Leakaholics Anonymous

Hi, my name is Silent7 and i'm a leakaholic.

I play out of position too much. I get far too wrapped up in my table-dominating image and find myself raising into people from early middle position with terrible rags like A6s, and then continuation betting anything from half to the full pot into a KJ6 board.

If i'm lucky I get reraised on the flop and get to fold like a cheap suit in a folding machine on folding day.

If i'm unlucky i get to the turn before realising i'm being slowplayed and have just bet out my last 6 or 7 hands' profit with out even defining my opponents hand. They could be on anything from the nut flush right down top and bottom pair, and they keep calling me.

On a good day I'm the king of the table, crushing all before me with my "value bets" and pot-sized raises with a hand so poor you could call it a foot. On a bad day I'm my own worst enemy, hoisting my sorry ass on my own petard.

But I've admitted the problem and I'm trying.





Come on people, share your biggest leak with the group. Nobody will judge you.

There's a lot of love in this room.

Alright, here's mine:

I hold a nice pair: say TT and do what I should preflop
if it's headup and flop is like AA4 or KK8 and I bet too much at it, I think. But of course 90% of the time the guy with trips is going to flat call this regardless of how big my bet is. So I get no info and end up either checkfolding to a possibly-worse hand or committing most of my remaining stack on the turn, with a fairly weak holding. Advice?

Second: boy, do I cave in to donkbets. Generally if I'm not beating two pair I just drop it to a donkbet of any substantial size.

I never believe the button has top pair. I always think he's representing when checked around to him. Therefore I raise him with top pair bad kicker or second pair any kicker to isolate against him. Sometimes I raise him with nothing (maybe a couple overs or something). I find myself getting raped a lot. I then type in the chat "How could this f'ing site give the last act top pair good kicker!"

I still think it's profitable to do this against an overaggressive player.

See how good it feels?

Come on people - 21 views and 2 replies - that's 20 people... who don't have anything consistently wrong with their game?

I understand. It's denial.

21 -2 = 20?
I think i found another leak in yr game, Silent.

I cant fold TPTK. I can fold 2 pair and up just fine but for some reason I get all mixed up with TPTK.

And I sure theres about 6 mil. other leaks I just don't know about yet.

Overbetting out of position. It wins a fair few pots but when I get called or raised, it takes away the money I made bullying every time.

I tend to get a good read with a mediocre hand, and then not listen to myself. eg. me with TT, one other person in the hand. I say to myself "he's got some kind of ace, I push on any non-ace flop." Flop comes Axx, i push anyways, he calls with Ax. D'oh.

Hi, I'm a leakaholic

I have a problem with suited cards. Gosh they're pretty... I'll just limp in, oh... wait a minraise... ok I'll only call a minraise... oh, shit, missed on the flop, guess i'll fold.

I don't respect a min-raise nearly enough. Always seems so weak.

Originally Posted by CrunchyNuts

I don't respect a min-raise nearly enough. Always seems so weak.

same

Good thread.

Hello, I'm adiamant and I'm a leakaholic.

I used to love the suited cards. I'm getting over that, though Axs still gives me pangs of regret when I fold them.

My current main leaks are overaggressiveness (so what if my AK/AQ completely missed the flop? I still have overcards, and maybe if I bet hard enough they'll fold, right?) and falling in love with my SB/BB limps (yeah, it was a bargain to limp for half price with 83s, but now that I hit a pair of 8s, surely this becomes playable, right?)



I will declare a period of fixing the leaks by over-discipline:
1. If I miss the flop I will fold my unmade hand, even if it is AK.
2. I will fold my SB more often, and will fold a less than 2 pair hit from the blinds.

Originally Posted by adiamant

My current main leaks are overaggressiveness (so what if my AK/AQ completely missed the flop? I still have overcards, and maybe if I bet hard enough they'll fold, right?) and falling in love with my SB/BB limps (yeah, it was a bargain to limp for half price with 83s, but now that I hit a pair of 8s, surely this becomes playable, right?)

It is not always bad if you raise pre flop and bet on the flop with A K if you dont hit. They may not like that ragy flop with their K Qs ,You just have to pick the right spot.

