In Response to Re: Poker Strategy Guides : I find that very hard to believe. it's doohhhh afterall.. you guys have to remember that if playerA is better than playerB what is there in it other than the warm fuzzy feeling for player a to go through with player b why this is the case. it's not like there aren't already a heap of avaialable resources if you put more than 1 second into looking for them. Posted by beaneh
True... but most of those weren't written by me, so they're not very good.
Sorry, maybe I've misunderstood, are you basically saying what is the point of a better player giving advice to a weaker player to improve? Posted by Lambert180
no i'm saying why should they? if there is no financial incentive.
if you and I play nl100 together every day, and I feel like you are really bad because 1 in 10 hands you open raise 99% of your stack and always fold. I could tell you this is a leak and to not do it, but it would cost me rather alot.
Anyone who truly wants to get better isn't just going to read one article on here and suddenly be good, it takes alot of work and will to improve. tis all im saying.
I seem to have a fair bit of experience doing this (regularly called one of the biggest luckboxes on the site....and thats to my face!). Everyone has their own methods but for me the key is to know your outs and then shout for these cards as loudly as possible.
In Response to Re: Poker Strategy Guides : I seem to have a fair bit of experience doing this (regularly called one of the shortest luckboxes on the site....and thats to my face!). Everyone has their own methods but for me the key is to know your outs and then shout for these cards as loudly as possible. Posted by MattBates
In Response to Re: Poker Strategy Guides : "Winning when all in"............This is deffo an area I need help with lol. I think there should be a link from the "forum" to the "Poker School" I think a "Poker Strategy" section on the forum is a great idea - We have the "Poker Clinic" but that is essentially for advice on particular hands we may have been dealt so doesn't extend itself to other types of poker strategy. I have seen some very good Poker Strategy sections on other poker forums and I think the biggest problem we will face is consistancy - What I mean is....what some players opinions are as to the best way to play certain aspects of the game, may not be to others. I think firstly we need to come up with some strategy section "Topics" then decide who would be the most experienced & willing volunteers to write up an initial strategy for each of those sections. For instance....... POKER STRATEGY SECTION Topic - Sit & Go Strategies DYM's (Double Your Money) Sub Section - Early Levels - Summary by - John Conner Sub Section - Mid Levels - Summary by - John Conner Sub Section - Playing The Bubble - Summary by - John Conner Sub Section - Playing a Shortstack - Summary by - John Conner Sub Section - Playing a Bigstack - Summary by - John Conner Heads-Up Sub Section - Starting Hands - Summary by - John Conner Sub Section - Playing the Flop - Summary by - John Conner Sub Section - Bet Sizing - Summary by - John Conner Heads-Up (Hypers) Sub Section - Starting Hands - Summary by - John Conner Sub Section - Playing the Flop - Summary by - John Conner Sub Section - Bet Sizing - Summary by - John Conner Topic - Cash Strategies Cash - 4NL - 10NL Sub Section - Starting Hands - Summary by - Lambert180 Sub Section - Position - Summary by - Lambert180 Sub Section - Bet Sizing - Summary by - Lambert180 Sub Section - Playing the Streets - Summary by - Lambert180 Cash - 20NL - 50NL Sub Section - Starting Hands - Summary by - Beaneh Sub Section - Position - Summary by - Beaneh Sub Section - Bet Sizing - Summary by - Beaneh Sub Section - Playing the Streets - Summary by - Beaneh Cash - 50NL + Sub Section - Starting Hands - Summary by - Redmond Lee Sub Section - Position - Summary by - Redmond Lee Sub Section - Bet Sizing - Summary by - Redmond Lee Sub Section - Playing the Streets - Summary by - Redmond Lee Topic - MTT's (Multi-Table Tournaments) Bounty Hunters Sub Section - Starting Hands - Summary by - Joe Bloggs Sub Section - Position - Summary by - Joe Blogs Sub Section - Bet Sizing - Summary by - Joe Blogs Sub Section - Playing the Streets - Summary by - Joe Blogs Regular Mtt's Sub Section - Starting Hands - Summary by - Scotty77 Sub Section - Position - Summary by - Tony Kendall Sub Section - Bet Sizing - Summary by - Rich Orford Sub Section - Playing the Streets - Summary by - Jen Mason Speed Mtt's Sub Section - Starting Hands - Summary by - Joe Bloggs Sub Section - Position - Summary by - Joe Blogs Sub Section - Bet Sizing - Summary by - Joe Blogs Sub Section - Playing the Streets - Summary by - Joe Blogs Rebuys & Add Ons Sub Section - Pros Cons - Summary by - Joe Bloggs Sub Section - When Should I Use Them - Summary by - Joe Blogs Each section can also have a players comments/replies sub sections etc - like I say not every strategy works for every kind of player or level so there also needs to be an open section. There are Many Many other sections which will need to be added and this is just a small example, but there really is a lot of work to do if we are to get it right - So how do we decide who will write a strategy on each section/sub section? Do we want it to be very much a community based section (written for the players by the players) or information given to us from the pros & analysts at Sky Poker or a mix of both? etc Plenty to discuss to get this up and running, but i'm all for it. Posted by POKERTREV
lol i just spent 10 minutes trying to find these articles and was wondering why I couldnt find em!
