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23rd July 2008, 07:59 AM
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 What do you mean?
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23rd July 2008, 08:04 AM
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| Just that you're convinced it all revolves around luck, so until you get out of that mindset, nothing's going to make you feel any better, that's all. 
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23rd July 2008, 02:55 PM
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| No, it's not that. What I'm saying is that I'm not having the best luck in the world right now, and it's gonna change a little bit like it usually does. But I'm not talking about the cards that has the problem.
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23rd July 2008, 09:41 PM
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| I know maybe what I said didn't come out right...Let me try to rephrase... What I meant was, that you are sure nothing you are doing is wrong as far as the way you are playing, and that lack of luck is to blame for your recent swing. I used to get the same way, but then I realized that luck had nothing to do with it. It was simply (as my signature states) "the ineptitude of my opponents" which was causing the bad beats, suckouts, etc...not luck. I mean sure, you could easily say it was unlucky to run into these kinds of ill-informed players, but likewise you could turn it into a really lucky situation by altering your play to counteract theirs. (I hope this is making sense) So, by way of analyzing my play against the opponents and compensating my play to counteract theirs, the swing turned for the better almost immediately. I know you can adapt because you are a HORSE player.  I dunno if this helps or not...but it just seems like you're finding yourself in the same spot I was once in, and blaming luck or a lack of it is not a solution, nor is it going to change the outcome.
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24th July 2008, 01:37 AM
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| Well, usually, when playing for real money, I tend to play ABC poker, so thats why I think luck has a big factor in my plays. But other than that, I don't know about my play vs. luck.
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24th July 2008, 04:27 AM
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| Hmm... well then maybe tracking your hands would be the way to go after all then... I mean if you don't know about your play vs. luck, then perhaps by tracking and then going back an analyzing piece by piece, you can figure out if it is one or the other, or if one is contributing to the losses moreso than the other. I just think positive in that, I believe there is always something we can do to change the outcome of a certain situation...both in life and in poker. Don't let the stars dictate your path...make your own.
__________________ ~Lady~ "Most of the money you'll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents." - Lou Krieger |
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24th July 2008, 07:03 AM
