Playing poker for beginners.

#1 27th March 2010, 6:03 PM

A fellow Railbird player was getting upset as he can't seem to win. Hang in there. I'm having the same problem on the felts as I have only been at it for 3-5 months. I have a great Railbird friend and he is a local friend that was a member of a running club that I was president of. He plays a lot and wins, wins, wins. He has taught me many things about poker on the PC (it's not like the kind I played in the Marines back in the 50's). I've played many of the tournaments and seemed as though I was so dumb at it. My friend taught me to be patient, don't spend chips on a wild goose chase for straights/flushes, etc. I've learned to concentrate on folding/folding/folding, until I get something that I feel like has real possibilities. I used to bet all in on a whim and then -- bye bye. Also I was playing SnG play money tables (normally 9 players) to get the feel for competition. Using that format appears to be helping and as of the last 2-3 weeks, I have moved into the $1.20 SnG tables using that format and you wouldn't believe the improvement. Not winning much money, but at least I'm learning how to read others play. Still have a problem playing the 40-90 games as it is so hard to hold on until the end and at my age, I get worn out and end up falling back into my old ways and then I'm gone. Have the good weekend. bostonbilly/boston1993. I play Full Tilt 95% of the time.

#2 10th August 2010, 3:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Boston1993

A fellow Railbird player was getting upset as he can't seem to win. Hang in there. I'm having the same problem on the felts as I have only been at it for 3-5 months. I have a great Railbird friend and he is a local friend that was a member of a running club that I was president of. He plays a lot and wins, wins, wins. He has taught me many things about poker on the PC (it's not like the kind I played in the Marines back in the 50's). I've played many of the tournaments and seemed as though I was so dumb at it. My friend taught me to be patient, don't spend chips on a wild goose chase for straights/flushes, etc. I've learned to concentrate on folding/folding/folding, until I get something that I feel like has real possibilities. I used to bet all in on a whim and then -- bye bye. Also I was playing SnG play money tables (normally 9 players) to get the feel for competition. Using that format appears to be helping and as of the last 2-3 weeks, I have moved into the $1.20 SnG tables using that format and you wouldn't believe the improvement. Not winning much money, but at least I'm learning how to read others play. Still have a problem playing the 40-90 games as it is so hard to hold on until the end and at my age, I get worn out and end up falling back into my old ways and then I'm gone. Have the good weekend. bostonbilly/boston1993. I play Full Tilt 95% of the time.

Billy, we all "tend" to fall back into our old ways mate, regardless of age.

It's just that the more age you have, the more "old ways" we have to fall back on...and they are usually bad habits that we must overcome in order to be a success. We have to "learn" from our past if we are going to be a success in our future...poker and in life.

Remember how hard it was to break bad habits such as "smoking" or "drinking" or "cussing" or ?

Hang tough M80. FOCUS!

Wally

#3 10th August 2010, 3:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bullishwwd

Billy, we all "tend" to fall back into our old ways mate, regardless of age.

It's just that the more age you have, the more "old ways" we have to fall back on...and they are usually bad habits that we must overcome in order to be a success. We have to "learn" from our past if we are going to be a success in our future...poker and in life.

Remember how hard it was to break bad habits such as "smoking" or "drinking" or "cussing" or ?

Hang tough M80. FOCUS!

Wally

Also, remember how hard it was to "not raise a re-raise" when You only had "two-pair" (even if they were AA and KK) and a likely straight or flush was clearly evident from the cards flopped and the turn?

That is "learning" from past bad habits, my friend. Wally

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