card dead in live poker

[dibbs]

Fold more and start shooting the sht with the table in an attempt to make sure you'll still have a chance at getting action when you get a hand.

Talk loose play tight.

[jstewsmole]

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I take a situation like this as a golden opportunity to practice hand reading and by the turn guess exactly what hole cards the players have. In between the witty banter, of course.

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OP, are u playing in small stakes games where theres many family pots.

At the xpense of sounding like a smart ass, have u ever considered observing ur opponents play while ur not in the current hand so u can make better decisions when u do see flops [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[scrub]

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you're playing poker at a casino and you're sitting there with nothing to do but fold and watch as others drag pot after pot.

what do you do to avoid the boredom and inevitable tilt (like playing QJo in mid position or something like that)

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Listen.

scrub

[goofball]

talking is good, but sometimes you and your tablemates just have nothing at all to talk about. WHen super bored staring at the cocktail waittress is good, when I need a break though I do the folloiwng.

I'll just get up and take an orbit or 2 long walk around the casino, and in my head think about each player at the table and what my read is of them. Moving from player to player and thinking/talking to yourself about each one really helps cement a read that's based on something and solid instead of based on stereotypes, annoyance, or an outlying data point.

[elmo]

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Raise on the button with 79s and raise any flop bet

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Standard, no?

[ChicagoTroy]

Caro has a variety of session exercises to practice that involve observing opponents. Particularly if you play the same folks regularly, they really help a lot.

[sfer]

Not as much fun when you can't coldcall my raises and donkbet flops?

[Mr. Curious]

#1 Ask yourself if it is a good game.
...If it is not a good game, then table change or leave. It does you no good to stay and a world of bad if you do.

#2 Give yourself an honest assesment of how you feel.
...If you feel bad, tilty, out of sync, etc., then leave the table. It doesn't matter if you are on the button, in the blind, or UTG, you must leave NOW. Get away for a while, relax a bit, and ask yourself how you will feel when you get back. Unless you feel like you are going to play your A game, collect your things and leave the game.

#3 Get up and leave the table because you need some time to yourself to figure out the most important answer of all. Where did this thought come from?

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nothing to do but fold and watch as others drag pot after pot.

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Until you know the answer, you should not sit back down.

[Lawrence Ng]

Talk to other players, socialize, flirt with the waitress or pit boss, crack stupid jokes, scratch your groin, call your mom and say hi, bitch and moan about card dead you are, head to the craps table and shoot for snake eyes, etc..etc..

Lawrence

[Eder]

When severely card dead I usually go buy another rack of chips....