what's your poker wisdom?

[bicyclekick]

I guess the only wisdom i'd have to offer...and something I was bad about when I was a new guy, is ALWAYS, and yes I mean ALWAYS have enough bets in front of you to cap every street.

I always went with a certain amount I was willing to lose, so I'd buy in for that amount, and when I'd be low I'd just play with low...and end up all in. I think that made a huge difference in winning or losing in a night....I never had any more chips to push in on my good hands.

If you get low, either re-buy if you can handle losing more or quit right there, cause you're probably just going to lose what you have in front of you eventually because you'll have a 'small' downswing and lose it all because you didn't win enough on your good hand.

[bunky9590]

"Do not use cannon to kill mosquito!" I just like confucious' sayings.

"If its good enough to call, you should seriously consider raising." Dave Sklansky
(I love this one the best!)

[bdk3clash]

(One of the regular Small Stakes posters said something to this effect, which greatly helped my game.)

Bet the river for value; worry about it later.

The point is, you'll be called down by such a vastly inferior range of hands that missing bets for fear of made draws/better hands is -EV.

While it's true that you should only (value) bet hands on the end that you want to be called with, at low limits, believe me, you want to be called.*

*Hand histories have revealed that I have been called down with the nut low.

[scotnt73]

if it has to have the word "tasteful" to describe it then it probably isnt

[1800GAMBLER]

Something to the effect of 'My edge comes from playing better cards than my opponents.' - Bob Ciaffone on NL.

Online NL (100BB stacks) could really be beaten so simply by just playing AA KK QQ for force and every other pocket for sets.

[spamuell]

Although this isn't a direct poker quote, it certainly applies to poker:

"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

I don't know where this quote originates from, but there's nothing more important than game selection in poker. Of course, at the moment game selection is not so crucial as many games are beatable.

[Sloats]

Everyone thinks they good at sex and poker. Few are good at either.

[NLfool]

I like Jay's quote because it is so true but I know Jay doesn't play like that [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

In online low NL (500 or less) way overbetting the nuts is not a mistake.

Never slow play NL online

Don't get committed with bottom 2 pair in NL

In NL having a maniac to your left is a good thing (ie he does the betting gets cold calls from non believers and you can pop it when it gets back to you, lots of dead money)

Don't chase too many draws with paired boards NL or limit

late in tourneys don't play to move up the ladder

Don't go to war with JJ or 1010 in NL, limit, or tourney

[Mikey]

"No set. No bet." -T.J. Cloutier

[Cipher]

1)If tight beats loose and aggressive beats passive, why would you ever choose to play against people who are tighter and more aggresive than you?

2)let the cards come to you