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    i need to become a better player

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    Posted: Jul. 21, 2008 - 4:36 PM ET #1

     
    whats the best way to get better, when i play with my friends or familys or at partys i win about 80% of the time but when i play against real players i never get the chips to make moves
     
    last night at the home game i was low stack, BB took 60% of my chips so i went all in, (blinds were high as hell by this time)  AQ, flop comes out Q99, three people were playing and they had there little side pots going but i thought i had a ok chance, J comes out- another guy goes all in and we show are cards before the river, and im drawing dead, the guy had K10
     
    i feelt like i was playing soild all night, i made great folds, folded poket threes and a guy ended up getting 4 A's(it would have gave me a full house and i would have lost my ass) folded A6 in SB, BB ended up getting two pair A and 7, 
     
    i knew when i was beat
     
    i played well and picked up some pots when the blinds were low so the early pots i won, weren't all that much 
     
    in the past, i dind'nt know when to quit, and that was my problem but last night i kept my composher and made some great lay downs 
     
    i dont want to blame it on me not making any hands
     
    how do i get better? and i dont want to spend money  with online games
     
    the blinds move so fast that i dont get to take as much time as i like thinking things over, when i have my house games, college partys stuff like that i have all the time in the world to think things threw and i win about 80% of the time
     
    but the big house game i go to its about 11-13 players, start out with 200 chips blinds start out at 1,2 and go up every 15 min(2/4,4/8,16/32,25/50) 
    out of the 13 players 8 play in local tournaments, and the ones that dont play like donkeys and because of that it messes me up(they never win the game, just like me) 
     
    should i read a poker book?
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    whats the best way to get better, when i play with my friends or familys or at partys i win about 80% of the time but when i play against real players i never get the chips to make moves
     
    last night at the home game i was low stack, BB took 60% of my chips so i went all in, (blinds were high as hell by this time)  AQ, flop comes out Q99, three people were playing and they had there little side pots going but i thought i had a ok chance, J comes out- another guy goes all in and we show are cards before the river, and im drawing dead, the guy had K10
     
    i feelt like i was playing soild all night, i made great folds, folded poket threes and a guy ended up getting 4 A's(it would have gave me a full house and i would have lost my ass) folded A6 in SB, BB ended up getting two pair A and 7, 
     
    i knew when i was beat
     
    i played well and picked up some pots when the blinds were low so the early pots i won, weren't all that much 
     
    in the past, i dind'nt know when to quit, and that was my problem but last night i kept my composher and made some great lay downs 
     
    i dont want to blame it on me not making any hands
     
    how do i get better? and i dont want to spend money  with online games
     
    the blinds move so fast that i dont get to take as much time as i like thinking things over, when i have my house games, college partys stuff like that i have all the time in the world to think things threw and i win about 80% of the time
     
    but the big house game i go to its about 11-13 players, start out with 200 chips blinds start out at 1,2 and go up every 15 min(2/4,4/8,16/32,25/50) 
    out of the 13 players 8 play in local tournaments, and the ones that dont play like donkeys and because of that it messes me up(they never win the game, just like me) 
     
    should i read a poker book?
     
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    Posted: Jul. 21, 2008 - 9:29 PM ET #2

    you could read some books, play some low limits, it takes a lot of hours to get experience. By the way , you weren't drawing dead with the AQ, a Q or 9 on the river gives you a full house, beating the straight.
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    you could read some books, play some low limits, it takes a lot of hours to get experience. By the way , you weren't drawing dead with the AQ, a Q or 9 on the river gives you a full house, beating the straight.
     
