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gunzblazin0
Rising Star
Bronze Level
OK so to start I will say that I have only been playing online for 6 weeks so maybe these lessons are all too familiar to the grizzled veterans amongst us. Nonetheless I shall share a few thoughts on things I have learned from the lower stakes tourneys I have played in, or as I consider it, Da hood.
As Thomas Edison said " I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work"
#1 no matter how focused you think you are, playing with your four kids, the wife, the dog, and American Idol blasting in the background only leads to one thing..... calling all in with TT against a TAG player who has you covered three spots from ITM. Can you guess the outcome?????
#2 Tilt is not always as obvious as you think!!!! After a bad beat it can make you think ...NO BELIEVE...that there is no way on earth that guy just flopped trips with pocket 8s 2 hands in a row!!!! you shove with your weak A a second time...Can you guess the outcome????
#3 AK AQ and especially AJ AT are just a couple of pretty cards...no matter how bad you want them to be an unstoppable pair.....they just aren't a pair...not now not never....now way no how....so calling the chip leaders all in can lead to???? can you guess the outcome????
#4 Although you have made the final table 6 times and even won twice, and banked about 600.00 in 3 weeks.... you are not able to simply will the cards to your whim.....so check your ego, play the board as it sits, and for god's sake man....don't be afraid to throw down AK, KK, or whatever you think is unbeatable, if it may mean your tournament life, and wait for a better opportunity when YOU have fold equity, YOU are the chip leader, YOU have the position.....then you may not have to guess the outcome, you'll know it.
Thanks to all of you who have helped me become a better player, hopefully these few things can help someone who like me struggles with the obvious sometimes.....
As Thomas Edison said " I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work"
#1 no matter how focused you think you are, playing with your four kids, the wife, the dog, and American Idol blasting in the background only leads to one thing..... calling all in with TT against a TAG player who has you covered three spots from ITM. Can you guess the outcome?????
#2 Tilt is not always as obvious as you think!!!! After a bad beat it can make you think ...NO BELIEVE...that there is no way on earth that guy just flopped trips with pocket 8s 2 hands in a row!!!! you shove with your weak A a second time...Can you guess the outcome????
#3 AK AQ and especially AJ AT are just a couple of pretty cards...no matter how bad you want them to be an unstoppable pair.....they just aren't a pair...not now not never....now way no how....so calling the chip leaders all in can lead to???? can you guess the outcome????
#4 Although you have made the final table 6 times and even won twice, and banked about 600.00 in 3 weeks.... you are not able to simply will the cards to your whim.....so check your ego, play the board as it sits, and for god's sake man....don't be afraid to throw down AK, KK, or whatever you think is unbeatable, if it may mean your tournament life, and wait for a better opportunity when YOU have fold equity, YOU are the chip leader, YOU have the position.....then you may not have to guess the outcome, you'll know it.
Thanks to all of you who have helped me become a better player, hopefully these few things can help someone who like me struggles with the obvious sometimes.....