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Old 02-14-2005, 07:09 AM     Post subject: Beginner - I got the tight - I suck at aggressive #1 (permalink)  

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Hello All,

Your'e posts are a great help to me, thanks. I haven't been playing for long and I have had some successes. I find that I am really good at being tight and patient...

However, I am afraid of every raise and I can't seem to click the button to raise. I limp in all the time, I am afraid of all cards but mid pocket pairs are a huge weakness for me.

I am ITM sometimes (enough to pay for my play) but I always seem to be the short stack. On 1 or 2 table SnG's this works pretty well for me but I have not been able to be successful in multi-table tourney's. I am the one praying to get the "right cards" to double up and get blinded away. I feel more comfortable going all in because then I don't have to make any decisions.

So my questions are:

How do I grow balls?

How should I react after the flop if I didn't hit it - Say I have AKs but the flop is low cards? I just run away scared and then if I get to see cards of the ones that I ran away from, they are usually crap.

How do I play mid PP's pre and post flop, especially if they don't hit?

Does anyone tutor people through SnG's for a fee?


sorry for the long post, any help is greatly appreciated.

thanks
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TylerK
Old 02-14-2005, 07:27 AM #2 (permalink)  
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Easiest way to grow balls? Get in IRC. We are helping ScGopher with his MTT:

[03:22] <TylerK> niiiiiiice raise!
[03:22] <scgolfer> j3
[03:22] <DNutsInYoEye> my new hero
[03:23] <TylerK> now THAT was hot.
[03:23] <TylerK> you may have one testicle back.
[03:23] <scgolfer> lol
[03:23] <corey|> with a hair on it
[03:23] <TylerK> but the hair has a bow in it.
[03:23] <DNutsInYoEye> a pink bow
[03:23] <TylerK> a pretty pink one

...

[03:27] <TylerK> if you folded there I was taking the testicle back
[03:28] <scgolfer> do i get another one?
[03:28] <TylerK> instead, you get the pink bow removed.

See? Easy lessons!
TylerK: its just gambling if i want to worry about money i'll go to work lol
 
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Old 02-14-2005, 10:26 AM     Post subject: Re: Beginner - I got the tight - I suck at aggressive #3 (permalink)  
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Does anyone tutor people through SnG's for a fee?
Alas, if I were a shyster I'd scrape together some kind of offer. But since I'm not just get in the IRC channel while you're playing. Someone will watch and comment probably more than you'd like.

Add this to your SNG toolbox: UTG and UTG+1, even early in the thing. Raise at least 2XBB with anything that you're going to play. 2 out of 3 times you'll probably pick up the blinds. The other time you'll bet the flop almost regardless of what's in it.

Also don't confuse pointless (gambling) aggression with selective (winning) aggression. Barry Mulholland just wrote about this:
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_maga...c5215cf1fda6d2
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