1 month & im tight/aggressive but what now?

Originally Posted by quads

Stairway to success reaches the clouds. Keep climbing. No one can give advice on any single type of play. If there was a sure way to win the game couldn't exist. I would suggest reading some books.

Originally Posted by HoldemChamp

I guess you answered your own question. Proper tight agressive play will win in the long run. However, your last thread inferred that you weren't being tight but passive. That definitely will put a crimp in your money making.

Originally Posted by dj11

Keep it cheap for another 50,000 hands.
Huge number you think? I actually wanted to say 100,000 hands.
You could read every book and article before you ever saw a dealt card. They would mean nothing without the tactile experience you will get after 50,000 hands.

Blinds are a function of position. When you are on the button, or just to the right, in the cut-off seat, you have an opportunity to bluff, or semi-bluff a big bet with the thought that since most hands dealt are garbage, you can represent a big hand and get the hands after that to lay down. Since those are the blinds, it got called 'stealing the blinds'. You do NOT want to do this every orbit (orbit is the button moving completely around the table), and it seldom works unless you are the first to act.

I highly recommend reading all the Articles (upper right on you screen), along with the glossary in the Guide section and others there.

Good post BTW...

Originally Posted by Shoestringx

Hi rindhoops, I also have ADHD. I never got diagnosed with it until I was 19 years old. I have never taken any medication for it. It is my personal belief that if you take medication for ADHD that you will begin to become dependant on it. Honestly my feelings are that the only reasons most people end up on medication for ADHD are because parents and teaches are to lazy to deal with it properly and shoving pills down the childs throat is the easiest way to cope.

Ok I had my little rant.

Coping with it while playing poker is all case dependant. I myself am a really fidgety person. I constantly use my left hand (non mouse hand) to do something, whether it is shuffling poker chips or tearing paper into little balls and throwing it into the garbage or spining a pen around it seems to help me keep focus.

I also like to have music going in the background, and sometimes read a book while I play (or read various webpages in between decent hands).

Also if you are having trouble keeping your focus with slowly escalating blind levels, maybe try some turbo tournaments, I swear those are designed for people with ADHD

Originally Posted by jaymfc

rindhoops, heres what i think , dont know what slow ball is ,but knowing when to slo play is important, rude people are part of poker so get used to that , you better know who you are and then their opinion wont mean so much , too senseative justs keeps hurting you . stealing blinds is making a large bet that gets no callers. and for that reason . as for add and adhd i think we all have some form of it ,plus half of us are smoked out or drunk. it would be tougher to become a pro but very possible still , just play at times you are feeling best. i agree with dj11 , the books dont mean nothing till after many thousands of hands , im about ready to go back and read mine again , with a much greater understanding i hope. i think i play tag and i want to learn more lag play to spice it up. gl. hope to see you around.

Originally Posted by rindhoops

I have learnt Poker from scratch, been playing at partypoker every day and night for about a month, mostly freerolls and sng`s
I have read all the common advice and followed the advice of many by playing very tight and aggressive.
I have had a modicum of success, 32nd and 36th in big freerolls and a dozen wins & lot of placings in sng;s, but I`m still making a small loss. My questions are;

What do I do now? Ill never make money or win tournies just being mainly tight\agg, I do vary when required of course,
but I am stumped at what strategy I could go for now to improve my game, someone told me to try "slow-ball" whatever that is, anyone here explain please?

Also, I have learnt to turn off the chat option as sometimes I get a lot of stick, mainly when beating someone in what I usually feel is a good play, e.g had the Nuts so moved all in and they called etc. had some girl calling me all sorts just now when I beat her in a sng, i asked what the prob was and she said "your play is so shit, its annoying" so i said ill let u win if its that important to u, and promptly knocked her out :-)
Thing is, in real life I`d have to get used to the odd insult so maybe I should leave chat on and ignore them?
But hey! I`m a sensitive guy ;-)


Also can anyone explain exactly (in beginners language please) what is meant by "stealing someones blind"
I have an idea but could someone tell me?

last question, I am diagnosed ADD (Attention Defecit Disorder) where the main problem is staying focused and concentrating doh! So im playing with a handicap, when I take the medication I usually go on tilt ;-) It`s not always a handicap though because sometimes I go into hyperfocus mode, where you get 1000% concentration to a standard that is scary, I usually win when that happens though, just wish I had some control over when it came on, this is why I won`t do too well playing tight in long tournies, if it gets boring waiting for good hands, ill get restless and go on tilt or mind will wander off to the land of magic pies etc.. Any other ADHD people on here? How do you handle it?

