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- Taking a break was good for my poker soul
I just played my first two sessions since taking a 6 week break from poker. I began playing seriously about a year and a half ago, and had an up and down first year at low levels. I had plenty of success before I had a significant breakdown in success that started in February or so. I was so frustrated...
- How much do you drink when you play?
Most of my online play is in the evenings when the family is off to bed. This is my personal wind-down from the day time which involves one to three beers or the equal. Since it has been shown that drinkers don't know how impaired they are when driving I assume that the same is true for playing poker....
- Rock Paper Scissors Strategy (Just made me think)
My girlfriend found this a few days ago and though it was quite funny, but from a psychology perspective I found it interesting. Since it’s very much a game of knowing your opponent, being able to understand their mindset so that you can predict their actions or even better influence them.
Rock Paper...
- The losing game
I'm writing this post/article in direct response to a post where MrDarling asked me to write something about how to approach cash games in order to win/avoid losing.
This is a generalized post on the subject, and I won't dvelve into specifics, but merely seek to address points that are generally misconceived...
- Bluffing or good hands when becoming nervous?
I was wondering something. In alot of poker articles they tell you people generaly have good hands if they are nervous. If they start breathing deeply and their heartbeat rises they probably hold excellent cards.
When I look at myself, I find the complete opposite. Atleast in the beginning, I was...
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- putting opponents on tilt
Getting your opponent to do really stupid shit is probably one of the best ways to make money in poker. Tilted opponenest spew chips all over the place.
Tony G is probably the best person in the world at tilting his opponents, he's a massive dick, this clip is a prime example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvCn_KbLpLY
I...
- Strategy disagreement
my father and i have been argueing for the past half hour about a certain strategy and he suggested i ask more advanced poker players for their opinion, if most side with me then he'll accept that i was right.
so for example, i would be playing tight agressive, and only playing very good hands and...
- Simple Question
This is a simple question, maybe requiring a long answer. What's the key to being aggressive without being loose?
i.e. Aggressive players generally win, loose players generally lose. Aggressive players know when to raise a second best hand, while loose players call rags hoping a bluff will win them...
- My Biggest Leak
I don't think it makes a big difference if you play A-10 suited three times out of 10 or five times out of 12 in early position, or drive yourself crazy with the exact odds on about a hundred other recommended strategies. In the long run, it comes down to knowing when to call, bet or raise with less...
- Bluffing 101
Bluffing 101
I decided to write a little 101 on bluffing, be welcome to criticize. Its intended towards NL cash games on low/medium stakes, but at the end is a small addon for FL and tourneys. Its a long read.
First some simple Q/A.
1. Why do we bluff?
Simple, like anything else in poker we...
- Why do i react the way i do?
This is something that is really getting on my wick at the mo.
I've been playing poker for around 5yrs and I've been playing about 10hrs per week online for about 4years. Due to time straints, I only play 10 seater cash games and 10 seater single table Sng's.
However, I'm going through a phase...
- How To Handle Bluffers - Help!
Maybe someone can explain the math to me. You have a guy who raises before every flop, and bets after every flop. It doesn't seem to matter what he has in his hand. Heads up, he kills me every time.
Why? Because I do what the books tell me to do against a bluffer: play tight, bet what you have, and...
- When the Rush is Over
I had a real Jamie Gold week last week. I was up $300 at $1/$2 FL ring because absolutely everything worked. Lots and lots of good starting cards, big draws were coming in on big pots, top pairs were holding up, I was flopping sets with wild abandon, there were lots of fish, everything just came together.
And...
- Ok, I need some strategy ideas
This friend I play poker with almost every weekend, is an extremely loose player. He doesn't raise much, but instead, he calls literally any two cards pre-flop, even with a small raise, without a decent sized chip stack. In fact, during our cash games, he won't even look at his cards pre-flop and he...
- Really starting to hate this game
Anyone have time for a story... ?