I have had the same problem of limping from SB and hitting a lil something and trying to steal it and losing or something. You just gotta think about it as you are in the worst position post flop, you want to have a hand like small pair, suited connectors or one gaped conectors so you can hit a big hand, check it and let everyone raise and re raise then go all in or something depending on stack sizes and draws on board.

Fire second barrel, say to self "this is the last money I'm putting in the pot" then firing on the river anyway.

Not betting enough when I have the cards, betting too much when I dont! Also saying 'oh his draws hit then' looking at my set and calling anyway (getting slightly better at that one)

pgil, that sounds familiar! most times when i make a stupid call or raise, i have this inner voice telling me "he's got the A" or whatever it may be that beats me. then my finger seems to act on his own and clicks to find out - then i go "gosh you knew he had the A why the f*** did you call"...

this happened lately twice to me when there were two pairs on the board, i had a boat and the other guy had a higher boat. hardly ever folding a boat is definitely a leak in my game (there's another voice saying "hey you got a boat and hey he might be bluffing with his all-in!!").

Hi, I'm Gritter63, although some of you may know me as Gof_Ace (Stars) or Golf_Ace_AZ (Empire), and I'm a Leakaholic.

My current biggest problem (there are so many to choose from, its hard to pick which one is the biggest) is not beleiving that the raiser actually has a hand. I guess I'm so desensitized to raises given the maniacs out there that every time someone raises into me I think "This guys just bluffing" and call. This is very destructive behavior. Please help.

I used to have the same problem of calling from the SB with hand that has no potential. I'll complete the SB as long as my cards are suited 1-3 gappers or high connectors.

Now my biggest problem is overdoing my bluffs and not realizing that they have a monster, that's a profit killer right there.

Hi,

my name is Rob, and I'm a leakaholic as well.

I tend to get caught up in the moment and forget everything I have learnt in seconds; "I have the baby straight, look, that guy pushed AI...idiot probably has a set...CALL!!" or "TPTK, why is that guy reraising me? I should probably push!"

This often ends up with me left standing holding my dick wondering why I didn't stop to think for just 5 seconds.

I'm trying to rectify this. I now have a big note next to my computer that says: THINK!!

Great thread for us successful hand readers...

I'm Djanvk,

Large leakaholic and a newb here, but the most recent leak I have noticed in my game is my patience, I have this odd feeling that when I've folded my last 6 or so preflop cards that I must just play my next possible ok hand, instead of just waiting out the poor cards.

Must work on patience, can't always get preflops worth playing.

2. An ace in my hand looks good, but getting better at folding some of these.

3. Yes suited pocket cards are pretty, must hold on to them!!! Today was much better at this. And what do ya know did thow as much money in the pot to lose.

Great thread.

what? that guy only has 30BB? That idiot reraised me preflop, he obviously has no clue what he's doing, my TT/AQ MUST be good

Hello my name is synthesist and I'm a Leakoholic
I don't take my tim4e and observe before I jump in and go...............
Sometimes this works fine and I get cocky way too soon. I start out playing pure TAg and slowly devolve into a LAggy toad.

The only good news about this is I'm tuned into it and almost always leave before I blow my winnings.

Syn

#1

yeah, it was a bargain to limp for half price with 83s, but now that I hit a pair of 8s, surely this becomes playable, right?)

#2 i see these guys every week. i can outplay them postflop.

#3 "the old lady's home. i'll steal a few blinds, make a big score next orbit, and leave here up a little bit."

#3 is discipline. it gets late, i get impatient and call off half my stack with ace high (and a runner-runner nut flush draw, god dammit, the implied odds were too good to pass up. i knew he tens full. but i had to know for sure.)

I try too hard in ring games ONLINE to push people out of pots and just end up losing. Tournaments is where I belong.

My name's KO, and I'm a leakaholic.

When I make my hand on the flop, bet it strong, then get the sinking feeling that the other guy drawing without odds hit his on the turn, I believe going all in will make my hand the nuts again.

I believe pocket AA beats all flopped sets.

Sometimes I 'm 95% sure I'm beat, but matching an AI can't dissuade me from getting to 100% sure.

I believe everyone else is always bluffing.

