RationalMadman Tip of the Day: DO NOT ZYNGA

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Zynga poker is alright for Turbo SnG training. For cash games it isn't good for 2 reasons:

Firstly, multi-tabling is physically impossible. The software literally only allows single tabling and you should be 3-4 tabling (not more not less) for true efficiency in cash games depending on how awake/alert you are feeling.

Second of all, the tables don't train you for real tables because they hide the population of tables on the lobby screen so tables don't fill. In other words, people have to randomly enter tables of size 0 or 5 (not 6, 5) and this means very often 9-max tables are really played as 6-max and 5-max are really 3-max or headsup flop shows in most hands you will play on them.

Last but not least, if you choose 'normal speed' instead of 'fast' it's unberable when people go AFK because it doesn't time them out properly, they just stay there timing out over and over.
 
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You really think people needed to be told that Zynga is not a good option for learning to play? Really?

LOL
 
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over/under on how many days until Rational Madman receives a ban?

Put it at 5 days
 
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i`ll take the under:)
 
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I've played zynga poker for a few years. I built a bankroll of 1 billion chips then I got bored and went to pokerstars to play for money))
 
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over/under on how many days until Rational Madman receives a ban?

Put it at 5 days

I guess the under is taken, but I don't feel good about the over. When he gets banned we should compile a thread of all his awesome advice. LOL It will make for great reads.

Stuff like:
* Don't table select
* No wait, don't pick a table of all pros
* Mostly limp preflop
* Fold the third nuts against fish, wait for the pure nuts
* Shorthanded tables are bad because you have to play more hands
* Tournaments are bad because changing stack dynamics confuse me
* etc.
 
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I guess the under is taken, but I don't feel good about the over. When he gets banned we should compile a thread of all his awesome advice. LOL It will make for great reads.

Stuff like:
* Don't table select
* No wait, don't pick a table of all pros
* Mostly limp preflop
* Fold the third nuts against fish, wait for the pure nuts
* Shorthanded tables are bad because you have to play more hands
* Tournaments are bad because changing stack dynamics confuse me
* etc.


this pretty much sums it up :D

I'd like to add one though

* Position is not important at all
 
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lol, oh yeah. Position doesn't matter. There are even more than this though. I know we are missing a bunch. Like how to handle multi-tablers, how many tables you can play before you can't think, how knowing the odds of specific cards being in an opponent's range is not useful, ... God, I could go on forever!
 
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lol, oh yeah. Position doesn't matter. There are even more than this though. I know we are missing a bunch. Like how to handle multi-tablers, how many tables you can play before you can't think, how knowing the odds of specific cards being in an opponent's range is not useful, ... God, I could go on forever!
I can know your range is looser than mine but I will not let you make me play looser as a result (in tournaments I will loosen up if it is late and you are being loose but not in cash game).
 
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