LATB million dollar cash game rail thread
12-15-2018
, 10:48 AM
12-15-2018
, 10:48 AM
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You are right that I don't know anything about GTO other than I believe the full name is Game Theory Optimal. Correct me if I'm wrong please. I will admit that I'm what you might call an "old school" poker player. I started out playing in Dayton, Ohio when I was 13 and have continued to play and enjoy poker for sixty years now. I've never been a "professional" poker player, making my living in other ways. I have supplemented my income from poker, mostly playing in the middle limit games and a few tournaments a year.
I admit that I don't know all the jargon that the current players tend to use when describing their play, but to me Poker is not rocket science. It is a relatively simple game compared to many other endeavors. Position, stack size, hand values and percentages are all key to how you play (or don't play) a hand. The final part of the equation is how well you can "read" your opposition and that's the hard part. If you have a good comprehension of the above things, and you can keep your composure at the table then you have a good chance to be a winning player.
This last thing may be the most important. I doubt there is more than 5% difference in ability among most professional and even semi-pro players. I suspect that the players who have the best self control and self discipline are the winning players overall. I often said that if you can't handle bad beats then you will never be a winning player at Limit Hold'em. This may be true for NL as well. I do know from experience that you will probably take at least one bad beat per hour playing Limit, and you can overcome that if you keep your cool and don't allow it to affect your play.
Good luck and stay humble.
I admit that I don't know all the jargon that the current players tend to use when describing their play, but to me Poker is not rocket science. It is a relatively simple game compared to many other endeavors. Position, stack size, hand values and percentages are all key to how you play (or don't play) a hand. The final part of the equation is how well you can "read" your opposition and that's the hard part. If you have a good comprehension of the above things, and you can keep your composure at the table then you have a good chance to be a winning player.
This last thing may be the most important. I doubt there is more than 5% difference in ability among most professional and even semi-pro players. I suspect that the players who have the best self control and self discipline are the winning players overall. I often said that if you can't handle bad beats then you will never be a winning player at Limit Hold'em. This may be true for NL as well. I do know from experience that you will probably take at least one bad beat per hour playing Limit, and you can overcome that if you keep your cool and don't allow it to affect your play.
Good luck and stay humble.
12-15-2018
, 10:53 AM
Xeno, I don't know anything about you, other than what you write on here. But I've done pretty well for myself, probably a lot better than many non fishes have.
12-15-2018
, 11:00 AM
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, 11:26 AM
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, 11:28 AM