Jiggus,

I read most of your posts with great interest. First I want to tell you to keep up the good work.

Secondly, I want to let you know that I am living proof that you can overcome yourself. I got so close to busting out this spring it was pathetic. Mostly it was because of crappy play--getting cocky, pushing people around with nothing, trying $200 tactics at $25 tables. I was down to my last few buyins. I scraped the bottom. Then I opened my eyes to see how badly I was really playing and worked on improving. Tightening up, paying more attention to position, and mostly--PATIENCE!!! I am a patient person by nature, but in this game, I felt like I had to make something happen. I have learned that if you sit back and wait, your opportunities to stack someone will come. If they push, they usually have a hand, unless you have seem them push with nothing many times. Wait for a better spot! One of the most important things I learned is to NOT play a big pot without a big hand. TPTK is usually not good in a 4 way pot with draws on the board.

This being said, I still have a long way to go. I still build a pot unnecessarily at times. I still have trouble folding overpairs. I still stack off to sets far too often. I still play AJ/AQ/KQ/KJ too strongly out of position sometimes. I still make calls that work out but were mathematically incorrect. But I soak up things on FTR and in books, I am not afraid to post my worst plays here and take the chance of getting flamed, and I am not afraid to admit that I can learn from the guys on here. Now look at my roll (in my sig). I am playing $50 now, and getting used to it. I never dreamed in May that I would move up before the end of July. YOU CAN DO IT TOO!!!!

Good luck, my man....

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