little wins
i have now posted wins in 18 out of the last 22 poker sessions. not all those wins were large and, in fact, the last three have been 65, 45 and 15 dollars or 125 dollars for about 13 hours of play. the 15 dollar win today was very important. i had gone in the hole 200 dollars by playing two hands just horribly. i couldn't have done it any worse! no limit hold-em has a way of punishing you when you play bad; you lose your money. i got up from the table and gave myself a good talking to and then came back and rebought and when i had my money back and a tiny profit i got up and got out. to come back from a big (for me) hole and show any profit is as satisfying as winning big.
you have to be willing to get up from the table when you do that, it is really bothersome to go into the hole and get it back and then stay too long and lose it back! i've done that before and kicked myself for doing it. i always have to remind myself that the game goes on forever; i don't have to make a fortune today. i learned that in limit hold-em; leave with a profit, no matter how small, leave with a profit. it was a win. makes me a winner. feels better than losing. it is part of that old discipline thing. know what i mean, jelly bean?
one of the major mistakes i see people do at the tables is "getting married" to big pairs and paying off huge bets with only that big pair. today a guy raised 17 dollars and got called in one place by a player who played a wide variety of hands, even against a raise. the flop come 7-8-K, rainbow. the raiser bet 25 dollars and was called. the turn comes a Jack. raiser bets 50 dollars and the other guy says "all-in"! the raiser foolishly called 360 dollars with his pair of aces and, of course, the other guy turned over 9-ten for the nut straight and the aces were drawing dead. but what else could he have had to raise all in? three 7's, three 8's, three kings, three jacks, 7's and 8's, jacks and kings; all of which beat one pair of aces. let me tell you something, one pair is not a good calling hand when faced with huge bet. but over and over again i see people paying off big bets with a single pair. don't you be one of those people. know when to fold them. if you can learn that you can be a constant winner at no limit hold-em. the wins will take care of themselves, learn to limit the losses.
may all your flops be good, the turns better and the rivers always gives you the stone cold nuts!
you have to be willing to get up from the table when you do that, it is really bothersome to go into the hole and get it back and then stay too long and lose it back! i've done that before and kicked myself for doing it. i always have to remind myself that the game goes on forever; i don't have to make a fortune today. i learned that in limit hold-em; leave with a profit, no matter how small, leave with a profit. it was a win. makes me a winner. feels better than losing. it is part of that old discipline thing. know what i mean, jelly bean?
one of the major mistakes i see people do at the tables is "getting married" to big pairs and paying off huge bets with only that big pair. today a guy raised 17 dollars and got called in one place by a player who played a wide variety of hands, even against a raise. the flop come 7-8-K, rainbow. the raiser bet 25 dollars and was called. the turn comes a Jack. raiser bets 50 dollars and the other guy says "all-in"! the raiser foolishly called 360 dollars with his pair of aces and, of course, the other guy turned over 9-ten for the nut straight and the aces were drawing dead. but what else could he have had to raise all in? three 7's, three 8's, three kings, three jacks, 7's and 8's, jacks and kings; all of which beat one pair of aces. let me tell you something, one pair is not a good calling hand when faced with huge bet. but over and over again i see people paying off big bets with a single pair. don't you be one of those people. know when to fold them. if you can learn that you can be a constant winner at no limit hold-em. the wins will take care of themselves, learn to limit the losses.
may all your flops be good, the turns better and the rivers always gives you the stone cold nuts!
posted by Ron Shock | 9:35 PM
2 Comments:
I absolutely agree with your comments here. Way too often a player will get in the hole, win in back, and then get in yet another hole and leave a loser. This is very, very demoralizing. Also, I've seen lots of players refuse to leave a table because they cannot accept having a losing day. So they play on and on for 20-30 hours and of course this is just inviting disaster.
usually it is the tourists who fall into the trap of chasing their money and once that starts we, the regulars, know we have our own little atm machine....
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