11-01-2005, 11:38 AM
I don't mean to seem cold-hearted, as I have recieved my fair share of help in my journey through the limits, but why do you guys flame the fish who post here? Just let them be. By flaming them, you only encourage and motivate them to become better.
Whenever I see someone post something like "I deposited X dollars, ran it up to 5X in 2 weeks, lost it all. What do I do? Help me!", I just laugh to myself and am reminded why poker is so easy.
Poker first and foremost is about money imo. Don't even try to say that it's entertainment or whatever, money comes first at this game, so why flame the fish and encourage them to be better?
Personally, I only offer my advice/thoughts to my peers who I know can offer future insight when I post my own queries. I respect a lot of my peers who post in mid-high limit and am more than happy to give them my two cents about a hand they played, etc etc, because they are my poker equals if you will. But anyone else is a totally different story.
A big reason why poker is sustainable is because of the "learning curve" that players go through. Ie, generally a player will lose a crapload of money before he or she develops any semblance of an understanding for the game. When you introduce a totally ignorant 2+2 poster to tools such as PT and concepts such as TAG multitabling, you shorten their learning curve tremendously and reduce profit for the rest of us who've already "paid our dues".
Now, I'm all over for helping out friends and whatnot. I coach my friends all the time, but why help out some random online person you've never met? Why are they any different to the fish that's sitting across from you at your online poker table?
Just my two cents. Your thoughts?
Whenever I see someone post something like "I deposited X dollars, ran it up to 5X in 2 weeks, lost it all. What do I do? Help me!", I just laugh to myself and am reminded why poker is so easy.
Poker first and foremost is about money imo. Don't even try to say that it's entertainment or whatever, money comes first at this game, so why flame the fish and encourage them to be better?
Personally, I only offer my advice/thoughts to my peers who I know can offer future insight when I post my own queries. I respect a lot of my peers who post in mid-high limit and am more than happy to give them my two cents about a hand they played, etc etc, because they are my poker equals if you will. But anyone else is a totally different story.
A big reason why poker is sustainable is because of the "learning curve" that players go through. Ie, generally a player will lose a crapload of money before he or she develops any semblance of an understanding for the game. When you introduce a totally ignorant 2+2 poster to tools such as PT and concepts such as TAG multitabling, you shorten their learning curve tremendously and reduce profit for the rest of us who've already "paid our dues".
Now, I'm all over for helping out friends and whatnot. I coach my friends all the time, but why help out some random online person you've never met? Why are they any different to the fish that's sitting across from you at your online poker table?
Just my two cents. Your thoughts?