Hi Bazza,

Sounds like typical online stuff to me. I don't like what I have observed, which is why I don't play there. I know a player who has been a pro for 25 years and can barely turn a profit online. Some will say it's variance or the computer programmes giving an edge.

My simple advice would be to play live and let the online players come to you. Where I play they are known as the worst players, and don't last very long befiore going broke. Of course there are some good players who have come from online, but generally give me online players rather than pros, semi pros and the experienced live players I come up against.

Thanks Bazza, anyone who can make 9k in a year gets my respect. I too would like to hear that advice from established online winning players. I saw some strange stuff live the other night too. Like god was personally at the table. However I have played with the lad a number of times, and although he is immensely likeable, is a lifetime compulsive gambler and loser. Sometimes it's hard to sit there and watch someone do nearly everything wrong and win.

 

Originally Posted by TheSquirrel

Hi Bazza,

Sounds like typical online stuff to me. I don't like what I have observed, which is why I don't play there. I know a player who has been a pro for 25 years and can barely turn a profit online. Some will say it's variance or the computer programmes giving an edge.

My simple advice would be to play live and let the online players come to you. Where I play they are known as the worst players, and don't last very long befiore going broke. Of course there are some good players who have come from online, but generally give me online players rather than pros, semi pros and the experienced live players I come up against.

Really? Bazza has asked for his opinion about online poker not live, how to improve ect, Dont go on about how its rigged blahblah, The people who you say have been "pro" for 25 years and can barely turn are profit online are BAD. simple - Sorry for rant

Anyway I can see that you know your not the best which is good, because this is how i always think and will constantly trying to think how i can do something better against different opponents ect.. It will really help if you can get a few friends who play online who are winners and talk with them i am lucky i have 4-5 people i speak to on skype who are very good and will let me know where i am going wrong and how i can improve, It is best not to speak about bad beats because we know it happens.

I have been on a downswing over past few weeks my roi has gone down quite a bit, i know this and i have been working even harder and i feel that in the past few days i have been playing tons better and it has payed of and i have had alot of deep runs, another thing is to stay positive.. although its very hard to stay positive when losing tons of money but to progress with poker this is key. I cant remember how many times ive felt like just giving up but i never will because i love it and i know that i can get better and beat it.

But by looking at your stats you seem to getting deep alot your late percentage is pretty decent, My advice maybe to look at improving your game towards the end of an mtt to close it out.

GL man

I am trying to identify my weakness during MTT's and make that stronger. Any advice is greatly appreciated so thanks for that mcandrews, i have no problem admitting my game has to change in order to improve and guys like you and Ben are exactly where i want to be.

I won't stop researching and working my ass off until i get to your level.

I am always looking to improve my game and one way I find very helpful is to read over hand histories and analysis provided by successful players. I tend to search profitable players profiles on pocketfives and swift through their threads and posts about how and why theyre playing hands a certain way. If you can uncover their thought process and lines of thinking that have made them successful, you'll be more able to implement and apply some of the same theories to your own game.

I would also suggest playing the capped tournaments, your avg field size is like nearlly 4k, which is pretty insane so shipping one of those minefields doesnt happen that often!

Thanks to all for the comments, i appreciate all of your views and advice.

Ben - I couldn't agree more, i do need to come away from the larger field tournies as to win one of those is extremely difficult no matter what skills/ability you have.

Aggie - I will always try to get them in good where possible and will always try and study certain players etc for weakness and then exploit that.

This is a game we all love to play and we all have to be competitive as we all want to be the very best that we can. I will continue working hard on my game and keep variance at the forefront of my mind to avoid any kind of tilt. I am not one to envy those more successful then me but instead i prefer to admire and strive to be better.

This is true, Fold Equity is your friend espcially late in MTTs and when you have a good stack near the money bubble and at the FT. try to get in the head of your opponents too. Sounds hard but with practice it gets easier. Later in MTTS get info on your opponents by checking stats if possible...

 

Originally Posted by TheSquirrel

Oh yeah - I don't wish to derail your thread but nearly every player I have observed winning a tournament, and nearly every time I've won, there has needed to be a suckout somewhere along the line. That alone is nearly enough to do your head in. Should we strive to go in behind? Buggered if I know, but I always strive to get them in ahead.

I love your attitude. I have always said the poker player's worst enemy is ego. Either thinking you are better than you are, or thinking you are being bullied and refusing to fold, no matter what, is highly dangerous to bankroll. I wish you every luck. From your few posts so far I would say you have more chance than most of succeeding.

obviously i dont strive to get it in bad (although it may look like it ha ha) but there are times where its just mathematically incorrect to fold, or when we beat the villains range a lot of the time and this time its the top of that range

if thats not happening to you your probably folding the best hand a fair bit an missing out on some big pots

Of course we want to get it in with the best of it but often times this isn't the case. For example, you are deep in a tournament sitting on 16bb. It folds to the cutoff who is an aggressive player and he opens the pot. The button folds and you are in the small blind with KQ suited. We don't necessarily love our hand but with our stack our options are limited. We can't flat because of how short we are and typically regardless of your stack size it's not a good idea to flat marginal hands out of position. We know the cutoff has been active and is opening a wide range. We have a good resteal stack and fold equity so we elect to shove. The big blind folds and the original raiser snap calls with AK. Unfortunately we are dominated but our shove is +ev. We are crushing his opening range and often times when he does call we will be flipping vs a pair or a slight underdog to hands like AJ, A10. This is what I was getting at and I'm sure McAndrews would agree as well. Sometimes you have to get it in with marginal hands because it is the best move at the time. You have a good attitude and that well help. My advice is to sign up for a training site. I've been watching p5s training vids and they have helped me immensely. I'm still working on my game and have so much to improve on. The most important thing is that I can identify my leaks and work on them. I feel like poker can be related to school except that in school you graduate. With poker it is a never ending process. Best wishes and good luck at the tables sir!

Thanks for your input elimherr and training videos is something i am going to move on to. Closing out tournaments is definitely one of my main issues and something i need to work hard at. I can build my stack and hang around the average but this is where i begin to slowly lose my stack as i can now see i am waiting for the hands rather then picking spots to gain blinds/limpers etc.