So I'm fairly new to this game called Texas Hold 'Em. Growing up I played poker with Dad and the brothers, and a couple of years ago I started watching Hold 'Em on TV. So I signed up at an online poker site, and killed the play money tables.
One day I decided...
- can you be good at online poker if you dont think it's fun
i know i can't....online is boring as shit, everytime i play it seeems like i cant motivate myself to really think. i also tilt like a mad man when i lose online
- Catch Poker Tells of Poor Players
I cannot believe that this forum has hardly no postings on tells?? Whats up with that?? I have been playing for a few years and had to learn the hard way to pick up tells then read books to look for tells. Let me tell you- the first time you catch a full blown tell on a bluffing player is the best...
- Chasing
Was this the wrong thing to do?
I was in a tourney tonight at PokerStars, in which I didn't to so well because I may have screwed up. I got knocked out 30 minutes into the tourney because I may have done something that maybe I shouldn't have done. In my last hand, I was dealt an As 10s. On the flop...
- Curing a Dangerous Stubborn Streak
Need some advice on dealing with a leak in my game. I like to think I'm a pretty decent journyman limit ring player and I win consistently. But I lost a lot of money relative to the stakes I play last week and half of the losses were directly attributable to a problem I've noticed in my play before,...
- How to stop playing too much?
For the past 5 attempts at making some cash at online poker i have started well and then gone down hill. I can't work out why this is. The first 3 times i lost my deposit, the 4th time i got it back and the 5th time i made small change, like 12 pounds or something.
What i want to know is how you guys...
- list your best tells..
I'm new at this forum and i think tells are a very important part of poker. at weak tables it makes all the difference, but i wanted to make a list of all possible poker tells which you have picked up over playing. I intend to print this off and study it...
Sum tells which i have come apon playing are.
-staring...
- Reading Weak Opponents
What are some key things to look for when trying to read an unexperienced loose opponent. Just like in a weekly game with your friends
- Betting patterns
the biggest tell that i alwasy try to pick up on is the betting patterns. all i ever do is try to determne whether they're either trying to take the pot right there or try to build the pot.
- Losing Confidence
Well June was a nightmare. For those who haven't seen it before I play 0.50/1.00 fixed limit ring. Month started out with a meteroic week where I went up $130. Wow!! But the rest of the month was an unremitting tailspin that ended up with me down $120 from my starting level. Ouch.
I'm tempted...
- best professionals at readin
I was just curious to see who you guys thought were the best professionals at reading people.
Mike Caro is a popular answer but I seen Jennifer Harmon make incredible reads. Negraneau is pretty good too.
So what do you think? or on the flip side who are the worst at reading people? I think Jesus,...
- Good bluffing strategies
The best bluffing strategy, is not to bluff.
otherwise, I haven't been able to develop a logical strategy behind it, besides the obvious. str8's, flushes.
I never bluff. Remember that if you see me on PS.
- unlucky or bad played?
I was extremely bad beaten and I don't know what I did wrong...
Blinds were (after currency change) about 10/20 dollars...
my hand: 6 8 suited. I called preflop the 20 dollars.
someone reraised it to 80 dollars ! I called because of if I get "the hand" I am lucky... I could afford...
- Calling EVERY Hand
I have encountered two players in the past week at online low fixed limit who called every hand for over an hour each (two different games). No matter what the raise, including one who called capped betting with 7-2 offsuit (and the bastard won it).
Is there some psychology or theory driving these...
- Online Tells
Sure there are a handful of books out there on ready tells, but those all assume a live game.
Does anyone have any idea how to read tells when playing online? I've thought about this quite a bit, and can only come up with reaction time as an online tell. Since alot of these online poker rooms have...
- Preflop raises
I am a beginner at poker (Texas Holdem) or student of and have only played online for one year and offline for three years. I have total different playing styles between online and offline I have found that online players are looser with their money (chips) than offline players and play more rags than...
