Hand advice needed

[AdamM]

wow, never played at all before? where is this game and how much will the buy in cost me.

[stewart]

i think about 90% of players kick off to a winning start when i first started i made the final the first 10x i played winning 3 of them, didnt know about deals then so when someone asked i just said no tkx lol

since then was hooked didnt win for about 3 months after that, now i have are fairly useful record 1-3 final tables of them 1-3 wins not to good im trying to imrpove everyday, and i do deals now 

[tikay]

I remember my first tourney too, a 20 comp. I Bubbled.

But my game has come on a treat since then - I have graduated, in stages, to Bubbling in MUCH better and more expensive Tourneys these days.

There must be a level at which I can do better. Horse Racing punters will know of some horses that, say, find 7f too short, & a mile too long. And dogs ditto at 400 metres & 450 metres. I'm the poker equivelant I think.

[redsimon]

First time I played live (Gala Notts) Finished 2nd for 1000 in a 30 comp. Probably did so well down to nerves and newness. No one could get a read I guess!

I do remember not knowing you could add on, so it only cost me 30 all night.

[Maroon]

Hmmm.....if most of us earnt more money when we knew less, what's the point of learning more?

[Newportlad]

Now that is a very good question...

[ACE2M]

i earn far more money now. After my intial success i spent 3 years filling other peoples pockets with my cash. Although i did bust ian dobson in a 3000 cash pot in those three years that was pretty sweet. reckon i lost ten times that overall though. Learning the hard way as they say.

[snoopy1239]

I feel I'm in the minority here, but I got nowhere on my first effort. 

[TightEnd]

I couldn't believe it, I finalled in my first live competition (10 rookie night) on a Tuesday and loved it so much I went and played the 250 freezeout on the Friday and finalled there too, on  a table of players who would have completely intimidated me by their reputation if i'd known then who they were.

It was funny, just before the final I overheard two of the other finallists discussing the make up of the final table and both agreed they had never seen me before but I was obviously experienced because I was so unfazed by the table banter and aggression. In reality I was rigid with nerves and just trying to keep my breathing under control!!!

I then spent four months without getting within spitting distance of the money in live comps, but learning a lot!!! 

[Maroon]

Definately a pattern emerging here. 

I can see my new book now..."Play poker like the amateurs!" by Lee 'the poker numpty' Maroon, Jr. 

[RyG]

I also finalled in my first live tournament, having said that i remember managing to have pocket pairs hold up agst overcards, something that doesnt seem to happen to me as much these days when i really need them to!! seem to always lose these coin flips down the business end of live tournaments, and thats where u really need to win them.

I guess as a newcomer to the game u probably play much more tight and in these rebuy tournaments if u catch cards people will pay u off with bottom pair etc chasing a trips or two pair of something daft.. guess ur proly more patient too

Ry

[Sunday8pm]

dont worry snoopy im in the same band as you.....

my first live comp ever was a 30 rebuy at yarmouth about a year ago, there was about 35 runners i think. The prize pool was still huge as the players are quite loose there and its not uncommon for a few guys to have 10 rebuys!

anyway about an hour in i found myself and Coca919 who is also on blonde sitting next to each other, at first i thought this would be good but it turned out not to be.....

i had the chiplead at this point and was very excited as first was around 1500, a lot of dollar!

next to me Coca919 is the second chipleader, so we're both thinking "right we're in for a big payday here".

little was i to know the little B****rd would badly beat me for a HUGE pot.

im in BB with 22 (not great i know, but it was still early in my poker career!) and a middle position player who regularly shouts "chips" during the rebuy period made it 4x BB

Coca919 in sb flat calls and so do i.

FLOP    A   J    2

coca checks, i check (with trips), and loosey goosey fancies it and pushes his stack in (his stack was about a 1/4 of mine) and coca flat calls in the SB, i say to my dear friend "im all in mate" furiously trying to wink at him to tell him look dont call i have you beat.

To my surprise he says "ive got to call", so im like ok then if you fancy it. So we're 3 way all in. A HUGE side pot of between me and coca (about 22000 and the main pot with about 8000), seeing as starting chips are 1500 thats quite a lot still in the rebuy period.

Loosey Goosey flips over KQ for a gutshot draw and Coca919 flips over AT   .

I look at the board and it takes me 5 seconds to realise that the only card i dont want to see is a 10

low and behold the turn is a T, im thinking lucky fu** to the guy whos hit his gutshot. yet still im not that pissed off because ive got the side pot.........NO I HAVENT

River T makes Coca full house AATTT and my full house 222TT is beaten so coca take massive pot of 30000 in remarkable fashion and said in a slightly agressive tone of voice "you owe me a drink". I went all in with JT offsuit next hand for 2000 chips and got done by AK fair play. I was on TILT!

Coca went on to finish 2nd and to his credit he gave me 50 of the 800 he took!

Pokers a funny old game!

[RyG]

since when do u have to call with top pair and marginal kicker?

[Sunday8pm]

thats exactly the words which came out my my mouth RyG!