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[boldt]

I'm a decent player nothing that great nothing that bad basically average.

my biggest problem is being patience. Can anyone help me with that or have something to read about it. i'm a gambler so I would rather get all the chips in blind and go for there, but not great idea most of the time.

Patience.

Ideas on how to improve?

[xxxFTWxxx]

A will to win.. maybe play for an amount where it financially matters whether you win or lose, so you will be more concentrated on making the best play for that table, even if it is playing 3 hands in an hour.

[pittviper]

Everytime you move all in, get a room-mate or buddy/wife/girlfriend to cut off a finger, you won't move all in more then once, I can guarentee you that lol.

Just convince yourself, that it is better to win 100$ a day, 365 days a year. Then win 1,000$ a day, and lose 1,000$ the next.

I struggle with money management at times, in gambling and in life, but have taught myself that if I wan't to be successful in the future, I have to be smart now.
PV

[boldt]

Originally Posted by xxxFTWxxx

A will to win.. maybe play for an amount where it financially matters whether you win or lose, so you will be more concentrated on making the best play for that table, even if it is playing 3 hands in an hour.

I prefer sit and goes on-line.

i put $50 into my account the other day got it up to $500 in a couple of days but its getting donked off a left and right. and I feel that i'm playing good.

have you ever read anything good?

[pittviper]

Originally Posted by boldt

I prefer sit and goes on-line.

i put $50 into my account the other day got it up to $500 in a couple of days but its getting donked off a left and right. and I feel that i'm playing good.

have you ever read anything good?

I heard Doyle Brunson's book is very good. is 100$ american. Going to buy it soon, i'm a decent poker player, would like to move to the next step on the ladder.
PV

[boldt]

Originally Posted by pittviper

Everytime you move all in, get a room-mate or buddy/wife/girlfriend to cut off a finger, you won't move all in more then once, I can guarentee you that lol.

Just convince yourself, that it is better to win 100$ a day, 365 days a year. Then win 1,000$ a day, and lose 1,000$ the next.

I struggle with money management at times, in gambling and in life, but have taught myself that if I wan't to be successful in the future, I have to be smart now.
PV

I run into alot of the same problems.

[boldt]

Originally Posted by pittviper

I heard Doyle Brunson's book is very good. is 100$ american. Going to buy it soon, i'm a decent poker player, would like to move to the next step on the ladder.
PV

super system.

[boldt]

PokerStars Game #8207380809: Tournament #41868832, $22+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level IV (50/100) - 2007/01/31 - 01:57:59 (ET)
Table '41868832 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Carnagal (1340 in chips)
Seat 2: popes5 (1660 in chips)
Carnagal: posts small blind 50
popes5: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to popes5 [Ah Js]
Carnagal: calls 50
popes5: raises 1560 to 1660 and is all-in
Carnagal: calls 1240 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [4h 9c Qs]
Carnagal said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [4h 9c Qs] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [4h 9c Qs 3d] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
popes5: shows [Ah Js] (high card Ace)
Carnagal: shows [9h As] (a pair of Nines)
Carnagal said, "sy"
Carnagal collected 2680 from pot
popes5 said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2680 | Rake 0
Board [4h 9c Qs 3d 7s]
Seat 1: Carnagal (button) (small blind) showed [9h As] and won (2680) with a pair of Nines
Seat 2: popes5 (big blind) showed [Ah Js] and lost with high card Ace


and then lost to this


okerStars Game #8207385789: Tournament #41868832, $22+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level IV (50/100) - 2007/01/31 - 01:58:34 (ET)
Table '41868832 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Carnagal (2530 in chips)
Seat 2: popes5 (470 in chips)
popes5: posts small blind 50
Carnagal: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to popes5 [As 9d]
popes5: raises 370 to 470 and is all-in
Carnagal: calls 370
*** FLOP *** [5d 4c 2c]
*** TURN *** [5d 4c 2c] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [5d 4c 2c Tc] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Carnagal: shows [Ks 7c] (a flush, Ten high)
popes5: shows [As 9d] (high card Ace)
Carnagal said, "lol"
Carnagal collected 940 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 940 | Rake 0
Board [5d 4c 2c Tc 6c]
Seat 1: Carnagal (big blind) showed [Ks 7c] and won (940) with a flush, Ten high
Seat 2: popes5 (button) (small blind) showed [As 9d] and lost with high card Ace

[pittviper]

wow.. thats brutal dude.
PV

[hoser]

Brunson's Super Systems book is 50$ CDN....if its super system's that your talking about Pitt..and honestly it isnt really worth buying unless you play all the different types of poker. If you are looking for books on hold 'em, there are 3 i recommend...1...was the first book I ever read it was a beginners guide to Hold 'em, really good book telling you which hands to play etc...for the more advanced player, there is really only one book ive found interesting...and even then its kinda sketchy...but phil gordon'S little blue book of hand analysis was kinda kool....and his little green book on poker theory goes along with it....i gotta say that really its all about playing....like anything else, the more you play the better you get...cheers.

[hoser]

thats terrible man.....not that i know much about playiing poker...but with good hands so like all pocket pairs all Aces that are 10 and above or any suited ace K-10 and above Q-J 10-J suited a standard tournament raise is 3x the big blind....then play the flop only if you hit it...just a good starting point...cheers.

[pittviper]

boldt.. didn't you do really good in the cappersmall tournaments? Not that that is amazing or anything lol, but I thought you and FTW kept winning..

No?
PV

[boldt]

Originally Posted by pittviper

boldt.. didn't you do really good in the cappersmall tournaments? Not that that is amazing or anything lol, but I thought you and FTW kept winning..

No?
PV

and I won a tourney for like 4k before, but I want to make money at it.

and i'm missing something, just trying to figure what it is.

[pittviper]

Originally Posted by boldt

and I won a tourney for like 4k before, but I want to make money at it.

and i'm missing something, just trying to figure what it is.

ya, I remember that.. just keep on trucking, things will even out..
Build a style of your own..
PV

[pittviper]

A good idea is to set a goal.. maybe a week from now or a month or a year, and work towards that... Don't try to achieve it in one day..

If your goal is 10,000 for 100 days. Don't try to win the the 10 grand one day, try to win 100$ each day. Much easier. (As I stated before)
PV