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    Posted: Jul. 21, 2008 - 10:06 PM ET #3

    thanks GodFather
     
    but all i had was top pair top kicker if another queen came out i would have had three queens, but its not important
     
    i went all in and someone had alredy called me, he should have stayed out of the hand with K 10, then he was beting after the flop and he had to hit a 4 outer(J) or else he had K-high, he should have never been in the hand, i was so glad when he busted, he got his inside straight cards post flop when someone was all in twice that would have brought me up to about 250 chips, i would have had room to work! next time
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    thanks GodFather
     
    but all i had was top pair top kicker if another queen came out i would have had three queens, but its not important
     
    i went all in and someone had alredy called me, he should have stayed out of the hand with K 10, then he was beting after the flop and he had to hit a 4 outer(J) or else he had K-high, he should have never been in the hand, i was so glad when he busted, he got his inside straight cards post flop when someone was all in twice that would have brought me up to about 250 chips, i would have had room to work! next time
     
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    Posted: Jul. 21, 2008 - 11:32 PM ET #4

    Quote Originally Posted by cibola05:

    thanks GodFather
     
    but all i had was top pair top kicker if another queen came out i would have had three queens, but its not important
     
     

     

    Actually its very important. Yo dont even know that a queen woulda given u a full house. You have to know for sure what beats what beore you even "try" to get better. My advice would just be to play more and, if youre afraid of the internet, go on there and play for free. The freegame is good for knowing what beats what and such, gl

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    Quote Originally Posted by cibola05:

    thanks GodFather
     
    but all i had was top pair top kicker if another queen came out i would have had three queens, but its not important
     
     

     

    Actually its very important. Yo dont even know that a queen woulda given u a full house. You have to know for sure what beats what beore you even "try" to get better. My advice would just be to play more and, if youre afraid of the internet, go on there and play for free. The freegame is good for knowing what beats what and such, gl

     
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    Posted: Jul. 22, 2008 - 12:10 AM ET #5

    omg u guys are right because of the 99 on the board, i would have had a full house, thank you guys for all the advice
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    omg u guys are right because of the 99 on the board, i would have had a full house, thank you guys for all the advice
     
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    Posted: Jul. 22, 2008 - 12:14 AM ET #6

    i wouldnt mind playing for small amounts on-line, any good free or low cash internet sites?
     
    i dont want to spend more then 10 bucks a game
    the only money i win is at partys
     
    and everyones drunk
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    i wouldnt mind playing for small amounts on-line, any good free or low cash internet sites?
     
    i dont want to spend more then 10 bucks a game
    the only money i win is at partys
     
    and everyones drunk
     
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    Posted: Jul. 22, 2008 - 3:01 AM ET #7

    just go to any site (fulltilt, pokerstars, etc) and just play for free till you get the hang of it. Or start lookin around town for othr home games to play in. Or just hang out at some of the poker forums around the internet. This forum doesnt realy get enough traffic to be useful but there are others that do, not sure I can list the site though. Message me if u want, ill head you in the right directtion
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    just go to any site (fulltilt, pokerstars, etc) and just play for free till you get the hang of it. Or start lookin around town for othr home games to play in. Or just hang out at some of the poker forums around the internet. This forum doesnt realy get enough traffic to be useful but there are others that do, not sure I can list the site though. Message me if u want, ill head you in the right directtion
     
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    Posted: Jul. 22, 2008 - 5:20 AM ET #8

    pokerstars...minimum buy in is 10 bucks
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    pokerstars...minimum buy in is 10 bucks
     
     
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    Posted: Jul. 23, 2008 - 1:53 AM ET #9

    I have seen guys throw away full houses before. They didn't realize they had it, one guy had QQ board was Q XX KK, he folded, the guy had K X - trip kings, a guy with QQ says I can't beat your 3 Kings. The guy with the Kings had to show the hand because someone was all-in on a limit game. The dealer told him  if he had QQ he had a full house, and he would've won. (Don't think it was the dealer's spot to tell the player how to play, even after the hand)
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    I have seen guys throw away full houses before. They didn't realize they had it, one guy had QQ board was Q XX KK, he folded, the guy had K X - trip kings, a guy with QQ says I can't beat your 3 Kings. The guy with the Kings had to show the hand because someone was all-in on a limit game. The dealer told him  if he had QQ he had a full house, and he would've won. (Don't think it was the dealer's spot to tell the player how to play, even after the hand)
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