what can you do when CARD DEAD

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Ok. So i started the tourney Card dead. Usually i can ride it out and the hands start to pick up but not this day. I tried to bluff but every time the flop came someone hit their face card so that wasn't helping and when i would get a face card it would b like j2 q5. What do you really do in that situation? when nothing i going right. Is there even anything you can do?
 
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I don't feel qualified to make any sugestions other than waiting it out. You can't lose what you don't bet.
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When luck shuts the door, you've gotta to come in through the window. That's where the skill comes in.
 
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When luck shuts the door, you've gotta to come in through the window. That's where the skill comes in.

I busted a gut when i heard that one!

Anyways i would say try to pick some good spots, and focus, any extra pots you can pick up without cards is huge. the problem is that you have to be skilled to do this! as doyle so eloquently put it.
 
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Ok. So i started the tourney Card dead. Usually i can ride it out and the hands start to pick up but not this day. I tried to bluff but every time the flop came someone hit their face card so that wasn't helping and when i would get a face card it would b like j2 q5. What do you really do in that situation? when nothing i going right. Is there even anything you can do?
like someone said, this is where the skill comes in. I know you said you tried to bluff before and it didn't work but don't be quick to abandon this strategy. Think about it: if you've seen a player throwing away his cards for the past couple of rounds, you're going to think he's a complete nit. This means that when he raises he just has to have something.

use your table image against them
 
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Most of the time if I`m really card dead I`ll try to just kee folding and seeing cheap flops. Theres not alot you can do unless there`s pots you can steal.
 
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I mean if you do that for so long people are bound to pick up on it!
really man you should take the bluffing down a noch.. But back to your
question, the only real thing you can do to win is bluff, and that would be
devilishly hard since people wont believe you due to what i previously
mentioned... I recommend you stop the limping in and bluffing cause
it will come back and hit you no doubt.
 
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I recently realized that when im card dead and tilting (because im so mad from not getting anything) i start being more aggressive and bluffing a lot more and that usually gets me feeling better and gives me some patience to wait for better cards, but if that doesn't work, i will sit out and come back later hopefully with some better luck.
 
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Find some books on How to Bluff.

Try to improve your Bluffing Skills.
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Create a Table Image that allows you to pull off some good Bluffs.

Some Thoughts:

Table Image
Position
Read the Players
Find who you can Bluff
Find who you can't Bluff
Who's Folded to others.
Who plays what Cards
Find a week player.
Chip stacks
Timing
Feel the Table.
Play more cheap Flops.
Show your Solid cards if you win a pot.
Use Chat to create what the cards can't.

The list goes on and on and on.

Roller:
Observation is the key.

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Hope they move you to another table. I actually like being card dead early in tournaments. It makes me more patient and if I keep folding every hand, when I do bet my rep is I have a great hand. You can steal some pots that way especially if you see someone in a lot of pots who folds to big bets. Biggest thing...be patient.
 
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I busted a gut when i heard that one!

Anyways i would say try to pick some good spots, and focus, any extra pots you can pick up without cards is huge. the problem is that you have to be skilled to do this! as doyle so eloquently put it.

He shoulda quoted that because Doyle has a commercial that uses that quote
 
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I really wish I had some better advice that waiting and picking your spots.

Use position to you advantage when you can. When I am card dead I will steal from the button or one off if I have first vigorish and the players behind me aren't calling stations.

This usually keeps me afloat long enough to ride out the bad cards.
 
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I try and steal the blinds and Antes when possible if that fails I hit the wall next to me and maybe pull some of my hair out and I curse ALOT LOL.This mighten help you but it helps me.
 
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I try to figure out what other people at the table are playing. That info could be priceless when you do get cards, and at times I feel better about nailing someones hand when I'm not involved than winning one outright.
 
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I fold the bad cards and pray for good ones. Usually when card dead I start observing the table more or happen to start reading news on the internet lolz. I start playing looser like limping in late position with 74s 36s and hope to catch a monster straight or flush draw flop and try and find something profitable.
 
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When card dead use this time to observe your opponents and find out there styles then make a move when you think the time is right.good luck
 
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from a donk (like to say this since I am not qualified):

Online in the past, when I complained about having not gotten a face card for 10 hands, an opponent said to "play well, and the good cards will come."

Another person at that same table said that if one does not bluff and be crafty in order to steal lots of pots by semi-bluffing and bluffing, then he will have to rely on luck when he plays his strong hands.

I've remembered that, though the second piece of advice makes me want to improve my bluffing technique and stealing pot technique (it's weak) :) However, experience really helps you know when to bluff (which I don't have much of yet in any type of non-donk-level play).
 
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Take down some small pots. Make preflop raises and c-bets. Could it be that you aren't actually card dead, but that you are playing such a narrow range of hands that it would almost always seem to be the case? For example, what do you do if you see 78s? You can play that hand very effectively, maybe even raising with it preflop. You don't have to wait on aces to play a hand.
 
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Take down some small pots. Make preflop raises and c-bets. Could it be that you aren't actually card dead, but that you are playing such a narrow range of hands that it would almost always seem to be the case? For example, what do you do if you see 78s? You can play that hand very effectively, maybe even raising with it preflop. You don't have to wait on aces to play a hand.

Should I limp with it (a hand like 78 unsuited) once in a while if I'm just not playing many hands since none of the hands are in my narrow, tight range, and I have sat out consecutive hands? I limp in with 78 and JQ suited, but I haven't tried playing them unsuited much unless the blinds are about to kill me, hence shoving. 78 unsuited I do not know what I would do with it if I hit 8's, or even a set; someone could have a higher kicker when a very low flop that hits your pair comes up.
 
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Fold fold fold til good position and limps or folds behind you. thats when table image may point to you waiting for top hands. Use the fear on your opponents and bluff one pot.
 
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You have to be patient. Bluffing is part of the game but it is only successful if you do it on an occassional basis. You also need to be able to read your opponent and recognise when your bluff is not working. Lots of bluffs can turn into double bluffs where your opponent ends up bluffing you.
 
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Raise in position and C-bet or attack the blinds when you have position. Good cards don`t always win, isolate and play the player not your cards but be selective on who you push around. Find the weak link.
 
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Well usually when my day is going like that I just take the rest of it off,or at least take a little break for a few hours and then go back and see if things change.
In tourneys there have been times where I didnt play a hand in what seemed like forever.
I t is times like that that I try to focus on the other players and there styles of playing and then take advantage of my position.
 
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Patience usually wins out if you wait long enough dont play crap if you can help it.
 
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You just can wait until the cards get better again...
And they will!
You already tried to make some moves. That´s the only thing you really can do....
 
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