Stupid things I do.

[PTjvs]

Background: I am a winning (1.9/100 over 75k hands atm at 2/4) low limit player on Party. But, like most good players, I SHOULD be a much bigger winner than I am. Unfortunately, I do some stupid things. Here are the most common stupid things I do. I bet many of you do them too.

1) Playing Tired.

This is the #1 most common stupid thing I do. When I play very tired, i simply don't fold as often as I should, miss bets/raises, or make terrible raises/bets in the wrong spots. Unless I am VERY tired, I may still be a small winning player at these soft games, but Id be much better off just getting some sleep & trying again tommorrow.

2) Trying to get unstuck.

I hate losing sessions/tables, and often I'll try to play my way back into the green. Often this results in playing tired late into the night, or playing at tables where my edge is marginal or non-existant, when there are certainly better tables to be found.

3) Poor table selection

I could pick virtually any 2/4 table on PP & have an edge. But some tables are certainly better than others, and I SHOULD seek out the softest tables I can find to exploit bigger edges, rather than being lazy & settling for smaller ones.

4) Playing vs. the idiots idiotically

I sometimes find myself spewing chips against people simply because it doesn't make any sense for them to have a hand. If I raise KK preflop, some idiot cold calls & I get heavy action on a 229 flop, sometimes the guy really does have a 2 (for the 3rd time in 3 orbits!) he cold called with, and I am sometimes too stubborn to ever slow down. The same goes for playing blind defense against the guy who ALWAYS tries to steal, and other situations where it's easy to get frustrated.

5) Quitting while Im ahead

Hey! I've made a quick 30 BB in my first half an hour! What a soft table! No sense taking any chances though, I'll just leave now while Im ahead. Right? Wrong. I SHOULD take that momentum & continue to crush horribly soft tables like these, but instead I have been known to make a short night of it.


As you can see, 4 of the 5 things I think are my biggest "leaks" have absolutely nothing to do with cards at all, but I'm sure they are the difference between being a 1.9/100 player & being a 2.5+/100 player.

jvs