I think poker is 51% skill and 49% luck. It is maths based, and depends a lot on the run of cards dealt to you. Good players know this and this is where there skill comes in! But before the flop I am not afraid to put my 23 off suit against a pair of Aces .(90 % of players will fold)
Because it is a flip !
You win some, you lose some You can tell from my comments, that I am in the game for pure enjoyment. As long as I stick to what I can afford, it is pure enjoyment, take the rough with the smooth. But when I win a satellite and play against the more serious players, I am out of my depth, afraid of every move I make, so do not play my normal game, where every move I make is got positive expectations(feel lucky!)
Hi all hope you had a good week at DTD and have a good show tonight,
I would say i am unlucky as i always seem to lose the races and when i am ahead in hands i always seem to be beaten by the dreaded RIVER almost every time lol.
Well they say that lucky in cards means unlucky in love, and as most of Billy Bragg's back catalogue is about my love life I am amazed I am not Poker World Champion by now! Seriously, I think it was Devilfish who coined the phrase, "If I didn't have bad luck I'd have no luck at all" and he's right, truthfully, if i put my hand in a barrel of.......well you know the rest.
As for bad beat stories I love the ones that start, "Well, I limped with Aces Under the Gun...." They always make me laugh cus i always raise, raise i tell you, and 36 suited owned by "Mr Well it's my lucky hand" calls and......well you know the rest.
But maybe, finally, it's bad luck that's misunderstood. Because, if every tournament you entered, you exited purely because of your own bad play, how many times would you come back? It's only because of the times you get unlucky that brings you back, because if that time, you handn't got unlucky, you would have won it, wouldn't you?
Hi Sarah Good luck with the show and good luck with getting Ross to do a Dirty Harry Impression........It will probably sound more like Popeye trying to woo Olive tbh
I would'nt consider myself to be a lucky player - If i'm miles ahead pre-flop I always expect the worst and 9 times out of 10 that's the only thing I can remember happening but i'm sure i've had my fair share of luck from time to time (we just don't remember them)
Let's hope I get lucky in the Turbo Open Tonight.
Last Longer please......please.........please.......
MrDirk is registering for the Last Longer competition, and following Ross's advice, I'm going to win it (for the very first time). I'm going into the Turbo with lots of positivism, and I'm sure it will last for all of 5 mins.
FIND MY SELF UNLUCKY BUT ROSS"S EXPLANATION WHEN TALKING ABOUT BEING LUCKY AND UNLUCKY AND USING POCKET JACKS AS A EXAMPLE MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. WILL TAKE THIS ON BOARD HAVE A GREAT SHOW
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It is maths based, and depends a lot on the run of cards dealt to you.
Good players know this and this is where there skill comes in!
But before the flop I am not afraid to put my 23 off suit against a pair of Aces .(90 % of players will fold)
Because it is a flip !
You win some, you lose some
You can tell from my comments, that I am in the game for pure enjoyment.
As long as I stick to what I can afford, it is pure enjoyment, take the rough with the smooth.
But when I win a satellite and play against the more serious players, I am out of my depth, afraid of every move I make, so do not play my normal game, where every move I make is got positive expectations(feel lucky!)
Hi all hope you had a good week at DTD and have a good show tonight,
I would say i am unlucky as i always seem to lose the races and when i am ahead in hands i always seem to be beaten by the dreaded RIVER almost every time lol.
I'm in for the last longer please.
Good luck with the show and good luck with getting Ross to do a Dirty Harry Impression........It will probably sound more like Popeye trying to woo Olive tbh
I would'nt consider myself to be a lucky player - If i'm miles ahead pre-flop I always expect the worst and 9 times out of 10 that's the only thing I can remember happening
Let's hope I get lucky in the Turbo Open Tonight.
Last Longer please......please.........please.......
Have a great show