I was in a late registration $1.50 buyin no rebuy tournament, starting stack is 2500, I was down to 2140, blinds were up to 500/1000, I was utg2 and had A♣:A♦: I called, 2 others called then someone with a big stack had to spoil it and bet 12000 so in the end there were 4 of us all in, flop was 2♦:4♦:9♦: turn T♦: river T♥: I lost winner had 2♣:T♠: this person didn't call just went all in after the big stack bet the 12000, can someone explain what happened here please! who goes all in on a T2?????
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Originally posted by hardlife66
who goes all in on a T2?????
The players we want to sit down with EVERY time!
We are a bit funny that way (myself included) - we get really upset when we lose AA to T2o, but for some reason not quite as upset when we lose AA to let's say KQs. Yet we would all much rather face the first opponent rather than the second one, because we know in the long run we will win more.
I know it is no consolation now, but be happy for him - we want players like that to win sometimes so they come back and give us many more shots at them.
Oh alright Ramble if you insist, problem is if I did it I'd lose!
I've been playing since I joined here, I have improved a bit so I am not just winning at the showdown anymore, still have mixed results playing a bluffer but doing well in tournaments is a mystery, I think it always will be.
I am not a fish anymore but old habits die hard especially when I'm losing because it knocks my confidence.
Just as a side note I use hold'em manager off here but I turn the hud off as I find it's too much info and I can spot a bluffer now without it, I never do min raise now and try not to call rather fold and wait for better position/hand, have learnt this from watching others only problem with this is playing others that play this way! ha! so glad there are a lot of poker sites! haha! ok, this won't work in a casino and I need to work on adapting quickly to the players at the table, this would also make me more profitable online as I want to move up the stakes I play mostly NL4 atm and can hold my own/make money now unless some higher stakes players move back down for some easy money, you know when your against them as they can see through my game after a few hands and it's almost impossible to get any money out of them.
I don't want to be like this anymore so can you recommend some reading matter or coaching/question answer sessions etc..for this?, don't have lot's of money so maybe books would be better.
Sorry this post is so long wasn't supposed to be!
If you read this far then I wish you and yours a Happy New Year:f_drink:
P.S. If you take it to the river and fail to spot a full house it's time for bed:f_zZz:
Originally posted by hardlife66
I don't want to be like this anymore so can you recommend some reading matter or coaching/question answer sessions etc..for this?, don't have lot's of money so maybe books would be better.
I think a good book to read is Jared Tendler's Mental Game of Poker. It doesn't teach you poker theory, but it teaches you about learning and about tilt. Many people think tilt is about getting mad and smashing keyboards - but there are so many versions of tilt and everyone experiences some tilt at one time or another. This book will help you recognize and correct tilt before it affects your game negatively. That book and many others can be found in the Poker Books section of this site.
You mentioned a HUD and that you turn it off because it is too much info - that is actually very common to be overwhelmed by the amount of info. I always recommend that starting out with a HUD you only include 3 stats - VPIP / PFR / # Hands... Stick with that for a couple of weeks until you get used to it, then only add 1 or 2 stats at a time from there.
As for coachings - I would recommend you check out the free coachings schedule and see if you can make it to some for your games... (note that everyone is on holidays right now, but they should be starting back up very soon in the new year.)
Finally - there are always people looking to start/join a study group via skype where you can discuss hands. I was in one for awhile and it made a big difference to my game. I find a small group of 3-5 guys works best, where you either review one person's session or each come with 5-10 hands to review.
Hope this helps.