| Posted by: sjguppy at February 24, 2006, 12:24 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | | Agressive and positive thinking really works. Last night playing 2-4 6 max at Prima I was on a roll. I was raising with solid hands and a few not so solid. Decide to raise 1st in with 6-2 offsuit thinking everyone would fold again to my raise. Of course two call and the flop is 6,5,2. I bet and one weak passive player called me to the river. He was stunned that I raised preflop with that hand. Just answered that I had been lucky all night and had a feeling that I would catch. After that I raised only solid hands and no one would fold. One perfectly timed hand can make your night. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: maxcavsm at February 23, 2006, 8:28 am | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | AFTER ACTION REPORT:
While I didn't use any positive mantras last night, I came out of the gate at Empire agressive-agressive-aggressive.
Within my first 20-30 hands, I'd already busted out one of my tables. DOH.
Okay, take a deep breath, refocus, and settle down.
I start up again, and against four tables of rocks with little to counter me, two things happened.
1) About once a round, if I was in later position with a decent hand, I'd raise, no matter who was before me and how many limpers. 3-4 drop out, usually 1-2 remain. Flop comes, and as long as there's a scare card on the board, I'd make a pot sized bet. More often than not, I'd win. If anyone bet, I'd get ready to drop the hand with the next card.
2) Some serious blind stealing.
The table I bombed out at made me tighten up my game a little, but over the next 100 hands, I almost made it all back through blind steals and taking pots at the flop. Amazing. I didn... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: TheJourneyman at February 22, 2006, 11:48 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | Cha Ngo wrote: coloradoholdem wrote: Cha Ngo wrote: daneq wrote: Cha Ngo wrote: Quote: Hard to believe something as little as a positive mindset "I'm here to win", might make a lot of difference.
I AM A LUCKY PLAYER. A POWERFUL WINNING FORCE SURROUNDS ME.
hahaha and bluffing seperates the rookies from the pros
I wasn't joking, I was referencing an affirmation from an underrated book by Mike Caro.
I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!
That is a Sklansky quote I think.
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| Posted by: Cha Ngo at February 22, 2006, 11:46 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | coloradoholdem wrote: Cha Ngo wrote: daneq wrote: Cha Ngo wrote: Quote: Hard to believe something as little as a positive mindset "I'm here to win", might make a lot of difference.
I AM A LUCKY PLAYER. A POWERFUL WINNING FORCE SURROUNDS ME.
hahaha and bluffing seperates the rookies from the pros
I wasn't joking, I was referencing an affirmation from an underrated book by Mike Caro.
I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!
That is a Sklansky quote I think.
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| Posted by: TheJourneyman at February 22, 2006, 11:43 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | Cha Ngo wrote: daneq wrote: Cha Ngo wrote: Quote: Hard to believe something as little as a positive mindset "I'm here to win", might make a lot of difference.
I AM A LUCKY PLAYER. A POWERFUL WINNING FORCE SURROUNDS ME.
hahaha and bluffing seperates the rookies from the pros
I wasn't joking, I was referencing an affirmation from an underrated book by Mike Caro.
I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Cha Ngo at February 22, 2006, 11:38 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | daneq wrote: Cha Ngo wrote: Quote: Hard to believe something as little as a positive mindset "I'm here to win", might make a lot of difference.
I AM A LUCKY PLAYER. A POWERFUL WINNING FORCE SURROUNDS ME.
hahaha and bluffing seperates the rookies from the pros
I wasn't joking, I was referencing an affirmation from an underrated book by Mike Caro.
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| Posted by: daneq at February 22, 2006, 11:32 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | Cha Ngo wrote: Quote: Hard to believe something as little as a positive mindset "I'm here to win", might make a lot of difference.
I AM A LUCKY PLAYER. A POWERFUL WINNING FORCE SURROUNDS ME.
hahaha and bluffing seperates the rookies from the pros
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| Posted by: Cha Ngo at February 22, 2006, 11:15 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | Quote: Hard to believe something as little as a positive mindset "I'm here to win", might make a lot of difference.
I AM A LUCKY PLAYER. A POWERFUL WINNING FORCE SURROUNDS ME.
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| Posted by: sjguppy at February 22, 2006, 3:54 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | Don't feel that you have to be excessively agressive. Pick you spots and see how it works on a table. If you are near the button on the flop and everyone checks on a broken board, be ready to throw a bet in. You will be suprised how many pots you can pick up and if players call you will still probably get a free card on the turn. If you flop four to a strait or flush don't be afraid to raise. The semi-bluff is probably the best weapon you can learn. ¥ou don't have to bet and raise everytime to be termed agressive. What happens if you don't do any betting or raising is that the observant players will pick up on this and just fold everytime you bet. Except when they have a better hand and win the big pots.
As for having a positive attitude it does work. Even online. You just think clearer and make better decisions. And you have more fun which should be the primary reason you are playing. The money is important but if you aren't having a good time then it is work and not entertainment. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: maxcavsm at February 22, 2006, 3:02 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | Hmm...I left this post alone for awhile, and then came back and saw a few updates.
If you are just whoring I would recommend staying at fixed limit. Why change games unless you are looking to learn a different game.
I wrote a paragraph saying that maybe NL game wasn't the game for you considering your objectives, but that's a decision you gotta make yourself.
