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Oftentimes, the reason bad luck leads to bad play is because of a pyschological need to get back to even faster than you should statistically be able to. If you normally win on average $10/hour, and you just had a 3 day losing streak where you lost $1000, you may not have the patience to play 100 hours to win back that $1000. Subconsciously you will ...

Live Live is where you can do mostly of the image you project to people. Some people just get irritated by some things like (your voice,how you dress, the way you talk etc..) These things depend on who your against to. Everyone has something that he doesn't like you only have to find it out. Player style Agressiv type Im an agressiv player and know ...

Having favourite hands is more of a goofy thing to do in order to reduce boredom. Many professional players have such favourite hands because they'we been playing for many years and can afford it. The problem with having something like this is that you immediately lose objectivity. Emotions must be avoided at all costs in the context of poker; having a ...

I know the feeling I have been playing well for months but always seem to be on the end of bad beats. I use HEM2 and most of the tournaments I play I am finishing +EV but not cashing. I tend to do one of two things when I am on a run like this: Take a break for a few days, keep studying and reading forums like this, but stay away from the tables. Change ...

I always ramp up my review efforts when I am running bad. At minimum, I will double the portion of my time spent studying and reviewing hands. I also run them by other players I trust. During extended down runs, I find that I may end up needing to take some time away from the tables to unwind and get my head straight. That could be a day or two, or it could ...

There are plenty of scenarios in which it is more than OK to play hands like Q8o, Q8s, and definitely Axs. There are also plenty of scenarios where you should be folding these hands rather quickly. Whether or not you do fold them should be completely independent of sentimental wins and losses. Instead, play them or fold them because it is the most ...

In my opinion, it depends on what stakes you are playing. At low stakes, none of these matter whether live (1/2, 1/3) or online (upto 1/2). There are recreational players willing to take chance and gamble with their low stacks and when-ever they think the pot is huge to gamble. So its better to have something when you raise. It's like playing roulette for ...