http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#c4291ecc-d8ab-4872-adf4-95647452f883 Ok, I'm not an experienced poker player but I've read a bit, been playing for about a year, and I pay attention to the math and statistics. I mostly play online sit and gos - I've only done one tounament (also online, really low buy-in). I did manage to come in 9th of 90 so maybe I'm doing something right. The pocket cards you get are 100% luck. If you had a counter running over your lifetime of playing the pocket cards would add up to a random distribution. If you have a run of poor pocket cards those are the breaks. The trick is to win more when you win, and lose less when you lose (according to some pro I can't recall who said this first). I find I can bluff pretty well against a mixed table (with a lot of other inexperienced players) and will take down hands with absolutley nothing. So ask yourself on those cases when you did 'take the chance' we're you in a good position to be able to bluff if you didn't catch something on the flop? Sometimes when I have bad cards I'll even raise pre-flop so it makes it easier to bluff. I also create a really tight table image really early and pretty much fold all but premium hands (which is easy because you should fold a lot early anyway). To actually beat good players though, yeah for me it really only happens when I get lucky here and there. Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:12:15 GMT http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#c4291ecc-d8ab-4872-adf4-95647452f883 pam 2006-10-04T15:12:15Z http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#8497ce4c-5bd3-4e4e-9c04-2cc85869af49 yes...variance Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:24:42 GMT http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#8497ce4c-5bd3-4e4e-9c04-2cc85869af49 Ikasaurus 2006-10-04T04:24:42Z http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#254553fd-d6b1-492c-85b5-e8420ec60b6c this isn't superstition, it's genetics Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:26:04 GMT http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#254553fd-d6b1-492c-85b5-e8420ec60b6c Paul 2006-10-04T03:26:04Z http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#09c54635-7708-4575-be2a-78c88738ffba is it good luck not to be superstitous? Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:24:32 GMT http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#09c54635-7708-4575-be2a-78c88738ffba Paul 2006-10-04T03:24:32Z http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#2a01b14a-11ea-4ae6-89f1-c816c5061130 It's bad luck to be superstitious. Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:57:41 GMT http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#2a01b14a-11ea-4ae6-89f1-c816c5061130 Patti 2006-10-04T02:57:41Z http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#1be29950-235b-4d5e-86e1-059618fd8f7c I was playing in a tournament and getting horrible pocket cards which would have turned into the winning hands a majority of the time and whenever I did take the chance and played the cards, nothing developed. My last hand I had pocket jacks, went all in, the other guy had pocket kings. He got trips on the flop and I got trips on the river. I think this is genetic that I have no luck. Can anyone offer an alternate explanation? Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:58:44 GMT http://bayareapoker.tribe.net/thread/26d708a1-5a6b-4cf3-a2a0-e599aa9189cf#1be29950-235b-4d5e-86e1-059618fd8f7c Paul 2006-10-04T00:58:44Z