| 22 Oct | Why Am I So Weak?!Posted by PokerBarney on 2:34PM, 22nd Oct 2006Permalink |  Send to a friend |  RSS feed |
Argh.. *gnashing of teeth*... Rarrrr!
So I thought I'd have a crack at recording myself playing. For posterity, for fun, and hopefully to show off. Let's say it didn't go well. The video is a bit shaky, 'cos I'm still getting the hand of recording.
Basically I've come to this conclusion: because I don't play enough poker, I am becoming terrible at it. Plus, I am playing at micro stakes, and becoming deluded into thinking that the way these people play is the *right* way to play.
Therefore, I am playing like a bitch. As is demonstrated in the video..
I think the one good thing to come out of this little videotaping experiment was that it means I can watch the hands back afterwards, and see just how terrible I was.
My most immediate leak is blindingly obvious: I bet weakly, get called, then have to fold to a scary table and an aggressive opponent. But why am I so weak?
I think I'm stuck in the mindset that I'm going to lose. I fully expect to be outdrawn, and I dread.. literally dread seeing people check-call my flop bets. My heart and head sink when I see someone else sticking around to the turn, because so often it hits them and my hand is done.
I try to avoid getting involved with mediocre hands, but then I get blinded out of the picture. I have to get involved, and it often ends up with me being the passive caller of other people's raises. Eventually I can't call because I didn't hit the royal I was waiting for, and so I have to let *another one* go...
I think I want to go back to tournaments. I'm fed up with cash games.
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Sat 25th Nov 2006 13:15
Howdy,any reason for the lack of updates Barney??