Need Serious Help With My Play

[Isaac Newton]

I'd say you are getting pegged as a ABC player and you don't do much to change their opinion. You should try to create a table image early, and then play off it when the blinds go up. If you are not getting cards early, then play the part of the limp folder. Let yourself get pushed around right up to the point where you catch a hand and double to a steal attempt. If you are getting great cards, play the part of the LAG maniac. Make huge raises UTG with big pairs. You probably won't get a call, but chances are you wouldn't have with a normal raise either. But now you have the image of an idiot. Next time you catch a hand and make the same move, you'll probably get a call. You can build a solid image at those levels in the first 2 rounds and have it pay off untill the endgame. You don't have to be this extreme, but you need to mix it up to win.

[CWolf]

No leaks at all.

[sahala]

Hey, post the hand history for cruddy games where your AA and KK are getting cracked or other bad stuff happen. Despite the snickering in the crowd you I'm sure people here will take a look.

If people here are snickering at you it's because you haven't given them any data to help you out, so your post is just interpreted as a pity-me-post. If you've really banked $4k already, however, and are just now taking in a bad run, you're not going to get a whole lot of sympathy just yet.

Edit: I did notice you posted a short explanation of how you play your cards, but it's still wise to post a full HH -- much more meaningful data.

[pergesu]

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Hey, post the hand history for cruddy games where your AA and KK are getting cracked or other bad stuff happen.

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No, he should post actual hands that give him problems. The "I PUSHED PREFLOP WITH AA AND GOT CALLED DID I DO THE RIGHT THING?!?!?!" posts are the ones that get ignored and flamed.

Here's the best advice I can give. Go through all your past HHs and look for where you bust out. Just see what level and position you're busting most often. Then post some of the hands from the levels that give you trouble. That will allow you to find where you're weak, and provide people here with some info to actually help you. Saying you're not winning recently isn't going to do anything.

You can get your posts answered one of two ways. Either you're here for a long time, so people recognize you and are willing to read your posts (which you don't fall under), or you can make good posts with the information necessary for people to help. Ask good questions and you'll get good answers.

[Kaufmania]

PokerStars Game #1844333505: Tournament #8621441, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/06/06 - 12:38:15 (ET)
Table '8621441 6' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: eaglephan2 (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: sw23 (5110 in chips)
Seat 3: JPK01 (2590 in chips)
Seat 4: Dariominieri (8980 in chips)
Seat 5: Max1mus (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: The_gobba (2850 in chips)
Seat 7: ChivasC (1590 in chips)
Seat 8: Jakecool (1420 in chips)
Seat 9: nexwinner (2960 in chips)
sw23: posts small blind 10
JPK01: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dariominieri: calls 20
Max1mus: calls 20
The_gobba: calls 20
ChivasC: folds
Jakecool: folds
nexwinner: calls 20
eaglephan2: folds
sw23: calls 10
JPK01: raises 2570 to 2590 and is all-in
Dariominieri: folds
Max1mus: folds
The_gobba: folds
nexwinner: folds
sw23: calls 2570
*** FLOP *** [Ad 5h As]
*** TURN *** [Ad 5h As] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 5h As 3h] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sw23: shows [Jh 4h] (a flush, Jack high)
JPK01: shows [Ks Ah] (three of a kind, Aces)
sw23 collected 5260 from pot
JPK01 re-buys and receives 1500 chips for $5.00
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5260 | Rake 0
Board [Ad 5h As 3h 9h]
Seat 1: eaglephan2 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: sw23 (small blind) showed [Jh 4h] and won (5260) with a flush, Jack high
Seat 3: JPK01 (big blind) showed [Ks Ah] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 4: Dariominieri folded before Flop
Seat 5: Max1mus folded before Flop
Seat 6: The_gobba folded before Flop
Seat 7: ChivasC folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Jakecool folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: nexwinner folded before Flop

It was a $5 rebuy tournament and I figured I had the best hand with 5 limpers so I would move in and make someone call me with a worse hand.

PokerStars Game #1844368021: Tournament #8621441, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2005/06/06 - 12:47:35 (ET)
Table '8621441 6' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: eaglephan2 (1425 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: sw23 (8020 in chips)
Seat 3: JPK01 (2990 in chips)
Seat 4: Dariominieri (8900 in chips)
Seat 5: Max1mus (1310 in chips)
Seat 6: The_gobba (3035 in chips)
Seat 7: ChivasC (2910 in chips)
Seat 8: Jakecool (1700 in chips)
Seat 9: nexwinner (2680 in chips)
sw23: posts small blind 15
JPK01: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to JPK01 [Ac 8h]
Dariominieri: folds
Max1mus: folds
The_gobba: calls 30
ChivasC: calls 30
Jakecool: folds
nexwinner: folds
eaglephan2: folds
sw23: calls 15
JPK01: checks
*** FLOP *** [Th Ah 4s]
sw23: checks
JPK01: bets 120
The_gobba: folds
ChivasC: raises 210 to 330
sw23: folds
JPK01: calls 210
*** TURN *** [Th Ah 4s] [9c]
JPK01: checks
ChivasC: bets 500
JPK01: calls 500
*** RIVER *** [Th Ah 4s 9c] [As]
JPK01: checks
ChivasC: bets 2050 and is all-in
JPK01: calls 2050
eaglephan2 is connected
eaglephan2 has returned
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChivasC: shows [Ad Kh] (three of a kind, Aces)
JPK01: shows [Ac 8h] (three of a kind, Aces - lower kicker)
ChivasC collected 5880 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5880 | Rake 0
Board [Th Ah 4s 9c As]
Seat 1: eaglephan2 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: sw23 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: JPK01 (big blind) showed [Ac 8h] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 4: Dariominieri folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Max1mus folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: The_gobba folded on the Flop
Seat 7: ChivasC showed [Ad Kh] and won (5880) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 8: Jakecool folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: nexwinner folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I put him on ace-small. I should not have called the raise on the flop. I should not have called the bet on the turn and I DEFINITELY should not have called the all in on the river when the aces paired. I thought he might have flopped a set, but I just could not lay it down.

[schilling38]

Hand 1) Dude. It's a $5 Rebuy tournament. Villain was trying to build his stack and he busts your hand roughly 40% of the time, I believe.

Hand 2) Don't go broke in an unraised pot.

[hummusx]

1) Raising all-in for 2600 chips when the pot contains 80 chips is a horrible, horrible play. Don't do this.

2) A8 is not a really strong hand. You got to play for free so I won't tell you that you should have folded it. Taking a shot on the flop was fine. FOLD to the raise. He's not kidding around. On the turn FOLD to the bet. He's not kidding around. On the river FOLD FOLD FOLD to the bet. As fast as you can. He's not kidding around.

You need to post a lot more hands up here to fix the gaping holes in your game. But before you do that, go read through the last 20 pages and look at the hands that other people have posted and the advice they received.

[augie00]

Poker is rigged and impossible to beat. I thought you would have figured that out by now.

[dfscott]

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dfscott, any chance I can you get you to write me some macro that does that? Just automatically replies "POST HANDS" for me. Cause I get sick of it.


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Where's ForumBot? Sounds like a great new feature for it.

[Moonsugar]

Quit all poker for a couple of months. Then reread all the great books, TOP, SSH, TPFAP, HOH. Then play smaller stakes til you get confidence back.