My personal checklist: Why did I not finish ITM?

[zoobird]

Although most of the individual items on your checklist are reasonable, I don't like the whole approach of looking at your checklist after each time you're eliminated without finishing in the money. This seems like really extreme results oriented thinking. How about making a checklist that you look at after every time you play - regardless of results. Same general idea, and many of the same items, but less focus on why you lost this particular time. After all, you're often going to place in the money despite mistakes, or get eliminated early despite good play.

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1. Don't get involved in a hand unless the cards DEMAND that you do.

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Play the player and situation, not just the cards. Sorry, I can't agree with rule #1.

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2. Full value from a hand is NOT as important as surviving until the next.
3. Don’t be PASSIVE and let the other guy catch his hand.
RESPECT early position raises, especially late in the game.

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The trick is knowing which one is which (ie, when you aren't getting full value and when you are being too passive)

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4. You need a BETTER HAND to call with than to raise with.
5. Don't call when you KNOW you are beat.
6. Don't call raises with Ax against a full table.

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4 and 6 go hand in hand - you can call with a worse hand than you think your opponent has, as long as its a hand where you know where you are at (which Ax, Kx aren't, but small/medium pocket pairs are).
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7. Treat playing poker like you are playing for a living.
8. Don't bluff too much.
9. Play to Survive.
10. Don't bet on the river when only a better hand can call.
11. Don't risk a lot to win a little.

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Corrollary to 7, play to have fun, too.
8. But don't let your opponents (get away with a) bluff too much either.
9=11
10 - unless you are bluffing and know he can't call.
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12. Don't put advanced moves on novice players.
13. Don't play while tired or distracted.

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Yup, yup.

[GtrHtr]

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on the 'rare' occassion when I finish a SnG not ITM,

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ahem.

[skipperbob]

A "One-Post" Wonder that "rarely" doesn't ITM; Cool [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Don't get involved in a hand unless the cards DEMAND that you do.


Personally, when my cards begin making demands, I know it's time for a break.

[tigerite]

Oh I dunno, if SuitedSixes would make some card mods where the Queens were all pictures of Shakira, I wouldn't mind them making demands.

[GtrHtr]

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Don't get involved in a hand unless the cards DEMAND that you do.


Personally, when my cards begin making demands, I know it's time for a break.

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This is funny.

[Gigabet]

If you took most of the items on this list, and changed them around, you would have the same list that I would use when playing, if I were a list maker, that is.

[Bill Poker]

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13. Don't play while tired or distracted.

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[bluefeet]

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13. Don't play while tired or distracted.

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I would have to quit poker & life in general if this were the case [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]