I’ve had arguments with people over the use of the term “gambler” in conjunction with playing poker. Because you can define “gambling” as doing anything with an element of chance and a risk of loss, then poker has to fall into that definition. On the other hand “gambling” can apply to buying meat at the [...]
Not referring to play poker money in the title. Rather, I think I have some issues about the size of my poker money and real money. Real money is money that I use to pay bills, to buy groceries. Poker money is, for me, my accumulated poker winnings. I’ve made no significant cash outs, any [...]
(I had a few draft posts that I was working on at the same time. Now that I’ve started posting them I notice that a lot of the same themes were woven through many of them) Here’s something for my “A” game/tilt analysis. Especially when I’m playing a very cheap game (as I’m doing on [...]
Continuation of the listing, for postflop plays. Categorized plays; Postflop Fit or Fold; Stats: low postflop aggression and bet frequency easy decision making minimizing risks probably need to see lots of flops and to call down with underpairs and 2nd or even 3rd pair on flop may need to be a chaser as well, chasing [...]
Man, I write a lot in here. I just did a search for the word “bad” and got page after page of results. And my reason for searching for bad is that I’ve been running badly over the past few sessions. Tight aggressive tables, not getting cards preflop, missing flops, ect. Picked up QQ, raised, [...]
When you start a new job, go on a first date, join a new club or sport, the sheer newness and unfamiliarity will tend to make you nervous, uncomfortable. Some people will compensate by talking too much or too fast. Others, like me, will go the other direction and tend to hold back, to say [...]
I think that we all become attached to the image of us as a poker player at a certain buyin level. “I’m a $100nl player.” “I usually play the $20 rebuys.” “I play 18 tables of 0.10/0.25.” We use this to define ourselves relative to our friends or relative to ourselves in the past. “I [...]
Report: after 40 SnGs: Hands 2,694 VP$IP 19.12 from SB 30.87 Steal attempts 33.45 (184 of 550) Steal success 58.7 Won at SD 56.82 Raised PF 16.11 Limp/call PF 0.00 1st action after PF raise Raise 7.85 Bet 61.78 Call 7.85 Check 14.66 Fold 7.33 PF aggression 4.06 Total aggression 3.24 There still seems to [...]