I would like to know how people seem to chip up early in Tournaments do they take more of a risk to get there stacks or are they doing something I am not, then when you have a big stack how do you use it as I don't seem to know what to do with it.
I would like to know how people seem to chip up early in Tournaments do they take more of a risk to get there stacks or are they doing something I am not, then when you have a big stack how do you use it as I don't seem to know what to do with it. Posted by DoyleBrun[/QUOTE
Good points these. I used to struggle with both of these too in mtts, but something clicked...
Chipping up early can be done by seeing lots of flops with a wider range of hands against weaker players and capitalising on players who cannot fold 1 pair hands, when you have better. No real need to take huge risks/flips early- in fact if we are deep this is a bad thing to do. But in a turbo it is fine.
As for what to do with a stack once you get it. This takes practice, but essentially it about knowing who you can bully and who you can't, based on relative stack sizes and their playing style. You need to know when to sit back and snooze and when to go into play nearly every hand mode!
I would like to know how people seem to chip up early in Tournaments do they take more of a risk to get there stacks or are they doing something I am not, then when you have a big stack how do you use it as I don't seem to know what to do with it. Posted by DoyleBrun[/QUOTE Good points these. I used to struggle with both of these too in mtts, but something clicked... Chipping up early can be done by seeing lots of flops with a wider range of hands against weaker players and capitalising on players who cannot fold 1 pair hands, when you have better. No real need to take huge risks/flips early- in fact if we are deep this is a bad thing to do. But in a turbo it is fine. As for what to do with a stack once you get it. This takes practice, but essentially it about knowing who you can bully and who you can't, based on relative stack sizes and their playing style. You need to know when to sit back and snooze and when to go into play nearly every hand mode! Hope this helps Mr Texas Dolly Posted by GREGHOGG
Hope I am typing this in the right place just to say thanks Gregg I will try these tips.
I'd definitely get behind anyone who wanted to write a good primer on any of those subjects. How about we up the stakes on this thread a little... COMPETITION - FIVE SKY SPORTS BOUNTY HUNTER SEATS TO BE WON The Community should decide on this poll/thread which FIVE subjects people want explaining the most in the form of a poker article. I'll put up a competition where the best entries in each of the subjects wins a Sky Sports Bounty Hunter seat. And they CAN stack - so if DOHHHHHHHH comes on and writes five incredibly good subjects, he'll win five seats. Articles don't need to be a fixed length/minimum length, etc. Sometimes you can say things better in a shorter amount of words. How to enter: I'll open up a thread for entries to be posted on to. There'll be one thread per topic. Topics will be decided according to the most mentions of a subject made on this thread come the evening of Thursday 28th March. Closing date for entries: 15th April. The disclaimer from our side - the content will be going up for our customers to read, so has to be pretty well thought out and structured. I am more than happy to do some editing though, so no worried about spelling - it's the quality of the content we're after. If we don't get sufficiently good content on one of the five topics decided by the Community, we don't have to 'pay out' just because one was written, if that makes sense. Who's in? Posted by Sky_Dave
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