I'm pushoholic.

I flop TPTK, see bets into me and often push without reads. If you camp for sets, and are not getting paid off from it, you can find me at .......

When I flop flushdraw I also have DBS (Doyle Brunson Syndrome) against calling whales.

I'm too afraid of looking like a pushover by folding to bluffs. So, I try too hard to spot the bluffs and end up losing a lot when they really DO have it.

My pre-flop calling range is too wide. Anywhere between mid suited connectors and up. I don't know my percentages but I'm probably about 35%.

I do real good for the whole tournament and take a top 20 chip position into the bubble. Then I get all wimpy and barely make the money cause I'm scared to bubble out.

I'm a leakaholic! I'm addicted to leakahol!

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Originally Posted by _KO_

When I make my hand on the flop, bet it strong, then get the sinking feeling that the other guy drawing without odds hit his on the turn, I believe going all in will make my hand the nuts again.

LOL! This is the stupidest play EVER! I can't tell you how many times I've done it! Oh my God. It's the worst. I always feel like such a stupid donk.

It's like, "I know you probably have the nuts now, but I had a really good hand so I'm just gonna rep the nuts now. Oh wait, but you do have the nuts. Damn, why didn't that work?"

Hi, my name is Checkways and I'm a Leakaholic. First, I'd just like to say that I think this is the greatest post ever.

I fold to big bets when I have a big stack like a super big wussy.

I get too fancy. Like checking my TPTK on the flop against one opponent who happens to hold a low pocket pair. And guess what? They hit their set on the turn.

I call bets with nothing just so I can try to steal the pot on the turn and then I pick up some stupid ass draw and call another big bet. I miss on the river and fold like a stupid fish.

I out-think myself. Like - I think that he thinks I have trips, so I'm going to check the river and rep just top pair, but since he's got at least two pair, then he'll value bet it, and then I'll get to raise him. But because I raised on the flop and bet weak on the turn, he might think I'm just bluffing completely and call me. Oh, he went all in. I guess he has the straight. I fold. Wait. Damnit, I forgot what I was repping!

My name is bair.

I bluff 24/7. I assume that if i keep bluffing, ill get it down perfectly, and win every pot in every tournament.

My name is Jesse. I'm king-leakoholic.

I've actually developed my leaks after much playing time. AA used to be foldable on a flop like 458 when a tightie checkraised me all-in with a set. Now, there's no way it could be beat.

My limit game is a loser, yet I keep playing it trying to convert.

And I push the nuts way too often instead of value-betting.

I forget that the top 3, not 4, spots pay out in 1 table SnG's at stars and feel a need to push against the big stack thinking he's just trying to play w/ my fear of bubbling.

Put me down for pushing instead of value betting the nuts as well.

What a great response to a thread which i thought might sink like a rock tied to an anchor.

I think you should all give yourselves a pat on the back.

Next month: Jerry Springer with "I battled my wife heads up... and lost!"

my biggest leak in my game is overemphasizing my acceptance of the theory that strong is weak, and weak is strong. i called an all-in trips a/ two-pair simply because i thought the guy was trying to scare me off, im such an idiot sometimes.

Atm, my leaks are that I'm not trusting my reads enough and that my 6 max game aint on top. However here are some things that I've worked out of my game in my first year, told in the order they appeared.

1) Playing to many hands and not having a clue when a hand (any hand) was good or not. (Cashed out my $$$ and saved some face.) To deal with it I began reading articles and those turned my game into nr2.

2) Playing way to tight, waiting for big hands and overbetting them preflop. Still not having a clue if they where good if I got called. (Accualy still made money doing this at low buy-in sng's and therefor I didnt do anything about it.)

3) Not knowing how/why/when to blind steal. When trying to learn I got bored and moved to cash games.

4) Still having a hard time reading opps and putting them on a hand, still thinking about what I had and not what they had. (Realy bad in cash games) Oh, and calling way to much with my flush draws that I never got payed with when they hit.

5) For whatever reason I began playing very LP during the time I was moving up. Calling way to much preflop looking for a good hand and limping solid hands that I should have raised. Then when they hit, I had no clue if they where good or not.

