Re: What does it take to get some encouragment?
 

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I can not believe how people are treated on this forum. The response that I was hoping to get was something along the lines of: "Hey man, it's happened to the best of us. Keep learning. Keep applying the techniques posted here. Keep making the right moves, and when your cards hold up, you'll go deep."

I hope when I have hundreds or even thousands of posts, I can come up with something more constructive to say than: "You've made another idotic post, and gotten stupid responses to your idiotic post."

I'd like to suggest a book to add to your poker library. It's called "How to win friends and influence people". Maybe if you did a search for it on Ebay, you could find it real cheap.

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I dont need more noobs as friends, I am set with those I have, in fact I might be unloading a few of said noobs for a reasonable price. Why do you need us to massage your ego anyway? This is poker after all, stuff happens. P.S. Don't take all the advice you see here as fact either be very careful who's you follow and who's you don't, lots of crap get touted as fact here when it is FAR FAR from it.
~Justin

Re: What does it take to get some encouragment?
 

Well, if you can't point me to some of your posts that have some worth while information in them, I'll be happy to take a look at them, but I'm really wary about taking advice from someone who insults as well as you.

Re: What does it take to get some encouragment?
 

Did I say I have had great strat posts? Nope. I am giving you a large lesson here that some people don't find out for a long time, that being don't trust all the strat advice here. Best place to get it is in the archives when posts like your original one didnt clog things up so badly. As far as getting made fun of and such just look at what you are asking, you are LUCKY to have gotten 1 post of actual content with a question like that. People here are weary of bad beat posts (I ALWAYS lose with AA, KK and QQ ITM!!!!) and stupid questions that are posted time and time again like Do you folks win more often after doubling up ITM or when you are crippled ITM? This question is so illogical you should feel foolish to have even posed it. I wish you great success at the tables but don't keep posting utter crap and then blindly defending it when people are telling you it is illogical.
~Justin

Re: What does it take to get some encouragment?
 

Might I add that you better have a pretty thick skin and a penchant for accepting your knocks when they come. Only a select few on this board are *above* the fray and rarely, if ever, get insulted in some way for their trouble.

That said, while he may have said his piece in a caustic tone borne of the taint of YEARS (or, one year, i guess) of plowing through posts like this, you would do well to take his points.

Re: What does it take to win an MTT?
 

Generally speaking, you must

1. Make one spectacular call
2. Make one spectacular laydown
3. Steal the blinds a few times
4. Win coinflips at least twice, either all-in or against an all-in player.
5. Get away with one daring bluff.
6. Make one major suckout.
7. Have your edges hold up whenever being sucked out on would kill you.

That is really all there is to it.

Re: What does it take to win an MTT?
 

Hmmm. I was searching for sarcasm and found wisdom instead.

Re: What does it take to get some encouragment?
 

Something I find reassuring is to look at the actual tournament reports that have been posted. You'll see different styles of play have got posters to the final tables. You'll see that along the way they've had bad beats, suckouts and also made some very clever moves. It's encouraging because you'll realise you capable of close to the same. I suggest Justin Bonomo's blog for a more straightforward approach (hope that's not offensive Justin) and Punker's posts for something a little offbeat, but nonetheless effective.

Re: What does it take to get some encouragment?
 

some good luckbox skills...