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Scaryzerg

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Just a general question, What do you guys think is the biggest mistake that you guys made early on in your learning stages and how did you fix it?
 
CAMurray

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Bank Roll Management, hands down

Until you feel the sting of not sticking to whichever limits youll eventually set for yourself, its tough not to prematurely grow your limits.

Eventually everybody either learns this valuable lesson or gets themselves into what I think of as the "loosing rut". Playing infrequently and often scared, which is no way to enjoy this game.

Once your able to build your BR the right way & play when you feel the urge, you can (not will, but possibly can), become profitable.

But without roll management, NOBODY, will get there.

In the name of the father, the son, and the favorable flop, amen.

:deal:

BTW, what you read above, would be totally worth the price of membership if CC were to charge it.

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Bank roll management is sure very important, coz its the most elusive, but also your ego, getting at a certain level where u are comfy with your game and you think u know everythin there is to know about this game, BIG BIG BIG mistake, u are always learning, this game doesnt stop to evolve, there are always guys who think of new ways to beat players, so u always have new thing to see new plays to play.
 
Shumkoolie

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I wouldn't say this is necessarily a mistake, but more an evolution in my game.....and that is not being aggressive enough. I was not taking the lead in spots where I take the lead now. As I played more, I worked on picking spots where being aggressive would pay off.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Here's a situation from the Full Tilt freeroll from the previous Sunday (Feb. 21st).

We were three handed, and I had the chip lead. I might have been the small blind at the time but the button (2nd in chips folded), and I had pocket 6's in the SB with the short stack in the big blind. I made up my mind that if the button folded, I was going to shove for a couple of reasons.
1. My hand stands to be ahead of the short stack's range in that spot and I would rather shove than call with that hand.
2. Even if I lost the hand, and became the shortest stack, I was still in fine position to chip my way back into it. I had already done so previously so I had the mindset that I could afford it. If I won, I was going into heads-up with a big chip lead and liking my chances to win.

As it turned out, the BB called with pocket 3's, my hand held and I got to heads-up, which I eventually won. I wouldn't have played my hand the same way in the past, but seeing the bigger picture and understanding the table dynamic, I calculated that my play there was optimal.

Again though, sometimes that doesn't work out. Of course, I'm always trying to figure out ways to improve my game, which is something we all really should do as nobody ever REALLY masters this game.

Good luck at the tables.
 
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It's all about mindset. You don't have to be a great player at the beginning of playing poker, to be a winning player. You can play simple ABC poker and have some succes. Mindset is the most important thing to learn.
 
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bankroll managment,I'm still unexperienced in this field and I need to improve knowledge of that.And I was playing a wide range of cards at the beggining, now I tightened up and my game is more effective
 
MediaBLITZ

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BRM

Playing too many hands

Not understanding why and how position is important

Unwilling to lay down big hands
 
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