Comments on: Winning Stamina

By: DP

DP — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:33:00 +0000

Well said, Waffle.

By: SirFWALGMan

SirFWALGMan — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:17:00 +0000

Tight usually just means easy to read and outplay after the flop. As long as your a good post flop player pre-flop game barely matters.

Good runs can be good and bad.. Sometimes in a tourney I will get a good run of cards and then get too cocky and screwup. Sometimes you need to turn down the excitement or depression at your current run of cards and just play good poker.

By: Iakaris aka I.A.K.

Iakaris aka I.A.K. — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:58:00 +0000

Meekin: Is it even possible for trip Aces to get beat at the river by 2s full of 7s. Think about that. It means the board had to have paired 7s or 2s to give Player B the full, in addition to the guy having at least an A, maybe bullets, and another A on the board for the Trip A’s. That would give you a better boat with A’s full of whatever (7s or 2s). Either way, that idea is full of shit.

As for staying and playing, I’m all for playing when you’re winning. The tough part of that advice is they say, “when you know the game no longer favors you, leave”. That kind of insight takes almost professionally ruthless honesty. That’s where I leak it all back.

By: Drop the Hammer

Drop the Hammer — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:52:00 +0000

Good post.

By: DP

DP — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:36:00 +0000

Everything is in your favor when you’re winning, so if you can’t pile up wins, then you either have no stamina, or you just got lucky to win in the first place.

By: HighOnPoker

HighOnPoker — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:06:00 +0000

Sooted, you and others make a good point about the opposite. Sometimes when we win we get over confident or loosen up since we are playing withh winnings. That’s definitely something you should plan against if that is what happens to you. It’s certainly happened to me more than once. However, I’ve noticed lately that I’m succumbing more to letting losses pile up once they start. Whatever the case, good point.

By: sooted

sooted — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:09:00 +0000

I’ve found that if I get to the point of doubling up my buy-in (or more), and I’ve played in the neighborhood of 90-120 minutes, then it’s time for me to leave. Not just the table, but playing altogether for the evening. At a minimum it’s time for a break of an hour or two. If I keep playing, I tend to leak it all back. I don’t lose it all at once, or in really big pots, but just 4xBB here, 3xBB there, etc. I think it’s a combination of thinking I’m a badass when I’m not, and starting to get a little worn down.

I have no idea if the above is proper strategy or not, but hey – it works for me.

By: DP

DP — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:33:00 +0000

Meekin’s advice isn’t good, either.

Good post, Jordan — another big cash game player — Barry Greenstein — discusses this concept at length in his book Ace on the River.

By: HighOnPoker

HighOnPoker — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:07:00 +0000

Meekin sent me an email and we are cool. I was just trying to make a point. As it were, he’s a new blogger, so good luck to him and maybe we’ll be seeing more of him in the blogosphere and at blogger tourneys.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:22:00 +0000

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