I'm done

[Ray Zee]

i wrote an essay on the stages of a poker players life awhile back. see if you can find it. it will solve your problem or you have no hope. good luck.

[bigredlemon]

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i wrote an essay on the stages of a poker players life awhile back. see if you can find it. it will solve your problem or you have no hope. good luck.

[/ QUOTE ]I hope whoever finds it first posts http://www.twoplustwo.com/zee2.html

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_maga...27&m_id=15

cliffs:
calling station --> rock --> wild taz --> solid

[count1]

Thanks for posting Jon. Your situation and mind set mirrors mine exactly. I was averaging 4BB/100 at $2-$4 Stud8 over 1500 hands, thought I was good. Lost 50BB over 1500 hands this weekend. Poor game selection, on my part, and failing to leave the game when I was getting the worst of it was my downfall.

[sexdrugsmoney]

Hey jon, what a coincidence, I recently lost 75BB's (exactly) at the limit I play, but stupidly for me, that was my bankroll.

While reading Ray Zee's awesome article, I came across this "stage":

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This is the advanced stage of a poker player's career. Now, the cat is out of the bag. He wins more often and gets what he believes is the right feel for the game. Great plays come about by pushing marginal hands and making fantastic calls on the end through his ability to read hands. Poker is fun when it's played this way. No longer is the tight player inside the body. All hands start to look like they have value, and with skillful manipulation, winning the pot is easy. He begins to believe that he can play bad hands for profit, when, in reality, he can't. The player has taken a big step backward and a long leap forward at the same time. The tight style needed is gone and a new imaginative style is born, and he becomes loose-aggressive. Unfortunately for him, if he gets too loose, he loses all of his money and may never recover. But for those who are moving up the ladder, this is the last leap before the finishing stage.

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Zee describes it as the final stage before becoming a solid player, and I believe it is the stage I am at.

Tight play bores me, but in reality I don't have the experience and knowledge a solid player does, so my money is at jeopardy.

I also like you am taking a break from poker, am going to re-read 7CS4AP, and obey Roland. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I don't know whether yoy are at this stage or just took some bad beats, but I thought I'd post anyway, maybe you'll get something out of it.

Cheers,
LAP-SDM [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[beta1607]

Jon - I took some about a month off a little while ago and it was certainly a good move. I would recommend still posting a little during that month just to keep your mind somewhat thinking about stud. Good Luck.