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| Why can't this happen to me in a real money game? Full Tilt Poker Game #7352405475: 250 Play Chip Tournament (55789730), Table 5 - 800/1600 Ante 150 - Limit Stud H/L - 3:00:54 ET - 2008/07/24 Seat 1: gamer4life27 (18,082) Seat 2: billh22232 (22,942) Seat 4: tcouse (16,350) Seat 5: Mukluk (11,416) Seat 6: blort14 (29,842) Seat 7: FishNFoolLures (41,964) Seat 8: AKQJ10 of CLUBS (41,407) gamer4life27 antes 150 billh22232 antes 150 tcouse antes 150 Mukluk antes 150 blort14 antes 150 FishNFoolLures antes 150 AKQJ10 of CLUBS antes 150 *** 3RD STREET *** Dealt to gamer4life27 [Jh Js] [7s] Dealt to billh22232 [2d] Dealt to tcouse [Ts] Dealt to Mukluk [Jd] Dealt to blort14 [6c] Dealt to FishNFoolLures [Kd] Dealt to AKQJ10 of CLUBS [2s] billh22232 is low with [2d] billh22232 completes it to 800 tcouse calls 800 Mukluk folds blort14 calls 800 FishNFoolLures calls 800 AKQJ10 of CLUBS calls 800 gamer4life27 calls 800 *** 4TH STREET *** Dealt to gamer4life27 [Jh Js 7s] [Jc] Dealt to billh22232 [2d] [Ah] Dealt to tcouse [Ts] [5s] Dealt to blort14 [6c] [Qd] Dealt to FishNFoolLures [Kd] [2h] Dealt to AKQJ10 of CLUBS [2s] [3s] billh22232 bets 800 tcouse calls 800 blort14 calls 800 FishNFoolLures calls 800 AKQJ10 of CLUBS calls 800 gamer4life27 calls 800 *** 5TH STREET *** Dealt to gamer4life27 [Jh Js 7s Jc] [7h] Dealt to billh22232 [2d Ah] [Kh] Dealt to tcouse [Ts 5s] [3d] Dealt to blort14 [6c Qd] [9c] Dealt to FishNFoolLures [Kd 2h] [Td] Dealt to AKQJ10 of CLUBS [2s 3s] [4c] gamer4life27 checks billh22232 bets 1,600 tcouse calls 1,600 blort14 folds FishNFoolLures calls 1,600 AKQJ10 of CLUBS calls 1,600 gamer4life27 calls 1,600 *** 6TH STREET *** Dealt to gamer4life27 [Jh Js 7s Jc 7h] [Th] Dealt to billh22232 [2d Ah Kh] [4h] Dealt to tcouse [Ts 5s 3d] [5h] Dealt to FishNFoolLures [Kd 2h Td] [6s] Dealt to AKQJ10 of CLUBS [2s 3s 4c] [Qh] gamer4life27 checks billh22232 checks tcouse checks FishNFoolLures checks AKQJ10 of CLUBS bets 1,600 gamer4life27 raises to 3,200 billh22232 calls 3,200 tcouse calls 3,200 FishNFoolLures calls 3,200 AKQJ10 of CLUBS calls 1,600 *** 7TH STREET *** Dealt to gamer4life27 [Jh Js 7s Jc 7h Th] [8c] gamer4life27 bets 1,600 billh22232 calls 1,600 tcouse raises to 3,200 FishNFoolLures folds AKQJ10 of CLUBS calls 3,200 gamer4life27 raises to 4,800 billh22232 calls 3,200 tcouse calls 1,600 AKQJ10 of CLUBS calls 1,600 *** SHOW DOWN *** gamer4life27 shows [Js Jh 7s Jc 7h Th 8c] a full house, Jacks full of Sevens, for high billh22232 mucks tcouse shows [Tc 8h Ts 5s 3d 5h 5d] a full house, Fives full of Tens, for high AKQJ10 of CLUBS mucks gamer4life27 wins the pot (53,850) with a full house, Jacks full of Sevens No low hand qualified *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 53,850 | Rake 0 Seat 1: gamer4life27 showed [Js Jh 7s Jc 7h Th 8c] and won (53,850) with HI: a full house, Jacks full of Sevens Seat 2: billh22232 mucked [As Kc 2d Ah Kh 4h 8s] - HI: two pair, Aces and Kings Seat 4: tcouse showed [Tc 8h Ts 5s 3d 5h 5d] and lost with HI: a full house, Fives full of Tens Seat 5: Mukluk folded on 3rd St. Seat 6: blort14 folded on 5th St. Seat 7: FishNFoolLures folded on 7th St. Seat 8: AKQJ10 of CLUBS mucked [Ad Ks 2s 3s 4c Qh 9d] - HI: Ace King high
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24th July 2008, 07:28 AM
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| Nice Hand  It can happen in any game, hun...but getting something like that in the first 5 cards is rare in either case. Bravo 
__________________ ~Lady~ "Most of the money you'll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents." - Lou Krieger |
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24th July 2008, 07:31 AM
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| Lol, thanks. I'm still in the tourney, but it's only play chips. I picked off two HUGE bluffs to get a load of chips off this guy who said: 'He is a better player than everyone at the table.'
