Do I Have a Leak in My Game? |
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Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:08 am GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
As part of my self-examination and given a few disagreements in analysis on this board in the past, based on the following threads and what you know about me in general, do you guys think I have a leak in my game?
Playing Pocket Aces
Playing a small pot in Stud
Advice on Playing Top Pair with no improvement in Limit Hold'em
Advice on playing against drawing hands
Hero Playing top two pair in an SnG
Laying Down QQ in an SnG
Me Giving advice on playing Aces at micro limits
Me Giving advice on playing a small flush
My advice on suited connectors
Very long post of short-handed play in multi-table SnG
I know this is a lot of stuff to go through, but I'm in somewhat of a Poker-existential Crisis. Any advice or insight is appreciated, even if it only addresses one or two items.
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Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:13 am GMT by groton
Diamand
here is my Questan back at you are you making money YES or NO
now do u have a leak problay but so do the bigest pro's have leaks its just the name of the game
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:35 am GMT by crack
I don't think I will get time to go through these. From what I have played against you turn and read on the forum I think you are a very solid player.
The best way I have to find leaks is good old poker tracker and hand posting. I will try and get through these tomorrow.
Groton, I think diamond is looking at the bigger picture. I think it is incorrect to think of if you win money or not. That is one way of putting it I suppose, but if he does have leaks which I am sure he has, we all have, I find it's best to find them and fix them, resulting in bigger wins.
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:46 am GMT by Phil14312
Think, analyze, re-think. As long as you are thinking about your decisions at the table, the results will come. Keep improving and you will keep fixing leaks in your game unconsciously. I
* I didn't look at these but I will later.
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:50 am GMT by tame_deuces
Yeah. You made one option in the poll far cooler than the other you donkey, bad play. 
Apart from that from what I know, the posts I read from you on here advocate solid and good play, so I have no qualms with them. Ofcourse, I suspect almost all posters on here doesn't play like they post (in some cases I actually hope so), so in what sense your posting reflects on your playing I don't know, but your knowledge seems very good on several poker variants, game forms and betting structures.
If I were to guess I'd say you probably overthink hands/opponents at times and get yourself in hard situations because of that.
But I'd be surprised if you aren't a damn good player. 
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:01 am GMT by crack
Not to hijack, but Tame, why you never on IRC anymore?
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:40 am GMT by tame_deuces
| crack wrote: | | Not to hijack, but Tame, why you never on IRC anymore? |
Summer holidays, I try to stay away from all things online. Right now I'm babysitting so THP posting fills the breaks with something to do. :D
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:55 am GMT by crack
Bah, I miss your netherlandic voice at 4 in the morning. 
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:25 am GMT by kingetje
Netherlandic?
I think i was the only Dutch man here
anyway, your not a donkey Diamond.... i suspect youre a pretty good player who knows the game
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:55 am GMT by UrAteUp
Raise more pre-flop.
Stop trying to baby play AA...strike with it whil it is the best hand.
As far as beinga donkey...nah...even though we all have a little donkey in all of us... 
Your a good player Diamond...if you think you have wholes then find them and fix them. The only way to really find them is through hand histories and doing lots play analysis.
Then young Jedi master...you can use the force...
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:30 am GMT by Jefecaminador
You seem to have good knowledge of poker theory. You obviously have holes in your game, everyone does. Do you have more than people at your level have? Probably not since you've been a consistant winner for awhile now. You just gotta clear your head of this latest downswing and learn to trust your gut again.
Maybe just stay away from cash games for now and play sngs. It seems to me that if you know the theory behind sngs well, you dont have to have the same feel for the game to do well. Just play smart solid poker and you should get there. Then once you get your confidence back branch out to the rest of your games.
Just try to keep in mind that you ARE a good poker player, all those plays you made in the past weren't just lucky donk moves. You knew the reasons why you made them, and you KNEW they were right. The worst thing you can do is to start to second guess yourself, which I think is what you're doing now.
Take a break if you have to, but when you come back don't think about the recent downswing you've been on, just think of it as starting anew. And play your game, the game you know how to play.
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:24 pm GMT by MrDarling
You can't be a donk if you wonder about being a donk.
The definition of a Donk is someone who think he knows what is doing while playing like a brat .
In your case, you know when you make mistakes , you know when you play good but get out drawn by a donk.
So ok, you're on a downswing and you lose some cash and confidence .
I agree about the S&G , the buyin is small, and you usually don't mind throwing chips around as you would money - that is why it is easier to player like us to play them. I find I am much more carefull in ring games and thus I usually lose more. When playing S&G or MTT I can get in the money around 50% which is usually enough to not lose money. I vould have gotten ITM more, but I often lose my patient and start playing like a donk.
When I'm in the right mood I can almost always get ITM unless I really get unlucky.
Good luck and keep in it!
Danny
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:16 pm GMT by Sid Lambert
| kingetje wrote: | Netherlandic?
I think i was the only Dutch man here
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I was born in amsterdam, does that count?
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:58 pm GMT by foldhappy
Diamond,
I haven't been on the forum that long, but I lurked a long time before I joined. Without getting too detailed, you seem pretty solid. In a downswing, I like what the previous poster said about playing some SNGs. Anybody who's won enough of these can attest that you don't always need good cards to get the money. Some times you just outlast people, or make good reads and push back at them, taking down chips. It's also a nice way to stay out of varience's way for a while & you can play relaxed.
The second, and probably better piece of advice I can give is: work very hard on the skill of table selection. It's not glamorous, but it works. There are players out there that are worse than the cards you're getting (or not getting), you just have to find them. Pull up as many tables as you can and just let them spin for like 20 min. Then pull up the hand histories and find some donks. Find players who don't seem to have enough money in front of them, who may be playing on the last threads of their bankrolls. Play against players who have lost a bunch of hands and may be playing scared. It all adds up and the end result once you get out of your downswing is that you have improved one of the most underrated and underutilized skills that is enhanced by online play. And just like reading hands or calculating odds, you'll find yourself improving your game selection automatically and you'll continue to find softer tables even after you're out of the downswing. Be honest with yourself though, I know personally, when I'm running good, my table selection a lot of times consists of just looking at hands per hour, average pot size, chipstacks etc. When I run bad, it's back down to earth and find some cream puffs. You'll find more than a few worth adding to your fish list.
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:18 pm GMT by kingetje
| Sid Lambert wrote: | | kingetje wrote: | Netherlandic?
I think i was the only Dutch man here
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I was born in amsterdam, does that count? |
yes it does..... you were born there.. still live here too?
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