- 6 fastest ways to the poorhouse
Follow this advice, and your bankroll will be zero in no time at all:
http://www.pokerlistings.com/online-tells
The Most Common Online Tells
Online tells are almost always related to the speed with which an opponent acts. For example, online it is possible to use the "in turn" buttons or you...
- Whats the most accurate tell?
What is the most accurate tell - Something you can really count on when you need to make a key read.
- Tight, playing extremely aggresive
A couple of weeks ago me and a couple of friends have started a weekly poker game. So we are all new to poker and are learning. We play a $5 tournament, texas no limit. This one guy who plays is really aggresive. He often bets before seeing his cards, or just bets high after seeing his cards. Since I...
- Quick Question RE:Bluffing and pot size...
I find this happens a lot in passive games (low limit S&G). I have a free ride in the BB with 74 or something, 3 limpers, flop comes KK7.
I love bluffing when the board is paired. I found it works about 70% of the time and even when it doesn't at least you can be reasonably sure you're beat...
- George Castanza on "bluffing"
"It's not a lie.... if YOU believe it."
What did he mean by this and how does it apply to bluffing in poker?
Lets say you've got AA and the flop comes AAK or something like that. When you first see your hole cards and when you first see the flop, do everything in your power to convince yourself...
- Need to learn to bluff?
I consider myself a very tight player I don't seem to bluff, I'll chase the occasional flush or straight but besides that I usually stick to solid hands. The guys I usually play are starting to catch on, therefore when they see me raise they know whats going on. I guess this gives me the upperhand...
- Different reason for wearin sunglasses
I have never worn sunglasses at a table before because i want to be able to hide my tells without them, but I have noticed recently that when i start staring at people during the hands they will start acting differently and they will try and throw out more false tells, so I was thinking about wearing...
- Tells Tells Tells
It seems to me that too many people look for obvious tell. Most good players aviod tell like shaking hands or the stare down. But there are times when I can tell without knowing exactly why, I guy is bluffing or not.
Most of these are friends of mine that I've been playing for a while but if you...
- "Im All In" Chip placement?
Lately, whenever I play I concentrate 100% more on the oppenents actions every hand. I use to notice the major tells that everyone knows, but know I can find the minor tells that give me the edge. One that I've seen quite a bit that works with everyone is going all in, what they do with their chips....
Example...
- For those who think bluffing at limit is a waste...
This is rapidly becoming my favorite section of the forum. :lol:
1/2 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Wed Jan 12 22:18:26 EST 2005
Table Pokers Angels (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: vhuntd ( $48)
Seat 2: SeanNJ ( $30.62)
Seat 3: YettiPike1 ( $48.5)
Seat...
- How do I calm myself down?
Whenever I get a good hand, I guess my fight or flight kicks in, and I get really nervous. The blood vessell that goes up my neck starts pulsating and any of the players can see this.
Is there anything that you can think about or do in order to not stress out? or is this just something that I should...
- This is how you set up a bluff!
Hand before the bluff
Player A wins a monster pot, mostly of Player B's chips. Player A has a stack of about 29 bucks, and Player B a stack of 10 bucks.
In the hand, Player A showed a set of 5's, hitting it on the turn when he had low pair of 5's on the flop and called 3 bucks. He is very agressive,...
- aggressive calling
One of my favorite bluffs as of late to make is with an aggressive call. For example, last night in a $5 home tournament i got 5 8 :diamond: in late position. I limped in and then a conservative player behind me raised about 1/6 of his chips. Having the chip lead at the time and knowing that he most...
- Annie Duke on Discovery channel show
I was flipping through the channels and saw Annie Duke so I stopped to see what it was. It's that show on the Discovery channel called More Than Human (I think). It was about lying. They had 3 experts come in to figure out when people are lying or not and they put them up against high tech lie detector...
- The "quick sip"?
Here's something I notice frequently while playing in a bar. Someone bets (usually a pretty substantial bet) and then almost immediately takes a drink from his beer. The drinking of the beer happens so soon after the bet that it seems like just another step in the betting process.