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24th July 2008, 07:46 AM
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| Nice job way to go! Now that you know how they feel about you, time to take full advantage of your new status  LOL
__________________ ~Lady~ "Most of the money you'll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents." - Lou Krieger |
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24th July 2008, 07:49 AM
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| And this is what I mean by not having luck on my side when I truley need it. Full Tilt Poker Game #7352724522: 250 Play Chip Tournament (55789730), Table 21 - 2000/4000 Ante 300 - Limit Stud Hi - 3:48:05 ET - 2008/07/24 Seat 1: micaro83 (57,214) Seat 2: unForTunateP1 (65,375) Seat 5: TraderRik123 (151,996) Seat 7: smmiller (33,192) Seat 8: gamer4life27 (13,332) micaro83 antes 300 unForTunateP1 antes 300 TraderRik123 antes 300 smmiller antes 300 gamer4life27 antes 300 *** 3RD STREET *** Dealt to micaro83 [Ad] Dealt to unForTunateP1 [Th] Dealt to TraderRik123 [4h] Dealt to smmiller [6c] Dealt to gamer4life27 [5s 5d] [3d] gamer4life27 is low with [3d] gamer4life27 brings in for 600 micaro83 folds unForTunateP1 folds TraderRik123 completes it to 2,000 smmiller folds gamer4life27 raises to 4,000 TraderRik123 calls 2,000 *** 4TH STREET *** Dealt to TraderRik123 [4h] [Kc] Dealt to gamer4life27 [5s 5d 3d] [8d] TraderRik123 bets 2,000 gamer4life27 raises to 4,000 TraderRik123 calls 2,000 *** 5TH STREET *** Dealt to TraderRik123 [4h Kc] [Qs] Dealt to gamer4life27 [5s 5d 3d 8d] [As] gamer4life27 bets 4,000 TraderRik123 calls 4,000 *** 6TH STREET *** Dealt to TraderRik123 [4h Kc Qs] [Kh] Dealt to gamer4life27 [5s 5d 3d 8d As] [8c] TraderRik123 bets 4,000 gamer4life27 calls 1,032, and is all in TraderRik123 shows [4c 9s 4h Kc Qs Kh] gamer4life27 shows [5s 5d 3d 8d As 8c] Uncalled bet of 2,968 returned to TraderRik123 *** 7TH STREET *** Dealt to TraderRik123 [4c 9s 4h Kc Qs Kh] [Qc] Dealt to gamer4life27 [5s 5d 3d 8d As 8c] [Qh] TraderRik123 shows [4c 9s 4h Kc Qs Kh Qc] two pair, Kings and Queens gamer4life27 shows [5s 5d 3d 8d As 8c Qh] two pair, Eights and Fives gamer4life27: wow.. TraderRik123 wins the pot (27,564) with two pair, Kings and Queens gamer4life27 stands up *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 27,564 | Rake 0 Seat 1: micaro83 folded on 3rd St. Seat 2: unForTunateP1 folded on 3rd St. Seat 5: TraderRik123 showed [4c 9s 4h Kc Qs Kh Qc] and won (27,564) with two pair, Kings and Queens Seat 7: smmiller folded on 3rd St. Seat 8: gamer4life27 showed [5s 5d 3d 8d As 8c Qh] and lost with two pair, Eights and Fives
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24th July 2008, 07:55 AM
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| Hmm well that's Stud for ya  Not much can be said for what happened there...I don't tend to play a whole lot of tournament stud, but typically I don't like little pairs much in these spots. Especially when two of the cards of his that you can see are huge. I dunno, sometimes my gut leads me more than my head, but then again if I listened to my gut more, I'd probably be in great shape LOL
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24th July 2008, 07:59 AM
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| If you believe your gonna run bad, not only are you going to run bad, but you will not remeber anything good that happens. We remeber our greatest losses but not our greatest winners when we are running bad <---forgot who said this lol
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24th July 2008, 08:09 AM
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| Tonight, I've won a $110 HU Turbo, a $220 HU turbo, Several smaller events. Maybe you need to take a break from the game I took out alot of personal anger on my BR lately (the last 6 months) and it's cost me. I kept on thinking about all the negative things and it got me off focus on my game, I started making alot more mistakes than normal and I lost sight of the fact that I can't win every game, and it troubled me because sometimes, poker is my release, it is my way of escaping a boring ass 9 to 5. I resolved my personal issues, made changes in my life, got my focus back on track but I really had to step away from the game for a few days. Try it, it will bring new focus back to your game
__________________ I Bling in my Wyte tee, I win MTTs in my Wyte tee, all in the club, I take down massive pots in my Wyte tee. |
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24th July 2008, 08:21 AM
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| Congrats on your wins Wyte that's great to hear! Gamer, if it makes you feel any better hun, I just lost an PLO SNG a few minutes ago... I had AA......person I ran into had AA also, but one was a spade, with a 5 of spades to help it along... Blank flop hits with 2 spades, player checked...I bet big...she came over the top...I thought for a second, and she hadn't looked like she knew what she was doing the whole game, so I put her on a flush draw and sure enough I was right .... sadly she hit the final spade on the river... It's just part of the game, and online when you're surrounded by people who don't know so much, it can make for a long night....but, on the same token, it can also be profitable....it's just part of the game....
