Titan Poker $100 Freeroll - Tuesday, Jan 10th - 9:30pm EST

[biggle10]

I have been unable to get a grasp of the different style of play people have a limit table and how a starting hand really means didly squat until the flop is out.

Hard to say if you'll actually read this response but this is completely false.

[cjroyal]

What is the area that you have most improved on in your game from this site or the forum? Also, what areas do you need to work on to improve your game more?

I am new to this site and poker in general but I have learned some valuable poker strategies from this site. Before reading this site I was not aware of the importance of position in bluffing. Bluffing in online poker can be dangerous but the poker odds chart on this site has given me some confidence in my bluffs. This site also has a good article on getting out of harms way in early position. The area that I need to work on the most is my bet amounts. I think you have created a great site here. There is a lot of useful information on this site for unskilled players such as myself .

[buhal0]

This may be my first visit to the forum since I joined a few weeks ago, so I'm not an active member and can't comment on what I've learned here. However, it's a good question if I look at it in terms of what I've learned from other poker forums I've belonged to longer.

One thing I've gotten better at, partly due to reading forums is looking for and considering options beyond my first reaction. It's always interesting to see a post where someone explains a line of thought (or more than one) in a particular situation so that I can compare my thought process to theirs.

Another major improvement is appreciating the relationship between starting hands and table position. When I started playing last May or so, I'd play any two cards that looked good in any position. I still play some hands I shouldn't from time to time just because the urge gets to me, but I'm far better now.

As for things to improve, well, there are quite a few. Since I've played mostly NLH MTTs, they're what I'm best at. So, I'd like to improve on the relatively basic understanding I have now of limit holdem, Omaha, O8 and stud. And ring games.

[wildcard]

I am new here and this is what I think about people who are just starting out is that they don't know when to toss hands, especially premium hands.
they try to raise with big hands, AK, AQ to try and get they garbage out of the way and lessen the chance of getting beat by the guy who's limping in with j-5 suited. they also play many small pairs when they price is right with the understanding with theself that if they don't hit a set or improve substantially, that they toss it when the betting goes up. they don't know how many times there will be three overcards on the board, they hit AK or AQ and raise and somebody is either calling or re-raising with their pocket 6's or 8's. You have to trust your judgement to know when you are beat or even proably beat. Too many players risk all their chips when they don't have to on medium and low pairs. Or even worse, the ones who call all-ins with their AK after the flop and turn haven't helped them. The worst mistake a player can make is calling off their chips. Lead with those hands when they miss, but never follow. Poker is a marathon not a sprint. THat's why when you see these massive chip leaders at the beginning of a tourney, they're not usually anywhere near the money at the end. So, I guess I'm saying don't fall in love with a hand if it doesn't pays out. i hope this help some of you that new to poker.... forum is a good place to start like tightpoker forum ther is some good things i read
about poker.

[scotty1139]

You know that feeling that you get when you go flee market shopping, or hunting through the discount bin at your favorite record store? Sure, you do. There's a bunch of crap everywhere, but you don't care... you're looking for that one piece that's not even close to gold, but man it's a great bargain. Lowered expectations, right? Uh-huh.

You want so desperately to find that one piece of goodness, just to make the whole thing worthwhile, but wait, everywhere you look, you're surrounded by absolute crap! Everywhere you look.... crap. How about here? Nope. What about over there? Nope, crap there too. Here's a jar of Nutella that's made in Bangladesh and it's not even spelled correctly! Suddenly, piss-poor starts to look pretty good. Eh... I can feel my standards shifting until suddenly the reason and rationale has been drained from my bones. It's unbearable, the weight of it all that crapola, just stifling and uncomfortable, almost as if it's about to wrap it's nasty slimy shit tentacles around you.... eww... It's a like a bad dream, like the day job of a Chinese factory worker who makes flimsy plastic figurines. Ah! Katrina and the Waves.... Oh no.! Milli Vanilli at 3 o'clock.... Help! MC Hammer is trying to wedge its foul jewel case into my bag! I can't breathe... the crap is suffocating me....

