sSAINTSs
Rock Star
Silver Level
Win you are strong play weak. Win you are weak play strong.
I take 1wk breaks.
Win I am playing it consumes me.
I will dream about poker.
There are no bad players, Just unlucky ones. LoL
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Roockie4Life
Enthusiast
Silver Level
If you play for fun, why would you stop when you are making profit?
I've been playing live pokertourneys just for fun with friends. 10$ buy-in
I consider it as a night of fun with friends. If i go to a bar or pub, it costs me more than $10
my advise to someone who's new to poker: DON'T play medium strength hands early on in a MTT or SnG. Play your strong hands to maximise early profit and don't bluff early on.
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PokerNuts01
Legend
Silver Level
?? I always respect my opponents, not only in poker! I respect them but I'm not afraid!
thetick33
Legend
Silver Level
play for your reason highest is you love it not for anything more or less. Never play for anything that can hurt you so dont throw the baby out with the bathwater or the rent money out to play a game.
If you decide this is your profession or is part of a profession etc.. treat it as such I have graphs microsoft office excel word break downs I know when games play and when I will play I plan everything. I take notes on everything.
This is my job cause im disabled. Yet for now im playing for fun and i still go every measure breaking down the games the opponents time pay outs whole nine yards.
Biggest advice is simple be open to change be open to always learn and strategize and listen to others and watch others. The wheel wasnt invented in a day or a lightbulb neither is your poker career. This is for anyone even including guys and gals that dont think of it as a profession and just freeroll or play for fun and kicks.
Never be afraid own the table if when can push when can. Trap when can and always work on out thinking everyone at your table.
gl gl gl
If you decide this is your profession or is part of a profession etc.. treat it as such I have graphs microsoft office excel word break downs I know when games play and when I will play I plan everything. I take notes on everything.
This is my job cause im disabled. Yet for now im playing for fun and i still go every measure breaking down the games the opponents time pay outs whole nine yards.
Biggest advice is simple be open to change be open to always learn and strategize and listen to others and watch others. The wheel wasnt invented in a day or a lightbulb neither is your poker career. This is for anyone even including guys and gals that dont think of it as a profession and just freeroll or play for fun and kicks.
Never be afraid own the table if when can push when can. Trap when can and always work on out thinking everyone at your table.
gl gl gl
PokerNuts01
Legend
Silver Level
Thanks for the good advice.. Gl u2
QPR Fan
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Advice
First off, this is my first post so I hope I'm doing this correctly & posting to the "share your advice" thread. I am planning on making a few posts on what I worked on to be relatively successful.
Next, I think it would be important to briefly share my experience. I've been playing regularly since 1993. I was a dreadful player for 10 years playing 7 stud & limit holdem. It was in 2004 I decided to take it seriously & focus on learning the game. 2005 & 2006 I was still a loser, but not nearly as bad. 2007 was my first winning year & I've had winning years every year since. I would estimate 80% of the hands I've played are in limit holdem, mostly between $10/$20 & $20/$40. The past few years however, I have been working on NL holdem & limit Omaha H/L, mainly because of the slow death of profitable mid-limit holdem games.
The first topic I'd like to share is record keeping. The first 10 years I was purely a recreational player, as almost all poker players are. Very few play for a living. During that 10 year stint, I kept no records even though I was playing 2-3 times per week totaling perhaps 15 hrs/week. This may not seem like much, but when you're learning or a consistent losing player like I was, your losses add up quickly, even at lower stakes. Sometime in 2003 I started playing online, accelerating my loss rate. Because online deposits are recorded it was then when I could actually see how much I was losing playing cards.
After that realization, I decided 2 things. One, learn how to play! Two, write EVERYTHING down. So I went to the store and I bought a record keeping book. When I went to the casino to play I recorded the location, actual time, game type, start time, finish time, buy in, rebuys & final results. I did the same when I played online, although a few years later I kept separate books for statistical reasons. This was a poker lifesaver for me!
At that point in my poker career it was the overall win/loss money amounts I was concerned with. But as I got better, it provided other statistics that proved very valuable like hourly w/l rates, results by location & variance swings.
But for newer players reading this or anyone not currently keeping records, I strongly recommend starting today! I now use an iphone App called Poker Journal. I think I paid $10 for it, but there is also a free one plus many others available you may like better. It's very simple to use and as I'm sitting down for a session, I input the info right then before taking a hand. You will be able to view many different reports that I promise will prove valuable to your game.
Everyone (should) understand how discipline your play must be to be successful. But discipline doesn't start and stop with game play. Everything you do regarding poker requires discipline, including record keeping.
I hope this post, as long winded as it is (sorry) proves to be valuable to some of you. I look forward to interacting with the members of this forum.
Cheers, Rob
First off, this is my first post so I hope I'm doing this correctly & posting to the "share your advice" thread. I am planning on making a few posts on what I worked on to be relatively successful.
Next, I think it would be important to briefly share my experience. I've been playing regularly since 1993. I was a dreadful player for 10 years playing 7 stud & limit holdem. It was in 2004 I decided to take it seriously & focus on learning the game. 2005 & 2006 I was still a loser, but not nearly as bad. 2007 was my first winning year & I've had winning years every year since. I would estimate 80% of the hands I've played are in limit holdem, mostly between $10/$20 & $20/$40. The past few years however, I have been working on NL holdem & limit Omaha H/L, mainly because of the slow death of profitable mid-limit holdem games.
The first topic I'd like to share is record keeping. The first 10 years I was purely a recreational player, as almost all poker players are. Very few play for a living. During that 10 year stint, I kept no records even though I was playing 2-3 times per week totaling perhaps 15 hrs/week. This may not seem like much, but when you're learning or a consistent losing player like I was, your losses add up quickly, even at lower stakes. Sometime in 2003 I started playing online, accelerating my loss rate. Because online deposits are recorded it was then when I could actually see how much I was losing playing cards.
After that realization, I decided 2 things. One, learn how to play! Two, write EVERYTHING down. So I went to the store and I bought a record keeping book. When I went to the casino to play I recorded the location, actual time, game type, start time, finish time, buy in, rebuys & final results. I did the same when I played online, although a few years later I kept separate books for statistical reasons. This was a poker lifesaver for me!
At that point in my poker career it was the overall win/loss money amounts I was concerned with. But as I got better, it provided other statistics that proved very valuable like hourly w/l rates, results by location & variance swings.
But for newer players reading this or anyone not currently keeping records, I strongly recommend starting today! I now use an iphone App called Poker Journal. I think I paid $10 for it, but there is also a free one plus many others available you may like better. It's very simple to use and as I'm sitting down for a session, I input the info right then before taking a hand. You will be able to view many different reports that I promise will prove valuable to your game.
Everyone (should) understand how discipline your play must be to be successful. But discipline doesn't start and stop with game play. Everything you do regarding poker requires discipline, including record keeping.
I hope this post, as long winded as it is (sorry) proves to be valuable to some of you. I look forward to interacting with the members of this forum.
Cheers, Rob
blanktheman
Visionary
Silver Level
Best advice i can give is know when to fold. I said on another post i had to fold a pocket Aces because i knew the other players had a better hand than I did. If you win a big pot and get excited, sit out till you have calmed down and can play again. Don't play for 2 or 3 hands afterwards.
10058765
Legend
Loyaler
Search for me at a cashtable....
nutthink
Visionary
Silver Level
UTG you have 28o you have to fold dont risk your chip and hope you floop a full house its hard to win with that hand without bluff skill and also dont call all in with 28o in any position bcouse maybe your opponent have AA,KK,QQ..
