Hey friends I love to play poker in casino. I like experiments in my game, I find it an awesome temptation to "press the cards" in a poker tournament. In a tournament I want to establish a pattern of playing, a system of taking down pots so that I can win this thing. The urge to press the cards can be my demise. When I yield to these longings, usually I end up standing instead of sitting. I have developed a motto to help me counter these yearnings. That motto is: Relax, the cards will come.
This motto has evolved for me from two sources.
Obviously, the first came because of playing in tournaments. The second source was a computer software game that I purchased from ICONWIN. As part of their Texas Hold 'Em software package, they included a regular tournament section and a one table freeze-out tournament section. Playing these programs has helped me determine that patience will payoff big time. Sure, there is one hell of a lot of difference between a computer generated game and a game of real players. No sensible person will say that the computer can duplicate live players. However, there is much to be learned from a computer simulation. For one thing, you can get a lot of action packed into just a few moments. A computer will race to the end of each hand after you have dropped out.
I found out from computer programs that there is a powerful urge to hurry up and enter the action. I found that I was pressing the hands, forcing the cards. Unfortunately, when you crowd the hands, you generally end up on the sidelines. When I learned to relax and wait for the best quality cards to come, I began to win with greater regularity. Sure, sometimes you can press the cards and get lucky. You see it every tournament: One guy plays marginal and trash hands that come in and he has a huge stack of checks. I have also noticed that those guys seldom win the tourney. They make their big move early and pile up a huge stack. Few of these players back off and play very selectively after their rush. If they could settle down and play quality cards, they would be ferocious competitors. Seldom do they make it past the middle rounds when the higher limits eat up their chips, and they seem puzzled that they can't pull down a pot with trash.
DON'T PRESS THE CARDS
Your chances of winning a poker tournament are greatly enhanced if you wait for the cards to come to you. Like a good racquet ball player, wait for the opportunity and then cash in. Wait for that ball to come to your strong side and then punish the opponent. In poker, wait for those quality cards and then come in with power. If you have any doubts about the quality of the cards in regard to position and quality of the opposition, don't take chances. If you have misgivings about the cards, throw them away. Play only with confidence and intensity. Hope hands or halfhearted play will seldom get you the pot. Play to win and you will win.
This motto has evolved for me from two sources.
Obviously, the first came because of playing in tournaments. The second source was a computer software game that I purchased from ICONWIN. As part of their Texas Hold 'Em software package, they included a regular tournament section and a one table freeze-out tournament section. Playing these programs has helped me determine that patience will payoff big time. Sure, there is one hell of a lot of difference between a computer generated game and a game of real players. No sensible person will say that the computer can duplicate live players. However, there is much to be learned from a computer simulation. For one thing, you can get a lot of action packed into just a few moments. A computer will race to the end of each hand after you have dropped out.
I found out from computer programs that there is a powerful urge to hurry up and enter the action. I found that I was pressing the hands, forcing the cards. Unfortunately, when you crowd the hands, you generally end up on the sidelines. When I learned to relax and wait for the best quality cards to come, I began to win with greater regularity. Sure, sometimes you can press the cards and get lucky. You see it every tournament: One guy plays marginal and trash hands that come in and he has a huge stack of checks. I have also noticed that those guys seldom win the tourney. They make their big move early and pile up a huge stack. Few of these players back off and play very selectively after their rush. If they could settle down and play quality cards, they would be ferocious competitors. Seldom do they make it past the middle rounds when the higher limits eat up their chips, and they seem puzzled that they can't pull down a pot with trash.
DON'T PRESS THE CARDS
Your chances of winning a poker tournament are greatly enhanced if you wait for the cards to come to you. Like a good racquet ball player, wait for the opportunity and then cash in. Wait for that ball to come to your strong side and then punish the opponent. In poker, wait for those quality cards and then come in with power. If you have any doubts about the quality of the cards in regard to position and quality of the opposition, don't take chances. If you have misgivings about the cards, throw them away. Play only with confidence and intensity. Hope hands or halfhearted play will seldom get you the pot. Play to win and you will win.
3 comments:
good and attractive blog
Nice Description..
I agree with you. Its more of a mind game and patience in the game of poker
"A man is foolish one who makes same mistake again " Not only you'd keep remember your mistake but also you'd something from that.
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