[bisonbison]

1. You're probably selectively noticing when you're beat by straights. Post some hands.

2. If you have a hand worth limping, you almost certainly have a hand worth calling one more for.

3. I play without a precise knowledge of most of the math, but I know how to figure it if it's a close decision. If you're not willing to do the math, at least print out an odds chart and put it by your computer screen. Over time, you'll absorb it and be able to make most of these decisions more intuitively.


Playing more hands is good, but only if you're learning something from them. You need to start posting hands and responding to other people's posts. The vast majority of good posters on this site came here knowing very little proper strategy, and learned by throwing themselves into it and being willing to look dumb.