Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 53
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I played poker with my friends for awhile and I always lost. I only did it for fun but eventually I stopped becuase I was tired of losing money.
anyways, about a year later, when I came back to poker, I decided I wanted to read up alittle first. I bought like 4 or 5 books. They all basicly said the same thing. And, as you did, I played tight and ended up losing every game by far becuase of the hands I was playing.
But i learned that it depends heavely on the players you are playing. If it is a lose table, then play a bit more lose. If there aren't very many people at the table, play loser still. Things like this are what you should consider everytime:
People and their looseness/tightness
Amount of players (the more, the tighter)
Your position (the earlier, the tighter)
Past Events
Also, whoever is directly behind you or in front of you. If the person behind re-raises you everytime, then maybe you should wait for a monster and then move all-in on him. If the person before you is very tight, put pressure on him. This is just my style and philosophy. You should experiment, don't be afraid to lose money, once you experiment, you will figure out how it is most comfortable and successful for you to play.
There are other things, but to me these are the most influential.
I feel like I gave away to much information...
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