I am convinced...
- Bluffing works at micro-limits?
I was very surprised to see people fold on the turn to me at the micro-limits.
One time, I had AK and the flop came three diamonds and it was checked to me, 2 players before me. Not having a diamond in my hand, I still bet it out, one caller. Turn came a blank, I bet with Ace high, and the guy folds....
- Can't Bluff an Uneducated Opponent
If your opponent doesn't know the tactic, don't bother trying a bluff with it.
***** Hand History for Game 1381068719 *****
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0.5/1 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Sun Jan 02 17:07:13 EST 2005
Table Pandorai's Box (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players...
- Caro's Tells Videos
i found that site on 2+2 forums, it has a LOT of videos of tells with caro's comments. i found that really interesting...take a look if you want poker1.com/mcu/mculib_video.asp
- SUNGLASSES FOR THE BLIND
I want to hear from others about this phenomenon of sunglasses and hats at poker tables. Do you actually wear these things- sure they look cool and I've heard that with some players it puts them "In the ZONE." But, I feel comfortable in saying without any scientific census evidence that 99% of players...
- TELLS BLAH
i've read several articles now and talked to several people on different boards, and most seem to think that tells are a waste of time in real life...i beg to differ, SOMEtimes i can figure out who's bluffin me or not, but not for the most part i can't, is it an aquired art, i haven't noticied any patterns...
- betting patterns
When I am looking for body language tells with the people I play with, it seems like it varies from person to person, and I would always get into trouble because I would get tells from similar players mixed up and make the wrong move. So I think the one tell that is the most concrete against, beginner...
- The preflop bluff
I am a very tight conservative type player that usually only raises on bigger pocket pairs or a couple of high cards. This is the kinda bluff that plays off reputation. If I am in late position and i get low connectors or my personal favorite 8 4, I will raise the pot size. Most of the time I just take...
- Call-Bet in FL
howzit mentioned this in some other thread. I've been using for a couple weeks now and it's great. The idea is check-call on the flop from EP, and bet the turn reguardless of what it is. The best way to bluff in FL is not to just pound the bet/raise button and hope everyone else folds. The best bluffs...
- What are some tells to look for?
Thus far, I haven't really known what to look for, and I wondered if you could give me some advice on tells.
Thanks,
Dave
- NL Bluffing
Anyone care to give any tips about the art of bluffing in No Limit Hold'em. I mean when to bluff, when not to, or when to realize that your bluff wont work. I guess this can also include reading your opponent.
Please Respond.
- Poker psychology
Ran across this and thought it'd make good fodder for discussion.
Dr. Alan Schoonmaker wrote in The Psychology of Poker that psych tests have shown there are two occupations in which the "players" are tight/aggressive: police officers and fighter pilots.
Now, discuss. :)
- Sitting at a New Table
Questions on sitting at a table full of people you don't know...
Do you actively search for certain habits/patterns right off or just sit back and let things present themselves throughout the course of the game?
If 'both', then what do you search for and what do you no think about until it happens?
If...
- the best way to figure out your own tells.
I had recently watched the Phil Hellmuth video and got one valuable tip from it. Bluff early on in the game and remeber everything about that bluffing hand. And if you play with a couple of people that can get a read on someone then your home free. So remember bluff early in the game and then when...
- The Semi Bluff
The following is an example of a decently executed semi bluff.......
PokerStars Game #756672621: Tournament #2876132, Hold'em No Limit -
Level III (25/50) - 2004/10/09 - 17:02:31 (ET)
Table '2876132 12' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: fair deal (4825 in chips)
Seat 2: cassa (1900 in chips)
Seat...
- Nobody Ever Bluffs!
Except you!
You ever notice this?
You didn't hit on the flop but there's a pretty good looking board out there, so you bet out big representing the Ace or straight or Flush or whatever, the guy calls you or raises you and BOOM!! man you were busted on the bluff!
Or alternatively........ you...
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