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What do you think is your biggest leak?

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  1. Curtass Curtass is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 9:51am)

    What do you think is your biggest leak and why? What can you do to fix it? Feel free to help other people on ways to fix a certain leak as they post.
  2. Tsupa Tsupa is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 10:19am) in reply to Curtass

    My biggest leak is that after I get looked up on a bluff once, I tend to go into my shell and not make bluffs/steal attempts when I know I should. I need to develop poker amnesia to overcome this leak.

    My second biggest leak is that I limp too much from the small blind when it's folded to me. Most of the big players don't think twice about raising with ATC when it's folded to them in the small blind. I think my second leak has a lot to do with my third leak.

    My third biggest leak is that I never give respect to people that raise me when I'm in the BB and they are the SB. If it's folded to them and they raise, I call with ATC about 80% of the time, and if I hit the flop it takes a crowbar to get me off the hand even with bottom pair.
  3. SCTrojans SCTrojans is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 10:23am) in reply to Curtass

    tilt
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  4. Bulldogmafia Bulldogmafia is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 10:24am) in reply to Curtass

    I never belive the small blind or the big blind has a hand when in a SB VS BB confrontation.
  5. 12443267 12443267 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 10:36am) in reply to Bulldogmafia

    My biggest leak is calling raises out of SB BB with mid pockect pairs and not leading out or folding to the c- bet when I think I have the best hand. Forget PP calling out of position and folding to the c- bet when O could very possibly have best hand with middle bottom pair.
     
  6. DJam21 DJam21 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 10:38am) in reply to Curtass

    Find it too hard to concentrate for long periods of time. Which is why I'm not very good at online NLH MTTs.
  7. Daalen Daalen is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 10:48am) in reply to Curtass

    Paying opponents off even when I know they made their hand on the river. It's so annoying, when I know I'm ahead on the flop on the turn I just can't seem to fold the river.

    Also I tend to flat call a reraise when I'm oop too often with marginal hands. Basically I just suck.
  8. Camz Camz is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 10:50am) in reply to Curtass

    When getting a lot of chips after abusing a bubble(mainly 180 man tourneys) and establishing a loose image; I fail to change gears to a tighter style and ultimately donk off my chips. I fail to realize that ppl are starting to play back at me a lot more and keep raising with junk anywyas and calling b/c of "pot odds".

    Case in point: I was 2nd in chips in 2 4.40 180s with 12 left. I busted 10th and 11th respectively.
  9. capacehigh capacehigh is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 10:50am) in reply to SCTrojans

    ditto.

    And, playing when too tired to: make good decisions or think things through.
  10. Sp1ctacular3 Sp1ctacular3 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 10:52am) in reply to Curtass

    Tilt, which leads to poor BR management, which leads to shoving when drawing dead
  11. Hanashk Hanashk is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 10:57am) in reply to Sp1ctacular3

    Bluffing of all my chips to the other big stack at the table when i get greedy.

    :)

    Katoba.
  12. ir0nfist ir0nfist is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:01am) in reply to Curtass

    6 max cash games :(
  13. DJam21 DJam21 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:07am) in reply to Curtass

    Poker.
  14. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:07am) in reply to Curtass

    booze
  15. DJam21 DJam21 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:09am) in reply to Curtass

    Women.
  16. Jennifear Jennifear is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:10am) in reply to Curtass

    I have had a lot of trouble learning to multitable a lot of tables at a time. Anything more than 8 and I'm still lost.
  17. jdawg217 jdawg217 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:12am) in reply to Curtass

    tilt and it is unfixable i just snap and donk away a big chiplead after one bad beat or if some1 raises me too many times i snap and push w/ ATC, and when i lose, go on tilt and then find myself on the rail asking why the hell am i so fucking stupid, which leads to drinking some booze and getting upset about how the situation played out and thus leading to even more drinking until i pass out, wake up w/ the beer shits, and find myself on life tilt for the next 6-8 weeks
  18. jtown1010 jtown1010 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:16am) in reply to norcaljeff

    I'm playing way too many marginal hands OOP when I have a big stack, I float too much against nits when the effective stacks are deep, and sometimes I'll see someone make a bad play and immediatley lose respect ofr their game and generally underestimate them and consider them 100% straight-forward when I should be taking more than one hand into consideration before making that type of conclusion.
  19. CrownMyCoke CrownMyCoke is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:16am) in reply to Curtass

    When i pull my pants down and....nevermind.
  20. moobs96 moobs96 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:17am) in reply to Curtass

    it happened one time when I was just absolutely trashed and for 3 hours had nowhere I could safely go. Thank god for the coffee shop down the way at 3am.
  21. Willing2Die Willing2Die is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:19am) in reply to Curtass

    I do a good job of accumulating chips or at least getting to the mid-stage of a majority of MTT's. I play in alot of mid-stakes 500-700 entrant MTT's and have a ton of 70th-100th finishes that come from placing myself in situations that are unnecessary at the time based on stack size, blind levels, etc. Specifically, "gambling" when I really don't need to. I spend two hours chipping up steadily and blow all that work on a flush draw or semi-bluff that is simply unnecessary. "Pros" talk about avoiding those spots when you've been successful at the table playing small-ball but for some reason I lack the ability to restrain myself from 5th gear..........
     
  22. ECJENSEN56 ECJENSEN56 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:30am) in reply to Willing2Die

    Re-shoving too light
     
  23. durk86 durk86 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:33am) in reply to Curtass

    Thinking I can get people to fold top pair no kicker or second pair in low limit cash games
  24. bigwillie20 bigwillie20 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:34am) in reply to jtown1010

    Ive never really timed them, but i had to stand in line for about 45 minutes at a concert to take a piss. That may have been my biggest leak
  25. Froad Froad is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 11:40am) in reply to Curtass

    Trying to build a pot when I hit a monster and letting someone draw to beat me.
  26. An Actuary An Actuary is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 12:00pm) in reply to Froad

    1. Not letting an overpair go when I know I'm beat.
    2. drinking and poker do not mix (at least for me)
    3. too tight towards the end of a tourney, and end up getting shortstacked and ultimately push into
    a monster
  27. adog26 adog26 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 2:40pm) in reply to Curtass

    f'n life tilt
     
  28. idc219 idc219 is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 2:43pm) in reply to adog26

    losing races when it counts
  29. Dlorican Dlorican is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 2:57pm) in reply to Curtass

    Watching a donk chip up off of terrible plays. Then watching them bully a table with a monster stack, puts me on tilt. Then I end up playing back at them with the goods and still lose! Makes me think I should play like a donk too and maybe I will win more tournaments...lol
  30. MarlonMotors MarlonMotors is offline

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    Dec 27th, 2007 (12/27/2007 3:01pm) in reply to Dlorican

    1. Buying into a cash game as soon as i bust out of a tournament. ( to more or less try and get my tourney buyin back or lose an additional 1K)
    2. Playing tired (TILTED)
    3. Strippers
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