, and they never think they are beat; naturally when these people loose they yell and cry, and swear they have never seen such a lousy group of players. Well, I've never seen so many "pro" players who can't find the fold button.

I think this makes sense--and I am one of the idiots at the table, but I'm working on that.

I just signed up here and have enjoyed playing the tiny bet tables. (trying to learn) I like the software--kill the graphics, and it's' perfect.But, are the tourney's always this empty? I am surprised by how difficult it is to fill a SNG, is this something new?

Just an observation--nobody thinks they suck at poker. --weird-- the poker ego