Friday, March 26, 2010

Small Stakes in Vegas

Hey everyone,
Im heading to Vegas in a few weeks with a limited bankroll. Does anybody know any nice games that can be played for profit? The best casinos for poker? I noticed some sit n go tournaments at luxor with my experience i thought i could do well, or perhaps ill just play a few of the big tournaments. Also trying to find some good NL tables. So that said, any of you people played in vegas that much?

Thursday, March 11, 2010

My cure to avoiding TILT is simple dont look!

After watching so many bad beats take away so much $$$ from me. I have found a simple cure to avoiding losing my mind. I simply do not watch the hands play out when the betting is over. When multitabling, it is easy to minimize the table and move on to something else, if in 5 seconds nothing happens you know you didnt go broke. Imagine you have AK and somebody else has QJ and your all in. If you minimized the screen, you could remember your a 2:1 favorite and you did your best. Instead you watched how you flopped a Ace and King and watched your opponent make some miracle runner runner flush on the river. This wears and tears on you, and now for the next 10 minutes you are trying hard to not lose your mind and your cash. Sometimes ill even remind myself after the betting how i played it right and got my money in the right spot whatever happens. This tactic is hard to accept even for myself because its human nature to want to see what happens, its part of what makes poker exciting. But in the end watching hands play out really doesnt gain you anything.
One hand at a time!
Tom

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Programs to help your Profit

Ive switched to 10 $10 DON's at once. The 30 tabling was screwing with my mind, with less tables im able to think through more decisions and really use my skills more to my advantage. The days of sitting at DON's tables and folding to the money appear to be over. Some other tactics will be needed. I am currently using 4 programs to help my play.
1. Pokerspy - Pokerspy helps show mucked cards, and also shows whos playing tight and loose at the table. Its very helpful and gathering the situation so you can figure out the correct play.
2. DoN Indicator - This is a great tool for DON multitabling, it will help locate exactly where you are at in the tournament for faster decisions.
3. Tableninja- The hot keys allow me to not use the mouse as much and kill my wrist, plus it starts new tournaments as soon as other ones end (this has not helped me much since it seems i have a lower roi% when starting new ones before finishing old tourneys)
4.SNG Wizard - I just checked this out and have no fully used it, but it picks out mistakes and shows every hand played easily making it much easier to look back at your work. This is a great tool after your done to research your play.
These tools have really helped my performance at the table and i would recomend them all to serious players! Good luck!
One hand at a time!
Tom