New Year's is a while away still, but some things are better changed right away. Here's my list of things I promise I'll change!

5. I'll cut down on overplaying pocket pairs. They're purty, but expensive (and just as I'm writing this, I called with 22 in the hole. *sigh*).

4. If I have a read on someone, I'll actually start to trust it. If he hasn't raised preflop without a top hand in the past 500 hands, I shouldn't hope that my A-high is good.

3. If I get check-raised on the turn, my top pair, weak kicker is probably no good. I'll try to fold a lot more often.

2. I'll be more aggressive. More on this in another thread.

... and the final promise:

1. I'll stop thinking it's a good idea to log on and play poker when I get home late from the pub.

Anyone care to join me in making some poker-improving resolutions?

Well, FP, you pretty much hit the nail on the head for me as well (except for #1, this would probably apply more to my husband on occassion...lol). These are always the mistakes I find myself making during play, and the ones I always tell myself afterward, "You knew better than that! What were you thinking?!?! ARGH!" So, when I am having a bad time at the tables, I will dig up this thread as a friendly reminder to keep my wits!

- I will not tilt, not even when sir donk catches 3 runner runner flushes in a row to bust me.

- I will trust my instincts more.

- I will learn to walk away from a table if it's become a bad table to play on.

- As FP said, poker, pub, alcohol, etc. >_>

playing when you get in from the pub and losing is great fun tho ;]

Originally Posted by Dorkus Malorkus

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- I will learn to walk away from a table if it's become a bad table to play on.
>_>

Dorkus,

I think my husband needs to read this one and live by it!

Originally Posted by Grumbledook

playing when you get in from the pub and losing is great fun tho ;]

And winning is even better. I was hammered one time and I played and I was sooooooooo card strong it was crazy. I was chatting like crazy on the screen. Something I usually never do when I'm playing. I even told the guys I was playing with that I was wasted. They didn't mind though, but I sure did take a lot of money from them. I got some lucky hands and some real good starting hands on this day, but all in all I should refrain from playing at 2:30 A.M. in a Drunken state!

To stop calling on the river in home games (When you know you are beat) just to see WHAT IT WAS THAT BEAT YOU !!!!!

Fug`s

My resolutions are to quit smoking, sleeping with hookers, and smoking medicinal things as much. Oh wait, I miss read this you want poker resolutions. O.K. forget the others I wasn't going to stop them anyway.
For starters I'm going to learn to fold my 2 pair after slow playing and seeing the flush or strait come to the board 4, 5, and 6 handed.
I will defiantly stop getting shit faced before I play poker in a live game.
I will learn that limping in is not a bad thing and you don't have to raise up every time you have good cards.
I will learn that just because I won a few low buy in tourneys that does not mean I can go play with the big dogs and get rich quick.
I will build my bank roll up and keep it there.
Well these are my resolutes. I think all of us have the drinking thing except for Grum who apparently thinks it's fun.

Hey, you folks need to rethink this. Pub owners have to eat to.

Originally Posted by brianna c

My resolutions are not to quit smoking, smoking medicinal ??? things as much.
I will learn that limping in is not a bad thing and you don't have to raise up every time you have good cards.
I will learn that just because I won a few low buy in tourneys that does not mean I can go play with the big dogs and get rich quick.
I will build my bank roll up and keep it there.

These are good for me

Well let me see???????????? Oh Ya I`m 60 yeard old and i have used up all my resolutions. LOL>>LOL>>>>>>>>>> buck