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Marty719:
My tip would be to read The Poker Mindset. Think it is impossible to be a winning player without being honest with yourself about your own game. Lines like...
"I"m not playing badly, getting paid big when I have the best then losing a little here and there with "beats"."
...show some flawed thinking.
Also, if you do not use HEM or PT3, then you should start and review full sessions.
thinsy147:
ME satellite 18/7/2011
Well, I wasn"t far off my prediction.... Spent a lot of the time as chip leader in the ME satellite (got lucky hitting a full house on the river at one point). Made it to the final table then forgot to play a hand!!! For a fair while all the short stacks kept doubling up and by the time 10th place was gone it seemed the chipstacks were quite even. I made a good/lucky laydown of AQ early into the FT with my opponent showing AK. After that my cards were awful, I had a couple of hands that had shoveability (oooh, I like that word!) but other players beat me to it and I folded like a little girl origamist! I got one pocket pair on the FT and guess what? Just before I was due to act my router disconected!!!
Basically, I"m dissapointed that I let myself get blinded out of the game and finish 8th. It"s something I seem to be doing online a fair bit, yet when I play live I feel more comfortable and happy to take those chances!
To sum it up: I really need to get my online game sorted!
(thanks for your advice Marty, consider me "work in progress!")
TheSnapper:
--- Quote from: Marty719 on July 18, 2011, 16:00:46 PM ---
My tip would be to read The Poker Mindset. Think it is impossible to be a winning player without being honest with yourself about your own game. Lines like...
"I"m not playing badly, getting paid big when I have the best then losing a little here and there with "beats"."
...show some flawed thinking.
Also, if you do not use HEM or PT3, then you should start and review full sessions.
--- End quote ---
The Mental game game of poker is a superior read and not by a small bit imho
Marty719:
Haven"t read it yet, but have read excellent reviews!
thinsy147:
I"m in the money...... I"m in the money!!
Played in the local Tuesday night donkafest/bingo/luckbox tournament and managed to finish 2nd.
(I was beat by a girl)
During the rebuy period our table seemed to have the rule that if any of the cards on the flop were close to yours you have to go all-in because you could hit a straight!!
Having just lost all my chips with an open ended straight and flush draw against trips and 2 pair I had my rebuy, sat down and shoved my 2500 chips in blind! (100/200 blinds). I got 2 callers, this put 2 of us all-in (again) so the cards were turned over by my opponents Q5 and J9... I turned my first card over K, got excited, I"m ahead. Then revealed another K. Happy Days!
Leading up to the final table I had 66 and 44 both flop trips and built a nice chip stack and started the FT (8 players) with about 40% of total chips in play!
Three way action involved me (100k), a lad called Tom (10k) and his girlfriend, a recently (and very welcome) newbie, (50k). Tom was soon taken out by me when he tried to steal the blinds with 67 suited. I called with K8.
With over a 2-1 chip lead (110k,50k -blinds 2k/4k) I refrained from offering a deal....
J9 v J8 (bb called,checked) - flop: QJ8, I bet and a call. turn:T, I shove and a call. river: 8 (55k,105k)
AK v JT (I raise and a call) - flop: KQT, check, I bet and a call. turn: J all-in and I call. river: 7 (105k,55k)
Then I got excited and decided to play "all-in poker" with A3. Was called with AJ. J on the flop! (40k,120k)
The last hand I raised with A4 and was called. flop: 567. She went all in and I decided to call with my open ended straight and an over card. Q5 shown. turn: Q. river: 9
So, 2nd place paid £80 (with 2 rebuys, my outlay was £15.50). £64.50 profit.
At the beginning of the year I decided to keep a profit/loss account of my "live" action... Of course, this duely mean"t a huge losing streak!!!
Last night actually got me back in the black.
Summary: 1st January - 19th July 2011
Buy-in outlay: £702.50 Winnings: £746.00 Profit: £43.50
Guess I shouldn"t give up my day job just yet!! ::) :P
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