"The Pen:" Live NLHE Chat Thread
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Squid face.
Why is my biggest strength not paying off?
It feels like me hand reading/situational reading/bet size reading/timing reads/expert player profilezation my opponents is double edged sword and I end up getting sucked out more often in poker.
In my experience, IÂ’m rarely wrong on the exact hand or hand range he has, but it also puts me in situations where I feel uncomfortable being all in with the best hand (52 to 82% ahead most often), and it truly feels like I would have a better shot
Not sure I am reading you right, but if you actually can read hands on the river then you should not go all in beforehand.
I might argue the ego could be part of it.
conversely, getting in before the river with a 18-48% chance of losing works most of the time
You're not ahead as often as you're remembering or you're running bad. Chances are, it is the former. Beyond that, I agree with dmw in that if you're good at reading hands, I don't see why you want to avoid the opportunity on the turn/river.
Squid face.
Why is my biggest strength not paying off?
It feels like me hand reading/situational reading/bet size reading/timing reads/expert player profilezation my opponents is double edged sword and I end up getting sucked out more often in poker.
In my experience, IÂ’m rarely wrong on the exact hand or hand range he has, but it also puts me in situations where I feel uncomfortable being all in with the best hand (52 to 82% ahead most often), and it truly feels like I would have a better
Sounds like someone who plays way too many hands for the sake of ourplaying others. What golddog said.
Manasta - Critical self evaluation is hard to do. I have had converstaions with hundreds upon hundreds of semiskilled poker players over the years. Many of these guys think they run worse that anyone else on the planet. Obviously someone has to run the worst but it cant be all of em.
I get sucked out on more than I suck out which should be the case. But I have blasted off bad more times than I can count at this point. I frequently hear people state that they "played perfectly that session". I personally have 10s of thousands of hours in a casino at this point and have yet to accomplish that. I make mistakes every session I play. Most of the time they are small mistakes, but I still make mistakes where I want to punch myself in the face and actually lose sleep over them cuz they are so annoying. I review all of these and try my best to not continue to make them. Can I (constant and neverending improvement) is something that I learned a long time ago and I strive for that daily in things that are important to me.
I would not be where I am as a gambooler without my gamboolin buds. Its really important to have people to disect hands with if you cant see your mistakes (they are there). I am extremely lucky to have street poker chick. We discuss ideas, strat, counter strat, player exploit, etc after every session.
squid face,
How much poker are you playing so far and/or planning on playing in 2024?
Smoola, I have not played pokerz since fall 2022. I fcuking hate the casino environment and everything about it. Gambling (blackjack poker, scamblin, and other gambool) has been my sole source of $ since 1992. I believe I have enuf $ to no longer work and have been seeing how I like not working. It seems to fit me pretty well so I am going with it. That being said I still enjoy thinking about poker and trying to understand various thought processes opponents have. I dont say much in the strat threads but SPC and I enjoy discussing the HH's in those threads.
Major snow coming. Run for the hills!
Skewl and werk is cancelled tomorrow. 10” incoming - that’s what she said.
Thank you, Skwid. Much appreciated.
I will definitely try the hand sitting trick for a while. One of the biggest problems I seem to have is thinking through decisions postflop. Like any decision. I even wrote down a template of the questions I wsnt to ask myself. Then I see a flop, and it all goes away. I feel like the poker embodiment of that Mike Tyson quote, "Everyone has a plan: until they get punched in the face." Where every hand I play starts with me getting punched in the face.
This is th
Sir, you were once a co-host on the 43rd** best online radio poker show. I expect only the best from you.
**Had we stayed on air a couple of more weeks I am sure we could have passed over that show where they just shuffled cards for an hour.
Major snow coming. Run for the hills!
Skewl and werk is cancelled tomorrow. 10” incoming - that’s what she said.
we had that one today. Got to the mountain early and got 7th chair, we then proceeded to bust 1st lines on a bunch o stuff. Had an absolute shitload of fun.
Tomorrow should be ossum for u and jr
Major snow coming. Run for the hills!
Skewl and werk is cancelled tomorrow. 10” incoming - that’s what she said.
This working is for the birds. Way too many meetings tomorrow, but save some pow for me on Friday.
Sir, you were once a co-host on the 43rd** best online radio poker show. I expect only the best from you.
**Had we stayed on air a couple of more weeks I am sure we could have passed over that show where they just shuffled cards for an hour.
Thank you for the vote of confidence. I expect only to mildly disappoint you. I say mildly because expectations are so low lolol
we had that one today. Got to the mountain early and got 7th chair, we then proceeded to bust 1st lines on a bunch o stuff. Had an absolute shitload of fun.
Tomorrow should be ossum for u and jr
Drive here was pretty gnarly. Tomorrow is going to be way worse. Had to go around a Snow Plow that had his back wheels hanging off the edge of the road. I’ve never seen those guys slide in my life. Blizzaks FTW.
KingSpew and I looked at the cams and Keystone is already blasting. Looked like 7” and it’s still coming. Jr and I will be hucking 3’s….. and not landing them. He told me he wants to get those down tomorrow. 😃
This working is for the birds. Way too many meetings tomorrow, but save some pow for me on Friday.Thank you for the vote of confidence. I expect only to mildly disappoint you. I say mildly because expectations are so low lolol
I’ll try to save some, but no guarantees. Aka… No soup for you.
you guys are getting snow still?!?! it's mid march. we're starting to get weather in the 70s, it's great.
APD was lucky to get here. Anyone still on east side of the Divide is SOL. All the roads are closed.
Looks like Locals Day with Keystone getting 9" and still pouring down.
We have over a foot, and it's still dumping. Looks wet and heavy. I'll find out soon when I dig out Mrs Turtle so she can get to an appointment.
Studded snow tires appear to have been a good choice.
APD was lucky to get here. Anyone still on east side of the Divide is SOL. All the roads are closed.
Looks like Locals Day with Keystone getting 9" and still pouring down.
Out of curiosity, looked at Bravo. Monarch's open, one table of 1-3 with 5 on the wait.
I guess it could be people who stayed up there last night, but I was surprised to see anything running.
Except i barely drive it in the front range. During the winter, it goes to the mountains and back. Car is 2.5yrs old with <10k miles on it.
They've 100% saved my ass on berthoud and loveland passes, and the descent into Silverthorne.
