The next hand says it all : Full Tilt Poker Game #23700573526: FPCBR Daily Freeroll (181758158), Table 6 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:45:02 ET - 2010/09/07 Seat 1: Mister Pleasant (45,349) Seat 2: Lootorz (53,342) Seat 3: Flavio Brito (41,514) Seat 4: Scarioni10 (36,835), is sitting out Seat 5: gopnik885 (9,633) Seat 6: volchonok85 (9,961) Seat 7: sylister2 (7,436) Seat 8: mps8888 (10,773), is sitting out ...
Just played my first weekly, a lot of good players but of course some donkeys too, finished 13th and won $1 hope next time to play better. Good Luck too all at the daily and the weekly freerolls!!
In my opinion, the most common mistake made in MTT poker is incorrect short-stack play. When I play an MTT my most important goal is to make it In The Money. Reaching the final table or even winning the game are purely secondary as when you invest time into a game you want some reward for it. The all-or-nothing risks often taken to gain a mega stack are best avoided in my approach. Let's say the worst happened though. You had scrimped and battled your way up to a comfortable ...
It is my belief that the best poker players do not play 'by the book' in every situation. In order to have an 'edge' over the rest of the field then you must do something different to them, an approach that they cannot comprehend. Online poker poses the question of any new player as to whether you should be loose aggressive or tight aggressive. In my estimation, the LAGs are slightly more common than TAGs. So what of loose-passive and, dare I say it, tight-passive? ...
Today i entered the freeroll and was doing pretty good until i ran into one of those power donks that play any two cards. These players really push with anything preflop. I lost 2 times to the same player that pushed all in preflop with Q-4 offsuit and J-5 offsuit. both times i had AK suited. To add insult to injury this player started talking about what a good player he was and how terrible i played. I was happy with the way i played and will put my AK suited all-in against Q-5 offsuit preflop ...
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