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the fox is bak jak · #41 (**permalink**) 06-21-2009, 06:00 AM

one more question by the fox if i may....
people seem to be turning into total nits when it comes to playing high stakes games,nobody seems to want to plays 25/50 because so and so,did a video for CR's ect.

do you think this is going to continue and get worse (to the point that 10/20 only has 1 table going between FT and stars)?

do you think this is breeding better players or are players seeming to over-estimate their villians abilities (and their own)never playing for larger stakes and getting worse/turning into nits?

i just remeber about a year/2 years ago the games would run more often and people were more fearless...

it may just be that semi-bad players aren't making it to those stakes anymore but i'll ask anywaay

Zugwat · #42 (**permalink**) 06-21-2009, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by bfox121

I have heard this question before and previously thought it was a no brainer to go with the top half woman, bottom half fish. After seeing the picture though, I think it becomes a closer decision then I thought, but I still stick with my answer. I mean, stuck on a deserted island, the bottom half woman / top fish seems like she would only be good for one thing and one thing only. The top half woman looked pretty cute and I'm sure we can work some things out.

Zugwat · #43 (**permalink**) 06-21-2009, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Air Jamaica

Do you have a stop-loss?

Have you ever had problems with tilt? If so, how did you get over them?

I have always been very lag when it comes to bankroll management, and usually if I'm playing a game that I perceive myself to have an edge in, and its not going well, I tend to go down with the ship.

Im not necessarily advocating this being the best strategy, but you should always just consider how the money you could potentially loose will affect you. Think if you will still going to be able to play your normal games / stakes if you loose. Does the ev of continuing to play the game outweigh the ev you loose if I loose a ton of money. For example I might be winning X-amount of dollars if I continue to play someone at x-stakes , but if I loose a bunch of money / bust my online account, I loose x-amount in ev by not having the money available to play with or I have to drop down stakes and I wont be winning as much as if I had quit the highstakes game.

I have had problems with tilt, I talked a little about it earlier, generally I will just take a break and try and do something completely non-poker related, sleeping being a reasonable option. I just try and be aware of how I'm playing and if i think I have an edge on someone normally but because I'm getting tilted or frustrated it's no longer profitable for me to continue playing then I'll stop. This is definitely difficult to do in practice, but it comes with experience.

Zugwat · #44 (**permalink**) 06-21-2009, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDriver

What, in your opinion, holds back a winning unl/small stakes player from becoming a winning midstakes player?

To be honest I never played small-stakes or mid-stakes so I'm not really sure what the level of play is like and how it differs among the levels. My beginning background in poker is in tournaments and then hu sngs.

I think maybe people tend to be a little to FPSsy which leads to them spewing. The standard line is standard for a reason, because its almost always the optimal line for the situation. If you're deviaiting or making some absurd play, you should have and know a very specific reason for doing so.

I will also say that I think what holds a lot of players back from improving / moving up, is smoking weed while playing / trying to improve or learn, or just smoking too much weed in general. I know from personal experience how weed affects your thought processes and your ability to take in information, and if you truly want to get better at poker, you just have to lay off the green.

housenuts · #45 (**permalink**) 06-21-2009, 06:28 AM

^ top half woman for sure. i mean, vajayay's are nice, but look at that mug. you wouldn't want to be stuck on an island with fish head. i mean mermaid has some nice little hole anyways.