Nothing I do works. Bet top pair? Get called and sucked out on. Go all-in with top pair? Goes along fine until I run into an overpair. Play a drawing hand like suited connectors? Throw money away because I never hit. I bet I’ve gone broke a dozen times today alone.

Have you changed your strategy at all from when you posted about limping most of the time?

Absolutely. I raise the same amount every hand I play and reraise with the big four.

Starting with the admission you "suck" is a great starting point for you to begin asking fundamental questions, posting hands, and identifying the leaks causing your lack of success and transitioning to a sound strategy.

So what you're saying is: "I play my hands effectively face up and then I wonder why my opponents play perfectly against me"

Hmmm...do you not see where the problem lies?

Why haven't you posted any hands? This has been suggested to you many times.

There are no general rules for winning at poker. Everything is situation dependent.

Until you start understand how to go through the thought process, the game is going to feel overwhelming.

Are you reviewing hand histories? Every online site allows you to download hand histories.

Nobody here can help you unless you post hands.

This. Don't even bother starting another thread unless you're posting a hand history, or asking for help learning how to post a hand history. No one can know what the hell you're doing wrong when you pose such broad questions. If you keep posting these kinds of threads you'll find less people wanting to help you, too.

These two are spot on (says the BQ moderator)

If you vary bet size based on the strength of your hand, THAT’S turning your cards face up.

I already said I don’t know how. I don’t use a tracker anyway. I don’t think the hand reviewer on Bovada works. This site could work on being a little nicer to newbs. I’m looking for general poker strategy and all I get is, “post hands.”

If only we vary bet sizes for more than one strength of hand. If I say that I'm going to overbet jam the pot on the turn in these circumstances:

a) i has a set
b) i has a big combo draw
c) i is bluffing

And I also tell you that I'm going to do c) about a quarter as often as I have a) or b). Otherwise, if I bet, I'm going to go half pot. What are you going to do with AK if I jam on you on a K982 double suited board? My hand, after all, is face up, right?

You are being told to post hands because there is no one "general poker strategy". If there was, and it worked, everyone would do it, nobody would have an edge, everyone would be a loser to rake, and games wouldn't run.

You probably have some huge leaks, but nobody can diagnose them if you don't post hands. So quit playing on your phone, get a tracker, and do so.

Are you also still playing Zone (or Zoom, or whatever they call it on your site)?

This is a very different game than regular speed poker. Players tend to only play very strong hands here, because they know if they fold they can immediately get dealt another hand. So you'll find that if someone is willing to get all-in they probably can beat top pair.

If you are playing Zone, I suggest you switch to a) regular; and b) still go to the lowest stake. I know you feel like that isn't an amount of money you care about, but it isn't about the amount, it is about the level of player. The players at 25NL have mostly already shown (to themselves, at least) that they can beat 5NL and 10NL. By switching to a standard game, you will have a chance to see the same players and get a feel for what they are doing. With Zone, you have no idea how individual opponents are playing.

General poker strategy - Get the chips in when you are stronger, fold when you are weaker. Pretty useless, isn't it.


Poker decisions are not like a cookbook. There is no recipe. The short answer to almost all situations is "it depends". How do you learn what to do then? Study, post hands, get advice, try again. It is not easy. There are no magic bullets.


Also, if you can't be fussed to learn how to do something simple like post hands, how are you going to master something complex like poker?

murphy, get a tracker. EVERY single good player uses a tracker, or has in the past.

post hands...... AS YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD...... will allow "us" to help you.

My snarky advice is to continue to play .10/.25 stakes because you will be donating to the poker community. My better advice is to learn that .01/.02 (2NL) poker IS STILL POKER. Continuing to play 25NL will.... WILL.... eventually cost you so much money you "should" quit.

If you continue to JUST say "teach me how to play poker", the regulars here and on any online site will simply walk away. You are not ready to learn imo. Simply change what you are doing here.

((You missed a golden opportunity in a prior thread. You had perhaps the BEST player that currently posts on 2+2 giving you advice. He quit you because....you were being you.))

Fine. I won’t be back.

You're probably better of finding a new hobby. No point getting annoyed and wasting energy over a card game.

Here's a forum where people might be willing to work with you with the amount of information you provide:
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1...oach-listings/

If you're OK with poker costing you money, nothing wrong with going with a professional coach who charges you for his services.

The best way to learn is by doing!
PM me and we can play HU together, I will teach u many valuable lessons

Oh my.

If nothing else a pen and paper is good enough to give a hand history. But take your ball and go, I guess

Any player beyond a just for funsies player should either be able to reconstruct an interesting hand from memory, or else they should be able to fabricate a reasonable hand that illustrates the decisions they are a struggling with. That the player in question cannot articulate the problems he is facing with examples is perhaps the first red flag.

variance.