Joined: Dec '09
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i play poker all the time win verry little. i play for play point and win loads. i won 40 dollars on the daily dollar one time. 22 in a head to head but no luck sinse i played the saterlite to the ferguson last night won a dollar went on a ring game first and AQ AQ3 on the flop put my dollor all in guy called it withA3 36 next to cards done me how do i change my game thank you. please mind my spelling
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Posted by chiptaker: i play poker all the time win verry little i play for play point and win loads i won 40 dollors on the daily dollor one time 22 in a head to head but no luck sinse i played the saterlite to the ferguson last night won a dollor went on a ring game first and AQ AQ3 on the flop put my dollor all in guy called it withA3 36 next to cards done me how do i change my game thank you
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Posted by chiptaker: i play poker all the time win verry little. i play for play point and win loads. i won 40 dollars on the daily dollar one time. 22 in a head to head but no luck sinse i played the saterlite to the ferguson last night won a dollar went on a ring game first and AQ AQ3 on the flop put my dollor all in guy called it withA3 36 next to cards done me how do i change my game thank you. please mind my spelling
I guess the old advice shall stand: play position, play tight, play aggressive, not passive, etc...Read Read Read before sitting at the table and the like.
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Big difference between play money and real money. When you play low stakes real money there is probably more fish play than play money since people for some unknown reason actually care about play money. But I doubt you find the same level of skill in playmoney cos all the best players have tried real money and made a bankroll.
There might be no particular reason for your failure. You could just be bad at poker. When you did win you could have been lucky. Not everyone can be winning poker players. In order for some to consistently win others must consistently lose.
Of course good bankroll management will help. If you can put your entire roll all in on one hand, you're not safe against bad beats and no player can avoid these. Why don't you try a no deposit bonus with BRM. If you've already tried them all, there is a new bonus coming for UK players very soon. Don't worry so much about completing the bonus as playing good and growing steadily. Play appropriate stakes for your bankroll and practice until you get better. Also couldn't hurt to read up on poker, internet or book whatever.
Posted by chiptaker: i play poker all the time win verry little. i play for play point and win loads. i won 40 dollars on the daily dollar one time. 22 in a head to head but no luck sinse i played the saterlite to the ferguson last night won a dollar went on a ring game first and AQ AQ3 on the flop put my dollor all in guy called it withA3 36 next to cards done me how do i change my game thank you. please mind my spelling
Nothing you could do in this situation, it was just badluck. I dunno much about your skill level, though, but you could try the intellipoker school and go with SSS until you've built a decent bankroll.
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you can't expect to win every hand you have gud cards. badbeats are a part of poker, you have to live with them. you need to have good bankroll management to take care of the variance and become a winning player.
Poker is all about ups and downs. Strict bankroll management will help minimilize the damage a cold spell brings. Since u play at FTP, the academy is pretty good for learning and practicing different aspects of poker and collecting a different type of rewards points.
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Posted by chiptaker: i play poker all the time win verry little. i play for play point and win loads. i won 40 dollars on the daily dollar one time. 22 in a head to head but no luck sinse i played the saterlite to the ferguson last night won a dollar went on a ring game first and AQ AQ3 on the flop put my dollor all in guy called it withA3 36 next to cards done me how do i change my game thank you. please mind my spelling
It was only bad luck. You will see that it will happen a lot of times.
Don´t need to change your game i guess. You are winning. don´t let those bad beats affect you.
