Quote Originally Posted by Outlaw
Hey man, I am right there with you. I am currently at 5NL, currently at $270BR, almost to 10NL.

My one critique of your posts is that I think you are missing what makes winning poker winning poker.

You post a lot of big pots where you made a "bad call" or some guy sucked out on you. That's not what its all about. Its all about calculating ranges and figuring out your equity based on that.. in a simplified form, if you feel like you will win X% of the time or better vs a guys range, then you should either call, not call, or raise based on that.

There are people on this site that can post about this much much better than me. It was when I read the digests here that my eyes were really opened.. now when I make a play, I know exactly why I am, there is almost no guesswork involved... just play the percentages based on your best read possible and let the cards fall where they may. Sometimes the cards are hot, sometimes they are cold.. but knowing you WILL win over time brings a lot of peace of mind and is very anti-tilt.

So my biggest advice is, don't post the big all in hands... posts the ones where you are unsure of minor nuances here and there in small to medium pots and get advice on those. They are the ones that will make you rise above mediocrity.

My second biggest advice is to work on the preflop play.. watch some of the videos posted by spenda and company.. they are masters of preflop betting vs ranges. Improving your preflop play will make the biggest immediate difference!

I hope this meaningless rambling post helps! lol

Tj
I post these hands because I thought that they'd be the most entertaining hands of the session! I feel that I make some very good decisions and also some poor one. I'm learning from my mistakes and I do know that I will win over time and have come to grips with that recently. I also have not tilted in a while, which is good. I've become much more disciplined.

I will look into spenda's preflop plays and I will stop posting my big all in hands and start showing the ones where I have had tough decisions (Although they can be hard to remember after playing for a few hours). And thanks for the constructive criticism.

BR: 302