Was I wrong????

I am a very tight player and 9 times out of 10 I will only play the "Premium Hands, with every once in a while I play a so so hand. From now on I will start making better decisions at the Table and try my hardest to change my way of thinking. The only thing I disagree with is I know poker is about making the right decisions I believe luck does play some into it. Maybe with a little more practice and some further education I'll stop thinking this way but I feel I have the worst luck in the world. I'm going to keep reading my book The Illistarted Guide to No Limint Hold Em by Dennis Purdy and see if I can pick up a few more pointers. I still have a lot of problem with the Math in my head in such a short amount of time.

Originally Posted by Dimaline312000

I am a very tight player and 9 times out of 10 I will only play the "Premium Hands, with every once in a while I play a so so hand. From now on I will start making better decisions at the Table and try my hardest to change my way of thinking. The only thing I disagree with is I know poker is about making the right decisions I believe luck does play some into it. Maybe with a little more practice and some further education I'll stop thinking this way but I feel I have the worst luck in the world. I'm going to keep reading my book The Illistarted Guide to No Limint Hold Em by Dennis Purdy and see if I can pick up a few more pointers. I still have a lot of problem with the Math in my head in such a short amount of time.

What hands you can play preflop and how you should play them depend a lot on position, who's behind you, who's already entered the pot, stack sizes, images, and reads. Luck is really a rediculous concept if you're a long term player. Obviously if you play 100 thousand hands at any level, you'll see the same situations over and over again. Making the right decisions will increase your winrate over a large sample size. Math done in the heat of the moment should be pot odds/implied odds. You can look over spoon's thread if you don't know how to estimate these quickly at http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ad-180192.html.
To find the EV of plays like calling an all in, you need to be able to put your opponet on a range of cards. If google and download pokerstove, you can put in your own cards, and your opponets range, and find the equity you have in the pot.

Ok so that helps me lead to my next question. How do I know when to play a good hand like Big Slick and when to keep an throw away suited connectors or cards like 8 9 Off suit. I just got on PokerStars and played one hand where I threw away J 3 Off suit and the Flop came 3 3 J. I felt like I real DONKEY on that one. I had Big Slick twice in just the short amount of time that I played one was Suited the other Wasn't and played them both correctly I guess becasue I won both of those hands.?

Originally Posted by Dimaline312000

Ok so that helps me lead to my next question. How do I know when to play a good hand like Big Slick and when to keep an throw away suited connectors or cards like 8 9 Off suit. I just got on PokerStars and played one hand where I threw away J 3 Off suit and the Flop came 3 3 J. I felt like I real DONKEY on that one. I had Big Slick twice in just the short amount of time that I played one was Suited the other Wasn't and played them both correctly I guess becasue I won both of those hands.?

That is always going to happen at some stage. However, you cannot really plan it. Just think about the long run. J 3o is not really a profitable hand, you get beaten by a wide range and there is no straight/flush possibilities. As above, just read and apply the theory to your poker game. Try also reviewing sessions and see where you went wrong, if it was an +EV or -EV decision you made.

Originally Posted by Dimaline312000

How do I know when to play a good hand like Big Slick and when to keep an throw away cards like 8 9 Off suit. I

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