Originally Posted by Galapogos

How aggressive? I see these players turn it up once they hit their two pair like this.

Originally Posted by Renton

i think its more important to think about the number of hands he plays like this that I have beat.

Originally Posted by Renton

i don't like the patronizing way in which you've trivialized my thought process in this hand.

You are speaking as if ive played the hand like "Oh, vpip of 70, I have top pair, IM ALL IN!"

I saw that i had a strong hand, villain doesn't even have a full stack, and is a loose player who plays pretty much irrationally.

I don't know how he plays a set. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW HE PLAYS A SET. That is the definition of irrationality.

Im sorry if this post came off the wrong way. Im extremely frustrated with myself right now, because I can't fucking win money at MICROSTAKES poker.

Originally Posted by Lukie

george wasn't patronizing you at all man. He was actually giving what I would consider to be great advice.

Originally Posted by Ultimate George

Stop relying so heavily on stats and/or how many hands people are playing. I mean it helps, but only to an extent. A guy might be 80/20 but he may never see a turn or river unless he hits something big. He might be playing a wide range preflop but what is he playing, and more importantly, how is he playing it post flop?

Yes you're ahead of his "usual range" because he plays every hand...but he's not going to play any two in this way, or even TPGK this way very often.

It's like you look at a guy's preflop stats (or tendencies) to narrow his range....then no matter what the board or his bets tell you you always come back thinking, "Well, I beat his preflop range here most of the time so I'm going to get it all-in," discounting the fact that your opponent is telling you he hit big. You shouldn't do that.

Originally Posted by Galapogos

On a side note where do you think you're losing money in your game lately? I thought you used to be killing the tables?

Originally Posted by Ultimate George

Wow, Renton, just.....wow.



I'd take the time and post something else constructive but you probably wouldn't get that, either.

Originally Posted by Renton

Alright. There you go again.

Listen, I value your advice. Alot. And I'd very much like it if you would continue to give it to me.

I've played a lot of hands of poker. Something like 400,000 hands. I have posted a lot on here. Everybody knows this. But in that post and others (the A2s hand comes to mind) you are talking to me like im a first month player. Fuck, maybe I am one, but you still should understand how much that feeling sucks, to be talked down to like you're a fucking kindergartener.

I know this and the last post i made in this thread has quite an offensive edge to it. I can't really help that right now. Im the most emotionally fucked up about poker now that I have ever been.

This is worse than any downswing I have ever had, because its not even really a downswing. There are two alternatives for any session I play. There's the scheme 'A' session. Thats the kind of session that I'm playing right now. This is where I play really well (at least for me), and would ordinarily be winning if it weren't for the fact that I'm having the worse negative card variance I have ever experienced. Then theres the scheme 'B' session. This is the one where I'm lucky enough to run really well, but I make dumb plays and still somehow manage to end the session down money.

The preceding paragraph is pretty pointless, I only wrote it to illustrate the reason why I sound, and am, so frustrated right now.

The last thing i want, UG, is for you to stop advising me. I just ask that you treat me with the same respect that you would treat any somewhat-seasoned player in a rut.