03-29-2002, 05:11 PM
Josh,
Your posts are getting to me. Here you are playing in LA, loose fast agressive [good] games, here you are with excellent native skills -- much better than mine I am sure [seriously] -- and you are getting hammered, and you post that you've never read a poker book. If you need to play, and I think you do, you've said it yourself, all of your buddies are playing, etc, then here is a suggestion. If you've done this already, ok, then I am out of line, you should quit the game:
Buy Texas Turbo Holdem. First set it up to play against a tough serious lineup. Based on your posts below, no offense, you won't win, you play too loose. Next, once you can beat the hell out of the toughest players, setup a lineup you would see in LA in the type of game you think you want to play against. Play against that lineup until you can beat it. You'll have to play much tighter in this game than even against the tough players in my opinion. Until it is second nature. Then, set it up to play heads up, and try to beat the headsup computer player. Since middle-stakes can be so much about headsup, you better be good at this too (less trouble for you than for me I think).
Once you are playing way-tight, second nature, buy a book, HPFAP, walk around with it, don't even read it...until you want to know something, then look it up. And post here of course.
And a neat thing about using TTHE: You can play, any time, day or night. And learn. And become automatic in some situations where you need to improve.
Good luck,
mark
Your posts are getting to me. Here you are playing in LA, loose fast agressive [good] games, here you are with excellent native skills -- much better than mine I am sure [seriously] -- and you are getting hammered, and you post that you've never read a poker book. If you need to play, and I think you do, you've said it yourself, all of your buddies are playing, etc, then here is a suggestion. If you've done this already, ok, then I am out of line, you should quit the game:
Buy Texas Turbo Holdem. First set it up to play against a tough serious lineup. Based on your posts below, no offense, you won't win, you play too loose. Next, once you can beat the hell out of the toughest players, setup a lineup you would see in LA in the type of game you think you want to play against. Play against that lineup until you can beat it. You'll have to play much tighter in this game than even against the tough players in my opinion. Until it is second nature. Then, set it up to play heads up, and try to beat the headsup computer player. Since middle-stakes can be so much about headsup, you better be good at this too (less trouble for you than for me I think).
Once you are playing way-tight, second nature, buy a book, HPFAP, walk around with it, don't even read it...until you want to know something, then look it up. And post here of course.
And a neat thing about using TTHE: You can play, any time, day or night. And learn. And become automatic in some situations where you need to improve.
Good luck,
mark