6) Having a go at limit even though I know I suck at it. Lucky me that I got bored real fast.

7) Having a hard time letting PP go in my hunt for sets. Pushing to much and not value betting when I did have a hand. (This wasnt realy a leak at the lower stakes, but at the higher, money was running away.)

I alsow had a note that said "THINK FFS". Cant say it helped.

Originally Posted by LeFou

yr ?

I think I found another leak your game, LeFou.

I try to make up for cold cards by making fancier plays and lose all the profit I make through solid play and fancy plays with decent cards.

When losing at a hard table I always stick around and try to beat it.

Another one - I flop two pair and decide that whatever happens, I'm going all in.

Originally Posted by Silent7

Next month: Jerry Springer with "I battled my wife heads up... and lost!"

ROFL

I get married to my top pair and end up calling/raising 2pair, sets, straights, flushes, and boats all the way to the river only to lose most or all of my stack.

hello im harm & i leak like a 6 year old w/ diarrhea.

tptk on a flop w/ 2 color on it, i'll almost always misread flat calls on the flop as somebody chasing a nut flush.

top pp on a rag flop, eg tt/jj vs overpair when somebody has flat called my 4/5xbb raise in late-ass position. it's extremely hard for me to put somebody on qq/kk unless they re-raise.

a9/t/js late position, calling/hitting an ace & re-raising a half-pot bet on the flop thinking that a lagger is trying to rep an ace he doesn't have.

tptk vs board pairing under or underundercard on the turn, eg. flop k93 & turn's a 9 or a 3. i usually have a hard time believing anybody's stupid enough to call a pot-sized bet w/ under or underunderpair on the flop & no draws.

trying to limp in from early/middle position w/ low/middle pockets hoping to hit a set on the flop, slow-roll & demolish somebody w/ a boat vs. their top set on paired board.

...plus a million others...

Originally Posted by harmisajedi

hello im harm & i leak like a 6 year old w/ diarrhea.

tptk on a flop w/ 2 color on it, i'll almost always misread flat calls on the flop as somebody chasing a nut flush.

top pp on a rag flop, eg tt/jj vs overpair when somebody has flat called my 4/5xbb raise in late-ass position. it's extremely hard for me to put somebody on qq/kk unless they re-raise.

a9/t/js late position, calling/hitting an ace & re-raising a half-pot bet on the flop thinking that a lagger is trying to rep an ace he doesn't have.

tptk vs board pairing under or underundercard on the turn, eg. flop k93 & turn's a 9 or a 3. i usually have a hard time believing anybody's stupid enough to call a pot-sized bet w/ under or underunderpair on the flop & no draws.

trying to limp in from early/middle position w/ low/middle pockets hoping to hit a set on the flop, slow-roll & demolish somebody w/ a boat vs. their top set on paired board.

...plus a million others...

Wat stakes do you play at? Sounds like you are playing at low stakes,you cant give these guys too much credit, and they all love to slow play QQ-AA, i have seen a guy in SB just complete with 4 limpers with KK, and people love to just call raises pre flop with AA then check the flop lol
They also love to call with middle pair trying to hit 2 pair or a set.

Originally Posted by STIdrivr

Wat stakes do you play at?

i switch it up--currently im mting 3 50 buy-in tables but i usually sit @ 2 200-buy-ins. the 50-buy-ins are usually guaranteed double-ups within an hour--unless i get exceptionally unlucky--but @ the 200 buy-in, people tend to be too erratic for me to follow.

maybe i should just start spectating a ton & making notes?

wat

Hi, my name is Chris and I've come to join the Leakaholics support group.

My main leak is that I know that I'm beat when faced with a raise/re-raise and I have a read on my opponent and his cards but I call anyway to prove myself right...

Wow. Vaks reeealy went bump trolling on this one.

LOL! Just realised this thread is over 3 years old. Oops, sorry.

Hi guys im also a leakoholic, I tilt like a spoilt 8year old when someone catches a lucky card against odds to do so. Then i try to punish anyone on my table who bets into me cos they MUST be bluffing or calling against odds also stupid brain

I just can't resist c-betting with AQo / AJo no matter what the board. Half the time I'll double barrel too even though I know villain has some piece of the board.