I took on board all your comments and last night/this morning have been extremely profitable. Staying tight and just playing my premium hands against these weaker players is paying dividends. The variance has kicked in once or twice and i've been busted but i soon win it back off someone else on the table through their shoddy play. Thanks a lot for all the advice.
If these players are so bad at this level how come most of the good players don't hang around them and just collect money off people? Or is it more profitable for the really decent players to be playing players weaker than themselves at higher stakes?
Just one more question. If these players are so bad at this level how come most of the good players don't hang around them and just collect money off people? Or is it more profitable for the really decent players to be playing players weaker than themselves at higher stakes? Posted by Pipunch
As others have said, bad beats only happen if you're doing the right thing. The very meaning of a bad beat is that you went in ahead and got outdrawn, so I'd be much more worried if you kept getting it in when you were behind (regardless of whether you win or not). I think it helps to keep that in your head... you can only take a bad beat if you went in ahead (and getting it in ahead is what it's all about) Posted by Lambert180
Just get your money in winning and leave it to the poker gods! 2/4 cash can be a rather bumpy minefield on which i've tripped up on a few times.....boom!!!!! gl at the tables.
In Response to Re: Playing against 'roulette' players? : Well because i'm trying to learn at the moment i'm figuring out pot odds, implied odds etc along with attempting to put my opponents on a range and play positionally so i only ever play one table at a time. Posted by Pipunch
The only problem ive found at NL4 is that you don,t learn much due to the standard of play. You may learn to beat NL4 by playing ABC but when you move up its a whole different ball game. The one thing i would advise as someone has already said is to multi-table at this level. Thats the one thing i learnt to do at NL4 and as for the bad beats - it happens a lot at this level but this is where you need to use good BRM to ride out the downswings which will happen without it affecting your mindset. I don,t mind bad beats now . It means your doing something right by getting your money in ahead. I,d much rather get a bad beat than play the hand badly and lose that way
I must say having played 2/4 alot on sky it really isnt poker at all just another form of roulette! Other sites low level stakes do play alot better, so maybe its worth you trying another site before returning to sky higher up limits...I may be just unlucky but sky is still the RIVER site for me, just happerns way to much on here.
I must say having played 2/4 alot on sky it really isnt poker at all just another form of roulette! Other sites low level stakes do play alot better, so maybe its worth you trying another site before returning to sky higher up limits...I may be just unlucky but sky is still the RIVER site for me, just happerns way to much on here. Posted by jonny124
if the standard here is that bad then surely you stay here and coin it in v the bad players. why do you want to play against better players, that just makes your job harder.
it can be frustrating at times but its about adapting your game.
ive said it before and i will say it again, NL4 is easy beatable here
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it can be frustrating at times but its about adapting your game.
ive said it before and i will say it again, NL4 is easy beatable here
but seriously if you get players like this and they keep outdrawing you control the pot and above all have position on these maniacs and make um pay