Boston1993
Rock Star
Silver Level
Want to thank the players for responses to "Should you check early folded hand?"
For weeks on end I have had no luck whatsoever on getting off the bottom of the game. Lose, lose, lose and usually the first to go out. I played what I thought were descent hands and sometimes even super hands simply to lose to a better hand. Several of the responses were super and the one that hit me the most was that some players play under different conditions. Quad tables, music, TV, talking on the phone, emailing chatting in the game, etc. Last night I played the The Firm Fiasco NL Hold'em game of 40 players and low and behold, I finished 3rd. I was also signed up for the Cardschat Freeroll @ 8pm and The Firm Fiasco was at 6pm. Since I usually lose out early in most of my games I deided to play it and then the Cardschat game afterwards. As time passed and I appeared to be playing above my head, the time was running out and getting closer to Cardschat. I slowed down on my good play worrying about it since at my age of 73 I simply can't play two games at once. I held the lead in Firm Fiasco for quite a while, but when the Freeroll jumped on the screen, I panicked somewhat and began losing chips. Finally I decided to drop the Cardschat off the screen until I finished Fiasco as it was one of the biggest chances I've had in quite a while to place in the money. I then began to slowly pick up chips and got onto the final table and was doing quite well until the players was down to 3. I knew I had done good for me in a 40 player field and unfortunately made a bad call and went out in third place as a money winner. I felt great doing that well.
The thing tha I picked up from the blog was very helpful in that I decided to turn the sound off my TV which I usually watch off/on while playing and not to look at lost hands and try to figure out what I coulda/woulda done had I stayed in. My room was very quiet and I could focus much better and will be keeping my fingers crossed that I have at least picked up one POSITIVE thing from the blog. Thanks to all that responded and I wish everyone the best on the felts. I slept like a baby last night thanks to you. Boston1993 & Billysea.
For weeks on end I have had no luck whatsoever on getting off the bottom of the game. Lose, lose, lose and usually the first to go out. I played what I thought were descent hands and sometimes even super hands simply to lose to a better hand. Several of the responses were super and the one that hit me the most was that some players play under different conditions. Quad tables, music, TV, talking on the phone, emailing chatting in the game, etc. Last night I played the The Firm Fiasco NL Hold'em game of 40 players and low and behold, I finished 3rd. I was also signed up for the Cardschat Freeroll @ 8pm and The Firm Fiasco was at 6pm. Since I usually lose out early in most of my games I deided to play it and then the Cardschat game afterwards. As time passed and I appeared to be playing above my head, the time was running out and getting closer to Cardschat. I slowed down on my good play worrying about it since at my age of 73 I simply can't play two games at once. I held the lead in Firm Fiasco for quite a while, but when the Freeroll jumped on the screen, I panicked somewhat and began losing chips. Finally I decided to drop the Cardschat off the screen until I finished Fiasco as it was one of the biggest chances I've had in quite a while to place in the money. I then began to slowly pick up chips and got onto the final table and was doing quite well until the players was down to 3. I knew I had done good for me in a 40 player field and unfortunately made a bad call and went out in third place as a money winner. I felt great doing that well.
The thing tha I picked up from the blog was very helpful in that I decided to turn the sound off my TV which I usually watch off/on while playing and not to look at lost hands and try to figure out what I coulda/woulda done had I stayed in. My room was very quiet and I could focus much better and will be keeping my fingers crossed that I have at least picked up one POSITIVE thing from the blog. Thanks to all that responded and I wish everyone the best on the felts. I slept like a baby last night thanks to you. Boston1993 & Billysea.
