Taking a break

[RED-DOG]

Luck is the only aspect of your game that you have no control over. I am bursting to post some bad beat stories but I'm not going to, because that would mean allowing myself the luxury blaming the one thing I cant change

I try to ask myself this one question, did I play it right? If I think the answer is yes then nothing else matters.

If the answer is no then I have something to work on

You have to get the whole "Luck" thing out of your head or it will destroy you

[matt674]

Luck is the only aspect of your game that you have no control over. I am bursting to post some bad beat stories but I'm not going to, because that would mean allowing myself the luxury blaming the one thing I cant change

I try to ask myself this one question, did I play it right? If I think the answer is yes then nothing else matters.

If the answer is no then I have something to work on

You have to get the whole "Luck" thing out of your head or it will destroy you

 

A professional player once wrote. "expert players do not rely on luck, they are at war with it. They use their skills to minimize luck as much as possible. They figure they're getting the best of it, and they leave the lucky draws to their weaker opponents. To the extent that they are getting the best of it, they will win more than they lose. Over the long run everybody gets the same proportion of good and bad cards, of winning and losing hands. Beginning poker players rely on big hands and lucky draws. Expert poker players use their skills to minimize their losses on the bad hands and maximize their profits on the big hands. They also are able to judge better than others when a big hand is not the best hand and when a small hand is the best hand."

[Heid]

Well, an interesting afternoon.

Thanks to some empathetic comments on this thread, and a rather interestingly worded PM from His Endness (may well follow that one up), I bucked up a bit, and qualified for the 15k Crypto tonight, and am within qualifying range for the 10k as well.

My best result for a while - a £50 value.

It's put a bit of a spring back into the old step.

Shows what a place this is

Heid
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[thetank]

sb. 150 into a 1250 pot. over 8/1 pot odds. Show me anyone who doesn't make the blinds up in that situation.

Me, I throw trash like that in the bin in a tournament with 20-1. Trouble hand, get rid!

[ericstoner]

My sentiments entirily, though, I might just call occasionaly,but the kicker is so bad and when the JQ come on the fop it opens so meny higher 2 pair possibilities, yuor bound to be up against it most times, do'nt be blinded by what he actually finished with, had you had caught trips, then played on in the same circumstances......now that would have been a bad beat.
Back to the books , especsaly the chapters about rubbish kickers.

[M3boy]

I used to make the same mistake,,, playing crap from the SB because "it was only 40 to call into a 500 pot" etc....

Trouble is, as pointed out by so many people, you will loose far more than you win. You also leave yourself open to "bad beats". For example, you have J4 and have 5 limpers infront of you so you limp as well from the SB. Flop comes J 2 4 - Hurray!! you think , and get excited over 2 pair. Trouble is, many players will not put down AJ , KJ, QJ etc... so you now have a situation where you may be outdrawn - hense the "bad beat" , but in my opinion, it isnt a "bad beat" as you should not of been in the pot with J 4.

How many times will you flop 2 pair, or trips??? NOT THAT OFTEN

How many times will you miss the flop completely? LOTS!!

So, GET RID OF IT. Simple

[bundle]

Luck is the only aspect of your game that you have no control over. I am bursting to post some bad beat stories but I'm not going to, because that would mean allowing myself the luxury blaming the one thing I cant change

I try to ask myself this one question, did I play it right? If I think the answer is yes then nothing else matters.

If the answer is no then I have something to work on

You have to get the whole "Luck" thing out of your head or it will destroy you

You always seem to make the most sense with your post's, a natural at writting.

I do ask myself did i play it right, the hand with the guy playing T4 is no, i didn't play it right, it could have been the set i was up against, so that was a bad call.

To be honest my game had started to get really weak, does he have 2 pair??? has he flopped the set?. I was trying to play smart and lay down when i was behind and not to chase, only to find out after someone else calls him that i was way ahead of them both, this really started getting to me.

 busting out on the bubble in the tourney  i was the short stack and had to make a move, and i was BB with 55.... 1 limper SB didn't make up, so I dump it all in, CALL A8  hits the 8 gone . i can live with that.

anyway it's time for me to look at my game.  I think a break will do me the world of good.

g/l to all you players