Re: Not feared!
 

"Personally I respect the fear a good calling station instills."

Calling stations should be your best friend. Once you identify them, it is so easy to take their money.

Re: Not feared!
 

I'm with Traz...I fear/give most all around poker respect to other players who are truly good - well rounded....I think the ones I 'fear' are the ones willing to make moves on a pot with any two in the right situation and/or with the right read.

I will c/r or fired a 2nd/3rd round against these guys with air significantly less than other players for fear that they may sense my weakness and reraise me out of the pot....Those are the ones I 'fear.'

But I only 'fear' them if they are a dangerous player with chips in hand. (i.e. VERY GOOD OVERALL ALL AROUND.)

some players can't handle the chips.
others win tourneys with them.

Re: Not feared!
 

Bring a loaded gun and set it on the table next to your chips. Its what I do, and I ALWAYS finish in the money...

Re: Not feared!
 

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"Personally I respect the fear a good calling station instills."

Calling stations should be your best friend. Once you identify them, it is so easy to take their money.

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I was joking ofcourse. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Ofcourse we like players who put money into the pot, but when a pot grows big, your JJ is an overpair to the board with 2 hearts on it and mr.here-is-my-chips willingly pushes a big call into the middle...well...even if this makes me much money in the long run I still tend to get this creeping sensation that all is not well, and I refuse to believe that I am alone. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: Not feared!
 

The good players are better post-flop play. If you play too tight, then you won't getting very much post-flop action and when you do, you are going to find yourself losing a lot of chips. Welcome to the world of NL, the hardest game in poker. Stick with it, loosen up a little, but try and stick to position until you get used it.

Good luck!