Minimizing Losses

[AntsAttack]

I've been reading the Forum and the Strategy threads a lot and trying to soak up as much as possible, I've been doing very well in my play, but my major leak is learning how to minimizing losses. If anyone can point to a very good thread on the topic of minimizing my losses and learning the best on when to just fold it, and when to call.
Thanks in advance

[sandstorm]

The best thing you can do is post a few hands where you are not sure if you should have folded, played to weak, too strong etc. You'll learn much from the discussion.

Are you losing because you are calling to much? Tilting? Do you have any idea?

[jackvance]

If you cold call more than once in a blue moon without any limpers in front of you, that is probably your leak..

[AntsAttack]

Here's an example:
The situation is, this guy Menu, had been tilting and making some large raises with garbage, and bluffing the hell out of people. He was tilting yada yada yada. So my hole cards are AQos and decide to call. I hit the top pair, with 2nd highest kicker. He bets the pot, and I figure this kid is trying to bluff his way out and I come to find out he raised 9 dollars with pocket 9's and hit his trips

#Game No : 3791999744
***** Hand History for Game 3791999744 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, March 21, 17:04:17 ET 2006
Table Watermusic (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: Tigre11 ( $197.15 )
Seat 3: grillzz ( $386.25 )
Seat 4: menubabieee ( $141.70 )
Seat 5: MARKY1BOO ( $181.06 )
Seat 6: AntsAttack ( $303.75 )
Seat 1: kjconine ( $122.10 )
kjconine posts small blind [$1].
Tigre11 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to AntsAttack [ :Ad: :Qh: ]
grillzz calls [$2].
menubabieee raises [$9].
MARKY1BOO folds.
AntsAttack calls [$9].
kjconine calls [$8].
Tigre11 folds.
grillzz calls [$7].
** Dealing Flop ** [ :Ah:, , ]
kjconine checks.
grillzz checks.
menubabieee bets [$20].
AntsAttack raises [$76].
kjconine folds.
grillzz: im gonna take a break take care all
grillzz folds.
grillzz: even you menu
menubabieee is all-In [$112.70]
AntsAttack calls [$56.70].
** Dealing Turn ** [ :Jd: ]
** Dealing River ** [ ]
AntsAttack shows [ :Ad:, :Qh: ] a pair of aces.
menubabieee shows [ , ] three of a kind, nines.
menubabieee wins $300.40 from the main pot with three of a kind, nines.

[andy-akb]

Whoa whoa whoa, what are you doing playing $200NL on a $500 BR? Thats your first problem. At the lower limits you learn that TPGK isnt a hand you want to go all in with or call an all in with for that matter. Go play $25NL or $50NL for awhile, playing at levels this high is a sure way to go bust, and fast.

And also, the pot is $38 on the flop, villain bet out $20, essentially half the pot. After his bet the pot is $58 and then you raise to $76? Thats a big raise and then he pushes over you, you should be pretty sure that you are behind here.

[lolzzz_321]

Whoa whoa whoa, what are you doing playing $200NL on a $500 BR? Thats your first problem. At the lower limits you learn that TPGK isnt a hand you want to go all in with or call an all in with for that matter. Go play $25NL or $50NL for awhile, playing at levels this high is a sure way to go bust, and fast.

hahahahaha

ya i jsut saw that, go play 25NL or go broke. General rule is ~20 buy ins unless u r Ulitmate George who swears by ~100 buy ins.

[lolzzz_321]

Get off 100 NL

[lolzzz_321]

ty

[lolzzz_321]

that's better

[andy-akb]

WTF was that about triptanes? Any reason for the quad-post?

[Warpe]

Get off 200 NL

fyp

[lolzzz_321]

Nah he was sitting at a 100 NL table a sec ago.

[andy-akb]

I had seen his sig and was wondering how on a $50 BR he went up to $500+ so soon, figured it was a MTT win or something, this explains it though.

We should have somebody program a bot or something that keeps track of all the FTRers and makes sure they dont play over their bankroll and if they do to heckle them in the chat until they leave

[lolzzz_321]

Nah, most n00bs make the mistake of putting 50 into party poker and taking a shot at greatness, I did it!

[AntsAttack]

lol, I stopped playing the 200nl and 100nl like you guys said...my BR is now at $600.56

[lolzzz_321]

Dude I just stakced u at 200NL.

[salempc]

Something I learned from these forums to minimize losses is that sometimes you feel that someone might beat you, but you keep betting anyway.

Once a sage said: "If you feel you may be beat, you probably are!"