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JohnWillow
Rising Star
Bronze Level
four things first and most important was sick a long time played with annie duke howard lederer and others at night online at times they helped and taught me limit. This helped incredibly on patience!! Especially when played my first live tourney and had to wait for hours for hands it seemed lol and how slow was dealt am used to playing four rooms at a time lol.
Second is part of same thing and patience is key im a tourney player so knowing I cannot win in the first hour lets me throw out garbage hands unless im on a rush and hitting everything
Third be unpredictable the biggest compliment I feel I get is in tourneys where guys will say I have no idea what he had a lot of times I actually tell themIf I bet and confuse people I am doing well. So change your betting habits sometimes limping is ok even with aces against certain opponents. So you got to mix it up at times.
Fourth and probably most important to me is dont be afraid to lose. Feel you will win if is jacks or aces and if lose just move on. I dont tilt. I have lost too much and too many ways to go on tilt. I have played enough hands of cards where bad beats are a whatever honestly. Sure if is a big event and it happens is crushing for all of seconds but im usually playing somewhere else too and 2.00 win works too lol.
I think attitude is everything I think I am a better player than you maybe I am not but firmly believe it and in time even if not better good enough that will make my way. No fear I guess of loss it makes it simpler so just have it to do.
I make misreads I make bad plays but not often imho. Sometimes know am not gonna win so take chances probably shouldnt but if lose daily for a few days which im going through and know still playing well just being seriously unlucky.
Case in point yesterday nice tourney nutted str8 on flop went all in called guy hits str8 flush on river with his hand cant blame him but also know poker is a cycle and yep what happened did happen but in time some day maybe not today or tomorrow that hand holds up I get the chip lead I do some damage
Is all good for me I play for the love of it the money will come it has in the past.
I feel like this is the best answer for me, how I need to be in poker tables, cause a lot of times there is like when river got me, and then I start to be angry and very often I want to get those loose chips back, but loose even more in like 5 hands after... I think I can learn to manage that only, when i'm practicing, practicing more and more.
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kidor
Rising Star
Bronze Level
PapaC
Legend
Silver Level
In the past, I thought all in was the way to take pots, and as a result I lost a lot of money to better hands or suck outs. Today I know that a 3 bet is more effective, because if a player is going to call, he will call with what he has no matter. Therefore, I'm seeing the flop, turn, or river for less, and I can get away from the hand if need be without losing my whole stack. But I also have learned from you all that tight play and aggressive play go hand in hand in the course of any game. You just got to know when to use each. Position plays a big part in knowing when and where to use these. I did not just figure this out. I was told to do it and it works.