Must - Get - Out - Of - Here - Before - Head - Explodes



And that's how I feel when I read this thread.

[jacedk]

Scotty, I feel your pain, man!....just breathe easy and put the Luger down, ok?

[sensei24]

What is the area that you have most improved on in your game from this site or the forum? Also, what areas do you need to work on to improve your game more?

I improved my skill at tournaments :
*Playing more carefully and having patience.
*I learn to read the player strategy after 10 hands he played

I think i must improved on ring games.
I play a lot of money and i lose to much.

[g-unit]

I have been unable to get a grasp of the different style of play people have a limit table and how a starting hand really means didly squat until the flop is out.

Hard to say if you'll actually read this response but this is completely false.

Read the response maybe you can explain how it works otherwise? If you have pocket Aces and have half the table calling you to the river do you really expect them to hold up?

[backdoorbandit]

my poker game needs more work on being a little more patient. I have ,HOWEVER, quit bluffing so much since i joined the forum , thats makes it a lot easier when i m not just giving my chips away. i also need to play high poket pairs much better, I lose with them about 60%of the time and those are not good odds for winning.



thanks
BACKDOORBANDIT

[vsparky]

The most important thing I have learned from the forum is to mix up my play as to not be predictable so that it is far more difficult for a player to put me on a hand

I need to improve my shorthanded game. I tend to go out 3rd alot

[donvic]

mj,

my goals for 06 include;

1. start playing low buy in tournys

2. learn how to play winning ring games

3. double my monthly poker income by the end of the year.

i'm a new member to the forum so

honestly what i've got out it has been

a good laugh..."brain greese"

best,

donvic

[snickers99]

MC Hammer is trying to wedge it's foul jewel case into my bag!

I have been reading this forum for over a year just waiting for this day. I believe you mean its, not it's.

its - adj. The possessive form of it. Used as a modifier before a noun: The airline canceled its early flight to New York.





God, I hope I'm right.

[Edit Scotty] Yep, you nailed me on that. You get 2 points.

[mervhage]

I have been unable to get a grasp of the different style of play people have a limit table and how a starting hand really means didly squat until the flop is out.

Hard to say if you'll actually read this response but this is completely false.

Read the response maybe you can explain how it works otherwise? If you have pocket Aces and have half the table calling you to the river do you really expect them to hold up?

Then fold them on the flop, so my will win.

Biggle, you said exactly what I was thinking.

Scotty, you said exactly what I was thinking.

Snickers, you said exactly what I was thinking.

Things I've learned so far
You freeroll whores are annoying and are not interested in contributing to the forum for the greater good. You're only in it for the short run and you pollute the forum.

Here's a novel concept: start contributing to posts other than those related to freerolls (if you're new) and earn your respect like the rest of us did.

[acesfulkings]

hmm..well one of the things that the forum has helped me do is to tighten up my game....try to play either quality jands preflop, or hands that provide good pots odds....one of the most frustrating things Im dealing with in trying to improve my game is dealing with the seemless fresh inflcu of all the nex fish...the ones who bet their dueces like mad and then luckup with a third on one the river...or who go allin with runner runner need for the str8 or flucj AND THEN GET IT...incorporating this seemingly endless supple of fish into my game and then NOT LOWERING my play of game to their level are definately my biggest area need for improvement...

[catalin]

What is the area that you have most improved on in your game from this site or the forum?

This forum I just joined (sorry for that) but I can tell you what I learned from others players and forums I visited- in poker you have to play completely focused when you play for real money and to be there with your attention 100%. What I improved is hard to tell but is clearly the most I play the most I improved my style – I learn how to wait a really good hand and to learn how the others players are doing in different situation – and to take this to my advantage. Also I learned that is not enough to have the AA or KK in hand to win the round.

Also, what areas do you need to work on to improve your game more?
I must work to be more aggressive on the game and to raise often when I have good cards, because my style is too passive (I expect to much a good hand) and also to trust my “feelings” on a hand and not to be too scared when the others just raised at me

Thank you and see u at the tables