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Originally Posted by dgiharris
This is ******ed whining, you hate playing against bad players because they are bad???
Move up to where they respect your raises?
in any event, OP's problem is a familair one most online players struggled with in the beginning.
OP, the reason why you are having this problem is not only because of lack of discipline (though that is a huge part of it) but because to you, poker is gambling.
To you, poker is no different than blackjack. And like any gambling game, you chase your losses.
Instead, if you thought of poker in the +EV longterm, then poker would seem like one long game that never ends. So there are no losses to chase. You just play your A-game or B-game and stop playing whenever you are no longer playing your A-game or B-game.
Lastly, it sounds like you don't know how to properly set and reach goals. I'd suggest you literally go to Amazon right this second and buy a book on "how to make, reach, and attain goals" or something to that effect.
There is a whole process to developing and realizing goals and its obvious you know nothing about successfully doing that.
All im saying is, theres a difference between the general play at a $5 Sng and a $50 Sng. Ive seen it and its true.
Im not saying avoid bad players, Im saying bad players make unusual moves that usually pay you off, but they tend to stick around in hands they shouldnt be in. So the chances of a coin flip are high.
its very hard to move up from micros, but very possible. you just have to make the right move every time.
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Originally Posted by spikeraw22
This is God awful. Don't do things because you're afraid to see a flop. Winning small pots is not better than nothing. It's worse than nothing in the long run because you're turning what should be small losses and large wins into small wins.
So your telling me that you never try to steal blinds, or 3x someone to fold out of a pot with a fair hand? every pot counts in Sngs. If you get one min raise middle pos. and 2 callers and your on the button what do you do? mid/late in the tourney.
are you gonna call and give them a chance, raise it again, or just shove and take it down?
it really depends but I think im going to shove and take it down, or get called and most likely have the best hand.
also forgive me for not having every detail in that example, make up your own stats.
Last edited by bigpeen; 06-12-2012 at 01:18 PM.
