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Not to be facetious (okay so maybe just a little) but why not try to play poker at these tables instead of plugging away at whatever formula you may be using?These table are quite beatable and once you get a field fo them you can beat them quite easily. If you are playing NL go in, throw some money around and force the tabe to loosen up (plus lets be honest, there is something very cool about winning a pot with 8-3o and showing it to the table). 90% of these 'tight" players have no idea how to play against a good loose player.Having said that if you think you'll earn more by dropping down a

Tournament strucutures favour the mediocre. Most people are by definition mediocre. Therefor, unfortunately one logically follows the other.

Seeing 1/3 of all flops is not tight-aggressive, it's loose-aggressive.How do you draw that conclusion? It is either loose or tight, it tells us nothing about how aggressive the individual is.Also on a side note the ultimate goal of a player should be to be loose-aggressive, these are the guys you got to fear.uhmno.seeing 1/3 of your flops is not being TIGHT. tight refers to the amount of starting hands you play.and who says that loose-aggressive is the ultimate goal of a player.probably less than5% of poker players has the control, understands the math, and has the postflop playing ability f

Quite the ridiculous statement.Let me qualify it.... unless you are independently wealthy. I agree reading the statement I made is ridiculous, what I am attempting to allude to is the fact that most people who claim to be semi-professional (an oxymoron by the way) are just winning players who like the idea of doing it for a living but for whatever reasons aren't.So to sum up -- I was wrong; there is no such thing as a semi-pro; even if we give it a loose definition of our own it should be based on one who derives income as opposed to creating an asset (ie savings account) to meet the criteria

If you aren't cashing out you aren't a pro semi or otherwise. By definition to be a "pro" of any sort you need to be generating income. Having said that I'd love to be able to stop cashing out and build my roll for a while but don't see it in the near future.

Seeing 1/3 of all flops is not tight-aggressive, it's loose-aggressive.How do you draw that conclusion? It is either loose or tight, it tells us nothing about how aggressive the individual is.Also on a side note the ultimate goal of a player should be to be loose-aggressive, these are the guys you got to fear.

As with everything it depends. The primary factor effecting it are the table you are at, kind of players you are against, your style of play and your adaptability. Presuming you are talking about Low NLHE (Say up to a $500 buy in) your range of hands seen will be between 12% (ultratight I sit and wait for nuts) and 45ish (I am running over the table).Personally I find my optimal numbers, or the times when I extract the most profit from a table is when the has about 35 to 45% of people seeing the flop. I am playing between 25% and 37% of the hands I am dealt, and of these about 20% go to a sh

First patience has nothing to do with this you had a drawing hand, someone drew better, so what?2nd pls. explain :It comes down 2 spades, 2 hearts, Ace clubs.Turn is a 7 diamondsRiver is a Queen of diamonds.That is a minimum of 7 cards on the flop, or am I having comprehension problems?

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Depends on the game. If you are playing weak games online you can average out to anywhere from 1/2 to 2x the buy in per hour.

I think I made a mistake, I addressed the issue of variance but not of your current game. If you believe your game is for whatever reason -- bad cards, bad day, bad mood whatever STOP. Take a week away. Stop reading the boards, the books, everything -- go away and clear your head. I went through a phase like that and instead of stopping I kept telling myself "focus concetrate take it easy, you can do this." I couldn't but once I stepped away and came back everything seemed more natural.Just like you need a break from work, or everyone needs a change of scenery, sometimes you just need to

It's subjective. The key is if you hit your flop does the person(s) you are calling have enough of a stack on the table that if he bets you'll get odds that are better than 7.5 to 1. Also you have to factor into this whether he is aggressive and will lead (better for you), position, what hands he plays so you can judge from the flop whether your trips are really ahead or not.If you are very lucky you can take down some very big pots. The best are the flops where X > Y and they come down X-X-Y and you have Y-Y in the pocket and haven't raised. If someone has X, X-Ace you should be able t

Play shorthanded. More hands, more decisions more mistakes more rewards for skilled and observant players. Also if you play short handed well and pay attention very rarely do the cards in your hand come into play.More variance per session but if you are a skilled player less variance through multiple sessions than full ring games. Just a thought, good luck.

Rage: Maybe it once hit a 6 or a 7, routinely it won't pass a 1 or 2 at the most (I guess that would make it anger not rage at that level). And recently even this has decreased, I now realize that most losses are because of my inadequate play not my opponents. Too many people look at boos and odds and numbers and blame the other player for calling -- it is very rarely their fault.Stress it may reach a 7 or 8 -- generally when a car payment is due or I need a roll for a game quickly and need to exponentially grow my bankroll.On a side note anyone who actually experiences rage playing poker re

True but because you can't pay attention to the tables your learning curve is reduced (seeing more hands only helps with maths and systemization), therefor your skills don't progress as fast as someone else. When you reach the point where multi-tabling is not an option you are at a disadvantage. That is also the time where your hourly rate should be in the 100's or 1000's and the difference in skill there will be worth a lot more than $2 / hour.