[Penguinfan]

Limit cash games and NL tournaments like everyone else.

I see the same people time after time, including yourself, going deep in these games so there has to be at least as much skill involved as luck, right? It has become clear to me that it is much more than just bad luck, it has to be an overall strategy that keeps me from winning or at least cashing.

Getting your set of A's ruined on the river by a flush is, yes, bad luck and I understand it will happen from time to time and you can't do a damn thing about it.

What I do see is me being in the same spot, time after time in a tournament. That being with an average stack after the first break with the blinds now becoming a concern. Never am I in or near the chip lead or near the bottom of the pile, unless I have busted out because of an extremely bad beat.

I guess I am never near the top becasue I don't gamble with the bingo players early on, maybe that needs to change.

As far as cash games go I know I don't play at the limits where it is actually poker, in all honesty the cards may as well be dealt face up at the lower limits and we all know that.

Like I said, I need a whole new strategy and theory about the game.