My name is Penguinfan........

[Penguinfan]

And I am the worst card player on the internet.



Whew, they're right, it does feel better when you admit it and come to terms with your problem.

Forget the facts, it must be me because so many people in the internet will swear on their childs life that you can't be cheated on the internet. I need help.

It doesn't matter that I have lost 8 straight times with AA (I MUST have played them wrong). Forget the fact that it is good to play with people who draw at redicualous odds, it's my fault that I keep finding the phsychic fish who know just when to play that 3-9 suited, man these guys are good.

Pot odds, shmot odds, dammit if a fish is dealt 4-4 he has the right, no, the obligation to stay till the river on a board af AK97 when you have AK so he can catch his two-outer, I know this and still I play AK in that spot, perhaps it was a head injury earlier in life that I have forgotten about.


I keep making the mistake of playing good cards and just never learn.

Aggresion, no good, they're gonna call.

Play tight, no good, they're gonna fish and catch.


TP, my financial state will be decided in the next 48 and it will be either REALLY good, or a complete disaster. If it turns out good I will pay you any price you ask to give me lessons. I'd like to start with defense if that's OK with you, I'm just letting too many soft draws get past me once the chips are in the pot and there must be a way to stop this from happening.

Thanks, my name is Penguinfan

[SirFWALGMan]

heh. I know how you feel. Last Night. I flop two pair. A6. Not a great hand to be in with, but pretty free flop. It was raised after me but not by much and multiple callers. So the flop comes A62. YES! I check-raise to 10 bucks (pot) trying to take down a nice sized pot right there. One guy cold calls. I then push in with the rest of my chips on the turn. Now obviously I like my hand here. I get called by my one companion. The river pairs the board and can you say counterfeited. How the hell can you think AJ, TP weak ass kicker is good when there is that much aggression on the pot. Did I make a mistake? Is Pussy play the only way? Keep it low until the draws are gone and then push.. I do not see way we can play any differently.. it just is what it is..

[Talking Poker]

Sounds like you've been having a pretty bad run.

No need to pay me for lessons... just post specific hands that you lost and think you might have played wrong, and we'll talk about them. No need to post a gazillion bad beats where you flop top two pair and the idito calls you down with his 44 and hits his two outer on the river though. If you bet at every opportunity (assuming this is limit), there's not much more you can do. And despite the results, you really do want these guys to call you down in that situation. Play enough hands and the math will work itself out.

[Penguinfan]

TP, you don't get it, I'm not on a bad run, I fucking stink. I make all the wrong moves and my opponents make all the right ones, every time. I need a complete overhaul of how I play the game.

Actually I think thats honestly it, I need a whole new view of how to play poker, especially on-line because whatever I am doing does not work in the long run, short run or any other kind of run you can think of.

If it were as simple as playing good hands and having them hold up the entire internet would be nothing but a rock garden because everyone, by now, would have figured it out.

I honestly have to be missing something. I flat out have no business being at the tables right now, none at all.

[nflchad]

[quote=Penguinfan]If it were as simple as playing good hands and having them hold up the entire internet would be nothing but a rock garden because everyone, by now, would have figured it out.[quote]

Being a rocks not fun, that won't change.

[ChipFish]

Have you read Small Stakes Holdem by Slansky?
Try that... It might help...
Not sure if it's in there or not, as I haven't read it yet, although it's on my list, but I love playing A-anything suited from any position when you know it's going to be 4-5+ callers to every flop.
You'll miss a whole bunch, but when you catch they still pay you with their 3-9off.

[Reel Deal]

^ Yeah, what Chip said... go find a good poker book and read it for a couple days and stay off-line.