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this might not seem to apply to HU play, but ever since I have tightened up a LOT in the early stages of a turbo, it has helped A) my stack and B) my image when I get to heads up. What I kinda figured was that the small pots that you lose early on hurt much more than the small pots that you win help you. So, basically... if i'm raising PF early on, I'm sittin pretty, and usually its an above-pot raise, and i'm likely willing to go all the way with it. That being said, I HARDLY EVER do that early on. It might sound a little kamikaze-ish, but it has helped a TON when it gets down to 3-4h, and th

Whenever FTP has any sort of crash, they credit all players with 200 points. As for sng points, it is 7 points for every $1 in tournament fees. Be careful though, because I think they wait to credit that until AFTER the tournament is over. I made that mistake one time, having 198 points at 11:55pm and played a HU sng for 30+3 (21 points) and it didn't end until 12:02... as a result, I was a gold freeroller instead of iron.. LAME!

at least you remember your hands... i followed the first 2 steps of your plan RELIGIOUSLY 2 nights... one night i woke up and had 0 in my account (once had 3500)... and one time i won 8k... i dont remember opening the software, much less playing a single hand...

if i ever play on the professional level... i MIGHT have a poker blog. but until then, amateur poker blogs are kinda like bad beat stories. People might read it, and it'll make you feel better to have it out there, but really.... do you think they care?

i disagree with the chat turn-off... just have some freakin discipline and leave it on. you never know what you might pick up. if anything, just dont type back.

That's only if you're playing too high for your limits. I really don't mind at all when I get 2 outed for a stack, or even when I lose as a 60% favorite. I get more upset that I allowed myself to get all my money in with ONLY a 60% edge...

Like I said, I used to be one of those guys that bashed anybody that put a beat on me, but I would say that generally I am very classy now.There is hope...

One idea when trading with people you might not know as well would be to possibly find a third party that you either A) both know, or B) can be objective. B might be harder than A, but it makes it easier. Second, you might send the money in increments. For example, say you're trading 1,000. He sends 100, you send 150, he sends 200, and so on... this way, if you DO happen to get screwed, it won't be for nearly as much money. Sure, it's a pain to do that, but it's much safer IMHO.

I started playing "seriously" when I was 18. I was 100,000,000% the guy that you're talking about. If some guy put a beat on me, I went on forever about everything I could think about. If it was in a MTT, i'd even go as far as to keep his table open to rant on him when he lost a big pot, despite the fact that our once-shared table had broken 2 hours ago. Needless to say, 3 years, 84,000 chat bans, and 143,000,490,000 online hands later, my perspective is much different. I began to think "well.. as long as I keep getting my money in good, who cares? That guy pulling 2 outs on me is just my dona

if you watch some of his videos, he's so calm about the amount of money he's playing with. He's extremely mature for a 25 year old. As for tournament play, he does have a final table appearance at a WSOP circuit event -- I'm not sure how many other cashes he has, or even how many he has played. I do agree that, in order to claim yourself as the best NLH player in the world you need to dominate cash games as well as tournaments... Brian dominates cash games, players like Hellmuth (as much as I hate to say it) have unrivaled tournament success, but (based off of what the other hsp players were s

I usually have a 30-buy in rule with NL and PL games, as well as sng and MTT's. A good way to quickly jump up is to try and satellite into big MTT's; if you can make a big score there, then you'll be in great shape. As for moving up in cash game limits as well as being able to take out money, start with a certain amount, let's say 100$. Once you double it, take out half your profit, leaving you with 150$ to "start over". From then on, every time you double your bankroll, take out half of your profit. It has worked for me thus far, hopefully it helps.