play2win
02-06-2005, 05:42 PM
I have been playing poker since I was a kid with my family. Not until college did I start playing for real money. I had great success in "real life" play and was an overall winner. I have recently moved to a new city where I don't really know anybody and started to play online, just because it is so convenient.
I read books, forums, study my game after session and re-read some more. I have had some luck, and had to make lots adjustments to online style of play. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering which I use to quickly pull odds and probabilites out with. I played on Pokerstars and found that I didn't like the limit games but rather the tournies. I now play on Party Poker. I found that 1/2 was too loose and I was tired of being chased down, so I moved to 2/4 and had much more success.
I have had some luck and recently some very poor luck. I have been up about $1000 at one point, but now find myself down a little over $1000. I have decided to walk away for a while and read some new books, just clear my mind. I don't feel like I have a problem, I don't gamble what I don't have, but I do take loosing tough when I wait for good hands and loose to incredible long shots over and over.
To clarify, I love to be called by junk.....it is what I hope for. But when I get called down with my pp K's by 34off and he stays to the river to catch his second pair when I put in as many bets as I can.....I get mad. When it happens over and over......I get real mad. I try not to let it affect my play, which I don't think it does, but I have a hard time getting up and leaving until my luck shifts. I do belive that poker is a game of luck (gambling), which over time better players will get the better of it.
I shifted to playing more strong draws and speculative hands and can't seem to hit water if I feel out of a boat.
My question(s) is are there really online players that show a profit? Is there something out there that I am missing that everyone else knows about? What kind of bankroll swings should I expect online, playing 2/4 limit? Is there a good book that can help my online game? I read some advice that people posted on here and it sounded sound so I hope someone can help me. Thanks.
-Sean
I read books, forums, study my game after session and re-read some more. I have had some luck, and had to make lots adjustments to online style of play. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering which I use to quickly pull odds and probabilites out with. I played on Pokerstars and found that I didn't like the limit games but rather the tournies. I now play on Party Poker. I found that 1/2 was too loose and I was tired of being chased down, so I moved to 2/4 and had much more success.
I have had some luck and recently some very poor luck. I have been up about $1000 at one point, but now find myself down a little over $1000. I have decided to walk away for a while and read some new books, just clear my mind. I don't feel like I have a problem, I don't gamble what I don't have, but I do take loosing tough when I wait for good hands and loose to incredible long shots over and over.
To clarify, I love to be called by junk.....it is what I hope for. But when I get called down with my pp K's by 34off and he stays to the river to catch his second pair when I put in as many bets as I can.....I get mad. When it happens over and over......I get real mad. I try not to let it affect my play, which I don't think it does, but I have a hard time getting up and leaving until my luck shifts. I do belive that poker is a game of luck (gambling), which over time better players will get the better of it.
I shifted to playing more strong draws and speculative hands and can't seem to hit water if I feel out of a boat.
My question(s) is are there really online players that show a profit? Is there something out there that I am missing that everyone else knows about? What kind of bankroll swings should I expect online, playing 2/4 limit? Is there a good book that can help my online game? I read some advice that people posted on here and it sounded sound so I hope someone can help me. Thanks.
-Sean