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Pastimes : Gamblers--can you make a living? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (101)	12/13/2011 7:51:07 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 113

Rhetorical: It takes three things to be a top poker player: 1) You need to know the odds, the game theory as Sklansky points out. A,B,C's. A lot of the kids don't read! 2) You must know how, and be able to, bluff. 3) Doyal Brunson!!! Power poker: this is actully the most important and hardest for most people. You must learn how to push a game around. When I sit down to a game, I look to destroy it, make people scared of me and confused about my play. When I do that, they usually don't know how to play back. I learned that later in life. If they are a gang of tough smart fearless kids, I just play a weak old man and draw them in. After which, I cut off their heads-lol. I like having them all scared by the end of the game and sharing their cigarettes with me-lol. The invisible old guy. E.g. 1) Odds and strategies: you cannot play a hand less than an ace queen in the first three positions if you are in a big game, say $50/$100 - $20/$40 is big enough for this play to be bad. Or drawing to small pairs on 4th or 5th street. 7.5 to one on the flop, but 23 to 1 on 4th and 5th. You will never get 23 to 1 back so that is money in the collective pot based on odds. You have to go after that money. Sklansky: he who makes the least mistakes wins. 2) bluffing: if no one has anything and you bet how can they call?? And usually no one has anything! 3) Power poker: Brunson and Bobby Baldwin wear their arms out betting. Find that good hand and go for it. Play it strong. I drink when I play the locals in town as I do nto want their money. I never touch a drop of alcohol when I am playing seriously. One can play every hand drunk at a many house games and still win by out manuvering the table. Negative expectation play--learn it! The Zen of poker -lol.