Am I too stupid for poker?

[MicroBob]

I'm grouchy today I guess....here comes a kind of mean post. you have been fore-warned.


study.
think about how you're playing.

ummmm....try posting HH's in the strategy forums for feedback as well as reading through the other strategy-discussions there.

it doesn't happen magically.


I was hardly a natural when I started and I doubt many others were as well.
I started almost exactly 2 years ago and was not certain whether a flush beat a full-house or vice-versa.
I was on many buddy-lists I'm sure.

After reading and thinking and posting HH's and reading more HH's I've grown to become slightly better than mediocre (meaning that I win more than I lose....which really ain't too shabby).



Anybody who says "I'm losing...I've read ALL the books and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong" probably is too stupid to win consistently.
Because the answer (study your game...and post and read some HH's) is ludicrously obvious.


While you didn't say it directly...there is almost an implication in your post (and other posts of similar nature as well) that goes something like "hey...I'm playing just like they told me to in SSHE and WLLHE but am not winning."

Well, SSHE and WLLHE are two VERY different books and it is not possible to play both strategies at the same time.
how so many people can claim to have read both books and NOT see this obvious fact is beyond me.


If you think you are playing as SSHE and WLLHE are telling you to and can't see that this is not even possible then you certainly will not be able to see that you are probably playing in a way that neither book would recommend.