What ever happened to 5 Card Draw??

[dakine]

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I'm an abc player and almost all my losses come from suckouts. I routinely get beat by 5:1 and 10:1 dogs. I would like to play a game where skill wins. I am just about to give up holdem for good.

I wonder how many "winning players" and "pro's" are just plain lucky gamblers, I bet its a high number. I have seen people win for years in the stock market by pure dumb luck, why not holdem.

[/ QUOTE ]"Luck Is Gods Way Of Blessing You!"

My opinion is, "Luck" is a big factor in winning. The one pro that comes to mind is Gus Hansen. Majority of the hands he plays are crappy. But a lot of times he plays those hands on intuition, instinct, knee jerk reaction, physic, feeling. You get the picture, and he wins most of the hands. It boils down to good luck, dumb luck, lottsa luck, or whatever fricking "Luck" you and I want to call it.

I try to play a tight game but sometimes I have to press my luck with clowns that call me, or go all in with some of the shittiest hands in poker. Do I win all the time, no, but I do most of the time. I guess this is when the "Skill" kicks in to get a read on your opponents. But, again, Luck steps in. It sure feels good when I do call their bluff and win because they have shitty hands. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[bigpooch]

If you are really good at the game, you can clean up at
Paradise Poker: it's mostly just 1-2 (5 handed) but there
are often 2-4 and 3-6 games and the occasional 5-10. Since
the games are 5-handed, don't be surprised to average over
100 hands per table-hour.

It's much more mechanical than LHE, so if you are good at
multitabling, you could make more than 8 BBs per hour. On
the other hand, if you don't have a good idea of what hands
are worth playing, you may make considerably less in the
long run. It's also important to know which players bluff
and which players almost always show a hand in specific
situations and Paradise is a good site for their instant
player notes.