My roller coaster ride on Martins, with 200 Euro swings in an hour, was exhilerating and frustrating minutes apart from each other. It took a nasty turn from "casual whoring" into "serious gambling". Unfortunately, as most of the whores can tell with places like Martin's, fixed limit games are getting tougher to find and clear bonuses on. Although maybe tonight, I may sit down at a fixed limit for my Empire bonus and see what happens. Been a few days.
As for not feeling like playing agressive, then don't play. Holdem is a game of agression and at 6max even more so.
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| Posted by: Pokerdogg at February 17, 2006, 8:54 am | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | sjguppy wrote:
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As for not feeling like playing agressive, then don't play. Holdem is a game of agression and at 6max even more so. This is not a knock. It happens to me late at night when I am ahead and tired. I get to the point where I don't want to lose what I have won. I catch myself just calling and hoping to catch a winner. When I see myself doing that I call it a night and start again fresh the next day. If you are not up to playing your game the way you know should then stop and come back when you are rested and ready.
Good point. I find the same thing after a few bad beats in a row, I start getting timid and don't raise as much. I have to tell myself to stay aggressive, sometimes just sit out a round and take a quick walk to get back into the mindset. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: sjguppy at February 16, 2006, 3:25 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | It wasn't until the last message that I realized that you are talking NL. If you are just whoring I would recommend staying at fixed limit. Why change games unless you are looking to learn a different game.
As for not feeling like playing agressive, then don't play. Holdem is a game of agression and at 6max even more so. This is not a knock. It happens to me late at night when I am ahead and tired. I get to the point where I don't want to lose what I have won. I catch myself just calling and hoping to catch a winner. When I see myself doing that I call it a night and start again fresh the next day. If you are not up to playing your game the way you know should then stop and come back when you are rested and ready. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: PollyAmory at February 16, 2006, 3:10 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | You go to the wall with unpaired overcards -- of course you're gonna get called when you raise if you give them those kinds of implied odds. Either raise so much as to take away their implied odds or learn to release overcards when they are beat.
By the way, I hope you realize that if you raise like that you'll lose your stack when you're beaten and win the blinds when you're not.
I wrote a paragraph saying that maybe NL game wasn't the game for you considering your objectives, but that's a decision you gotta make yourself. However, I'd still at least think about your game selection if only to reaffirm that this is what you really want to play.
-- Polly
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| Posted by: Penyeach at February 16, 2006, 3:00 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | maxcavsm wrote:
And I remember that I'm here to WHORE.
You'd do a lot better if you were there to win, because you clearly haven't set that as your primary goal. If you don't want to play optimally, then you'd better be comfortable with breaking even or losing. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: hofdaddy at February 14, 2006, 12:07 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | In those kinds of SH games everyone and their mother will put you on a big A. These donkeys will call you down or reraise the pot with no A with 22 or catching any part of the flop with their crap. Laydown those big A's with no help on the flop and get your money in somewhere else. There'll be more opportunities to stack some donkey overplaying whatever it is they got. Patience is the key. Also you have to know that when you are playing SH there are bigger swings that come with it. You're playing a couple more hands and often playing out of position. If the game is a little too crazy for you then it's time to move tables
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| Posted by: WhooFleuryScores at February 11, 2006, 11:58 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | Quote: Last night was one of those nights where I just didn't feel like playing aggressively...not only because how I was feeling, but I just couldn't get anyone to drop their hands.
They key is getting up from these bad sessions once you realize things are not going.Fri for me was one of those sessions;I was up and down 5 buyins down at one point before finally leaving 3 buy ins down(effectively putting me back at 1 buyin down as it wiped out the 2 buyins I had earned last week). | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Jay at February 10, 2006, 2:23 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | maxcavsm wrote: For example, early position AQs, I raise, knock 2-3 people out, I get re-raised once, MAYBE twice, and then am forced to call. The flop goes to shit (as usual when I open with this hand from an early position). I bet, hoping to make it look like I made a hand. I get raised, or called into again.
No matter what the hand, I couldn't shake the idiots out of the tree. You lose motivation to bet heavily with premium hands like AKo, AQo when people are donking out and picking up pots with piles of crap.
Well, they had you beat, so how stupid could they be. Maybe you're seeing a fish where you should be seeing a decent player who can correctly read your attempt to buy the pot with a couple of overcards. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: porkrind at February 10, 2006, 2:10 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | Even I know that if you miss the flop with AK/Qos and someone calls/reraises a pot sized bet get ready to fold.
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| Posted by: maxcavsm at February 10, 2006, 1:45 pm | | Topic: I Don't FEEL Like Playing Aggressively Today! Forum: Bonus Whores | I just "graduated" from the 1/2 limit tables to the .50/$1 NL tables (for the most part. I rock and rolled across the final Crypto monthlies, coming up on five and breaking even on one. I'm working on the Martin's initial deposit bonus (I wanted to see people get their bonus before I started mine), and I'm riding the roller coaster of good nights and bad nights.
When it gets late in the US, Martin's full tables are either dead or rock- tight with US whores. But on the short handed tables, the action is crazy. But not in a good way.
Last night was one of those nights where I just didn't feel like playing aggressively...not only because how I was feeling, but I just couldn't get anyone to drop their hands.
I know from Super System 2, Doyle Brunson tells you to limp in early, and then when a raise happens, push a mass of chips in (for the most part) to keep your opponent off balance. But at a table like this one, when there's just no knocking people out....?
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