I have loads more questions but I`ll bore u later with them

Originally Posted by reglardave

!. Why do you feel you can't win playing TAG style? Many people do.

2. By slowball, I presume you mean slowplaying strong hands,ie sets, straights, and such. It can be a profitable strategy wwhen used in moderarion, but can also be fraught w/ danger. The most common example is checking a set post flop and letting your opponents make a play at the pot, thereby increasing the pot size. The main drawback is letting free cards peel off to villains who may be on a straight or flush draw.

3.Stealing the blinds is a bluff/ semi bluff play usually attempted from late position, and simply consists of raising the pot w/ what may not be a strong hand, hoping to get the small and big blind to lay down what are likely to be weak hands. This is a strategy for later in tournaments, when blinds and antes make it worth the risk of taking down a hand without a showdown. There are numerous "steal" plays/strategies, and a single post couldn't begin to cover them.....this is just a primer "the 101 of stealing pots".

Hope some of this helps.

Originally Posted by rindhoops

I have learnt Poker from scratch, been playing at partypoker every day and night for about a month, mostly freerolls and sng`s
I have read all the common advice and followed the advice of many by playing very tight and aggressive.
I have had a modicum of success, 32nd and 36th in big freerolls and a dozen wins & lot of placings in sng;s, but I`m still making a small loss. My questions are;

What do I do now? Ill never make money or win tournies just being mainly tight\agg, I do vary when required of course,
but I am stumped at what strategy I could go for now to improve my game, someone told me to try "slow-ball" whatever that is, anyone here explain please?

Also, I have learnt to turn off the chat option as sometimes I get a lot of stick, mainly when beating someone in what I usually feel is a good play, e.g had the Nuts so moved all in and they called etc. had some girl calling me all sorts just now when I beat her in a sng, i asked what the prob was and she said "your play is so shit, its annoying" so i said ill let u win if its that important to u, and promptly knocked her out :-)
Thing is, in real life I`d have to get used to the odd insult so maybe I should leave chat on and ignore them?
But hey! I`m a sensitive guy ;-)


Also can anyone explain exactly (in beginners language please) what is meant by "stealing someones blind"
I have an idea but could someone tell me?

last question, I am diagnosed ADD (Attention Defecit Disorder) where the main problem is staying focused and concentrating doh! So im playing with a handicap, when I take the medication I usually go on tilt ;-) It`s not always a handicap though because sometimes I go into hyperfocus mode, where you get 1000% concentration to a standard that is scary, I usually win when that happens though, just wish I had some control over when it came on, this is why I won`t do too well playing tight in long tournies, if it gets boring waiting for good hands, ill get restless and go on tilt or mind will wander off to the land of magic pies etc.. Any other ADHD people on here? How do you handle it?

I have loads more questions but I`ll bore u later with them

Originally Posted by pezjb

1. Well, you can win being a TAG player.. it is your best bet. My advice is you have to adjust to your table. I usually always start off TAG, but if after a while I am sitting with all TAG players or just straight up tight, I become much more loose. Raising in position very often with some kind of hand, (No J3, K2, etc) you will find you can pick up a lot of blinds. Some people say they are TAG, but really are only tight... not very aggressive. You got to get in there, be very aggressive it is the winning style of poker.

2. I don't know if it is slow-ball you are referring to, I think you might mean small-ball. This is something that Daniel Negranau does quite often. It is keeping the pot small so you do not overly commit yourself.. you can suffer more losses. Instead of raising 4-5x the BB, just raise it up 2 1/2-3x the BB. Let your continuation bets be about half to a little more of the pot. I have found myself doing this much more, especially early on in a tournament and even in my cash games. If there are no limpers and I am in position I will never call, I will raise it 3x the BB with pairs, overcards, connectors, etc.

3. First off, you can wear headphones live to block out players, but I wouldn't suggest that because you will gain information from players. Don't get wound up about what people say, the only time I feel shitty is when I am dominated and suck out, which is not very often. Let them talk all they want and go on tilt.

4. Raising to make everyone fold preflop. Usually done in position, and usually are have or are representing a big hand.

Can't help with the ADD question sorry, by the way fire anymore you got. Or just PM me.