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A serious thread about online poker

FINALLY I had a good day. Not just a good day, but a historically good day. This is almost certainly in my top ten best days ever at the 45 man SNGs.

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nguboi, based on what you've posted here, your friend seems to be extremely successful. can you analyse why he's doing so well and apply any of it to your own success & failure, or even just in very general terms?

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If only it were that easy. The players who crush the MTT tournaments have a special skill set that enables them to consistently be among the top 2 or 3 % of the top 1%. They know when to push and when not to push; they know their opponents' calling ranges and pushing ranges; they are always aware of their image as perceived by the rest of the table, and they know when to switch gears.

They know how to minimize loss and maximize gain; and they know how to do this on each of dozens of different textured flops by spotting and understanding small differences that others might not even notice.

They play against an opopnents' range of hands, and as each street progresses, they rule out parts of the range until they have a fairly precise idea of what the opponent holds. This enables them to make tough folds when other people would just stack off and say "Oh well, cooler," and it enables them to make thin value bets on the river when other people would just timidly check behind.

And I am sure there are 5 or 6 other things I am not even mentioning here.

Because of the nature of the game of poker, lots of people think they can excel and reach the top ranks even though they probably never will. Just like an any game or sport where results are a direct result of one's own performance, most people aren't going to succeed no matter how hard they work or how hard they try.
 
I finally started using an auto-import HUD for VPIP and PFR (DUH! Why did I play 9000 games WITHOUT this!??????????) And now I am doing well again
 
Hello, I have a question that may have been answered in the 28 other pages but I dont have time to look right now. I live in the US unfortunatly can I play online? I know there was some law passed making it harder to do? If someone could fill me in on whats up with that I would greatly appreciate it.
 
Yea man, I live in the US and play on pokerstars and full tilt regularly. Both sites function over seas and that is the loop hole I'm guessing but not exactly sure.

Edit: by the way I've been running like absolute shit lately online, can't hit any draws every set or big pair gets sucked out on, sometimes it's so frustrating.
 
Thanks for the help guys I set up my poker stars account and promptly lost my ass in about an hour. I am now reading through this thread and im gonna pick up a book at barnes and noble. Are there any particular books or guides you guys recommend? This is looking like it may be an expensive hobby but I have had quite a few of those in my day lol.
 
yea i was playing the cash game section. I wanna do sng but I cant figure out what it means when it says buy in 3.00-.40? is that like 3 dollar buyin then .40cent rebuys? Also how do you know what a sit and go pays if you win? I wanna do a one table sng with a 1-3 dollar buy in how much would that pay to win? m

I know i am a total fish but yyour help would be appreciated.
 
crimsonjunk said:
Thanks for the help guys I set up my poker stars account and promptly lost my ass in about an hour. I am now reading through this thread and im gonna pick up a book at barnes and noble. Are there any particular books or guides you guys recommend? This is looking like it may be an expensive hobby but I have had quite a few of those in my day lol.
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Harrington's books are very good.
 
crimsonjunk said:
yea i was playing the cash game section. I wanna do sng but I cant figure out what it means when it says buy in 3.00-.40? is that like 3 dollar buyin then .40cent rebuys? Also how do you know what a sit and go pays if you win? I wanna do a one table sng with a 1-3 dollar buy in how much would that pay to win? m

I know i am a total fish but yyour help would be appreciated.
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The second number is the rake.

If the tournament is $10 + $1 then $10 goes into the prize pool and $1 goes to the online casino as their fee.

The payouts should be listed in the tournament lobby. For a Single table tournament, the prizes are usually 50 30 20 (as a percentage of the total prize pool), so in a 9 person STT for $10 there would be $90 in the prize pool and it would be $45 $27 $18 for 1st 2nd and 3rd respectively.
 
Thank you. Also this is a great thread I just read all 30 pages I feel like I have learned a lil I am gonna pick that book up tommorow. thanks again

Shit I learned so much that I won a 1 dollar sng then got 3rd in the next one on fulltilt. Some of those people are really shit at poker. Like I suck but they make me look good.
 
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For Tournament Strategy check out these books:
Kill Phil and its sequel Kill Everyone
Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand At A Time Volume 1 and 2
Every Hand Revealed (by Gus Hansen)

For Cash Games:
Harrington on Cash Games
Winning Low Limit Hold 'Em (by Lee Jones)
 
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