Don't get mad, get even(A lesson for those of you who berate the fish)

[GoCubsGo]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (7 handed) converter

MP2 ($94.20)
CO ($9.55)
Button ($29.50)
SB ($24.60)
Hero ($69.45)
UTG ($29.25)
MP1 ($38.40)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to $1</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, SB calls $0.75, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3.5</font>, MP1 calls $2.50, SB calls $2.50.

Flop: ($10.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, MP1 calls $5, SB folds.

Turn: ($20.50) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to $29.9</font>, Hero calls $13.90.

River: ($64.30) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $64.30

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Ts Td (three of a kind, tens).
MP1 has 8c 8s (straight, eight high).
Outcome: MP1 wins $64.30. </font>

donkey: 8's again
donkey: i love em
hero(fights the urge): nh
donkey: ty

Next hand:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) converter

UTG+1 ($24.15)
MP1 ($94.20)
MP2 ($9.55)
CO ($29.50)
Button ($21.10)
Hero ($31.05)
BB ($29.25)
UTG ($77.30)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.50, MP1 calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3.5</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG calls $3, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls $3.

Flop: ($11.75) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $10</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $30</font>, MP1 folds, Hero calls $17.55 (All-In).

Turn: ($69.30) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: ($69.30) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $69.30

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Jd Js (three of a kind, jacks).
UTG has 8c 8s (three of a kind, eights).
Outcome: Hero wins $66.85. UTG wins $2.45. </font>

hero: jacks...i love em
donkey: haha
donkey: nh
hero: ty

This is what's holding a lot of you guys back. You're getting pissed when you take a beat and not learning a lesson. Note that villain is a donkey and get him next time.

[RiverFenix]

You should lead for closer to a PSB in hand 1. It gives you more options on the turn.

[Niwa]

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hero: jacks...i love em
donkey: haha
donkey: nh
hero: ty


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lmao.

[ajmargarine]

Berating horrible play/players is a good way for the poker boom to die out quicker. It's one thing to lose, semi-enjoy yourself and at least carry on the illusion that you might win some day. It's another thing to lose, be called an idiot over and over again, and leave poker and spend your discretionary income on slot machines and DVD's.

[jzpiano14]

nh

[Percula]

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Berating horrible play/players is a good way for the poker boom to die out quicker. It's one thing to lose, semi-enjoy yourself and at least carry on the illusion that you might win some day. It's another thing to lose, be called an idiot over and over again, and leave poker and spend your discretionary income on slot machines and DVD's.

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Here, here!

As much as you like to grab the fricken moron that called AI PF with JTs to crack your AA by the neck and beat some sense in to them, you have to just shut up and try to feel good about it; after all you want that call and do not want them or anyone else watching/listening to know any better.

[JihadOnTheRiver]

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This is what's holding a lot of you guys back...

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From a NL50 player? You gotta be friggin kidding me...

[GoCubsGo]

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This is what's holding a lot of you guys back...

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From a NL50 player? You gotta be friggin kidding me...

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Too much ego? Sorry, I know I play for pennies, it's all my bankroll supports right now. But I'm winning. Go look at the posts in the psychology forum. Posts every day about people that can't deal with taking beats and don't react to it correctly.

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This is what's holding a lot of you guys back...

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From a NL50 player? You gotta be friggin kidding me...

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Ironically, you're berating the player that you(and only you) believes to be a fish in a thread about why you shouldn't berate fish.

Limit of play has very little to do with skill. I would think that a player who has moved up through the ranks of each limit(as you presumably have) would know this.

[JihadOnTheRiver]

I don't think he's a fish, nor did i ever state that. Actually, I respect the OPs point, and I in fact only play 1 level above, at the 100s, hoping to go to 200s w/n weeks now. I just thought it sounded like a bit too much...