Most Common Poker Mistakes

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At this point, you are in for 3 or 4 bets on a hand you should have folded.. <font color="green"> </font>
And I'm not in here alone.... <font color="red"> </font>

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I should've thought about this as a general mistake: Getting in over your head with hands you should've folded. It usually happens to me after a run of really bad cards. I finally get a mediocre hand and jump in too deep.

- Cold calling
- not enough paying attention to position

ERRM

playing when tired
playing when stressed
playing when emotionally unbalanced
playing with money you cant afford to lose
chasing after loses
calling another player "cos he just beat u"
playing out of BR
playing out of position
playing out of skill level
playing omaha hi/lo tounrey when you think it is high only and not realising till level 3! (stupid me!)

I think for a decent player it letting yourself go on tilt.

Maybe I'm only saying this because yesterday, after running bad in the morning but playing ok. I managed to tilt off all my profit from the weekend where I was running pretty good.

Sorry for the post, I'm just venting because I am steamed.. actually I feel better now.. whats $1500 anyway, that I can't make back in 2 or 3 or 4 days.. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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playing omaha hi/lo tounrey when you think it is high only and not realising till level 3! (stupid me!)

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LOL

This thread has exceeded the expectations I had when I started it.

Thanks for the input, all.

And, to those "didn't we already talk about this?" types: BITE ME.

Size of bets.

Its amazing how some people completely lack the understanding that a bet size should have something to do with the pot size.

Hand at my homegame....

25c/50c blinds NL

Raiser makes it $2, Theres a caller, And another caller, Short stack in blinds goes all in for his last $5.75.
Call,Call,Call. (yes my home game is super soft)

So Its up to the original raiser on a ragged flop. He loads up and places a nice hefty bet of.... $2.
I choke and sputter on my iced tea.


Online Ive seen some action preflop, followed by someone leading out on the flop with a 1/10th pot bet. Top put icing on the cake they get min raised. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

great subject, here's mine observed from my local tourney.

Limping in from early position....then calling a raise five times the BB from the guy on the button.

Over rating two random cards "cos they're suited"

Chasing gut shot straights

Chasing flush draws (not a high flush)

No concept of position

Moving all in for 20,000 chips when the pot is 300

Calling off all their chips to see flops.

Check and call all the way down with Ace high.

My god there are lots......we should all be millionaires with all these players making mistakes all the time !!!

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Size of bets.

Its amazing how some people completely lack the understanding that a bet size should have something to do with the pot size.

Online Ive seen some action preflop, followed by someone leading out on the flop with a 1/10th pot bet. Top put icing on the cake they get min raised. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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The reason you see that so often is that "raising to drive out opponents" is counter-intuitive.

When someone who hasn't studied poker theory gets a good starting hand, his first instinct will be to keep in as many as many players as possible to build the pot.

[astrodon]

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playing omaha hi/lo tounrey when you think it is high only and not realising till level 3! (stupid me!)


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LOL! I thought I was the only one who did that: jump into a S&amp;G thinking Holdem - then imagine the shock when four cards are dealt. The only really shocking thing about that is, its happened more than once. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]