__________________ ~Lady~ "Most of the money you'll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents." - Lou Krieger |
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24th July 2008, 08:26 AM
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Thanks I am way more focused now, than I've ever been lol I even (for shits and giggles) walked into a Super Turbo, $3 and took first place for $15 lol......Sat in a $55 6-max Turbo, took 2nd. I am slowing down now that I got alot of my anger out of me and playing better math poker
__________________ I Bling in my Wyte tee, I win MTTs in my Wyte tee, all in the club, I take down massive pots in my Wyte tee. |
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24th July 2008, 08:32 AM
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| Oh and first time (IN MY LIFE) to play softball tonight I was horrible in Right Field, but batting, I found out I am a natural LOL I went 6 for 6 batting (4 singles and 2 doubles). The best at-bat was last, I sent two screamers down the first base line the previous 2 at-bats. Soo all 3 outfields were in right field lol. Soo I asked them "ya'll gonna leave left field open for me?"....The center fielder replied "if you can hit it into left field, you deserve that hit alot!"....first pitch, rocket into left field and a double Hopefully that canceled out the 100,000 errors I made in Right Field LOL
__________________ I Bling in my Wyte tee, I win MTTs in my Wyte tee, all in the club, I take down massive pots in my Wyte tee. |
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24th July 2008, 08:37 AM
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| LOL that's cool...I just *(for shits and giggles)* played in a $2 bounty sng...and got 2nd LOL Amazing since I hate bounties LOL But at this time of the morning it's not as crazy as it is in the daytime.  As for softball, I'm the total opposite of you LOL I grew up in a neighborhood full of boys, so my dad taught me baseball (among other things) So at bat, I'm used to swinging hard as soon as the ball comes out of the pitcher's hand.....but in softball, you have to stand there and wait for it to get to you, and it's the size of a melon, so I can't hit it to save my life LMAO but gimme a baseball and I can knock it out of the park Outfield in softball I was the only one on our co-ed team that could throw from center field to home plate with only one bounce, and if I got a lot of fire behind it, not even a bounce LOL Pretty sad when I could out-throw the guys on the team LMAO I sure miss those days.....I used to be very athletic until my health took a turn 
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24th July 2008, 04:01 PM
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3rd street: Fold to the completion, especially if it's a small card completing it... since that's usually a big pair in the hole, trips, or two large face cards (being overplayed but still not far behind). 5-5-3 is NOT a hand you should defend with. Note: In this case, it was a misplayed pair of 4s... probably Q-4-4... but you still were in bad shape. 4th: He gets a King, you get an 8. Then he goes ahead and bets... telling you he's still happy with the hand. You raise... which was probably the second best thing you could do... the best would be to just fold here and save the chips. Calling is easily the worst... but you knew that. It's important to mention here that even if we KNEW he had Q-4-4-K... we would still want to fold 5-5-3-8. Rule #1 of playing pairs in stud: "Respect your opponent's overcards." 5th: You bet, he calls... likely worried about trips but this hand is basically already a sure thing... it's getting all-in. I think he calls here worried that you might have Aces up... but it doesn't really matter... unless you get another Ace on the next street... he has to see this to the end at this point. 6th and 7th... standard. He improves from Qs up to Ks up... you improve to 8s up. Note: FTP shuffles the down cards of stud hands... so I have to assume it was Q4-4 to start... it may have been 94-4 but I doubt that... it was play money and some people could play that badly... it's certainly possible. Seriously though... RESPECT overcards in stud hi. Overcards quickly become larger pairs (and much more often than you would expect)... and you're in major trouble.
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