----------------------------------- ojisplayin 06.04.2014, 04:22 APRIL POKER THINKING CONTEST: Winners Announced! ----------------------------------- APRIL POKER THINKING Presented by BowerCrush THINK FOR YOURSELF A disturbing trend in the poker community is that people seem to want to follow strict guidelines when they play poker. Many want to treat poker like blackjack, where there is an optimal strategy in every situation. This is simply not the case. Any and all advice are just some general hints that can never take the place of proper situational judgment skills. Poker is a game of people and a game of situations. It is not a game of optimal, pre-planned strategy. All of the best poker players vary their play and make decisions on the spot. Poker players that rely on a ready-made recipe are doomed to fail because they will play very predictably, and they won't take into account many important situational factors when making decisions. There really is no way to teach someone situational judgment skills. The only advice on this topic that I can give is to practice and pay attention to your flaws. What are some situations that could be played differently? How often do you correctly place opponents on their hands? Something that may be helpful is online poker hand histories. Some, but not all, poker rooms will display the hands of all the losing players who called a showdown (the screen will show mucks but the hand history will show the opponents' hands). When you beat someone who called you to the river, request the hand history and see what your opponent had. This will help give you an idea of how often you correctly judge your opponents. If you are going to play poker, have confidence in yourself. Think for yourself. Don't worry if your play may be violating textbook guidelines. A winning poker player's arsenal combines general poker knowledge with situational judgment skills. Losing poker players don't think for themselves or simply don't think at all. PLEASE POST YOUR THOUGHTS & YOU WILL BE PUT IN A DRAW FOR $3 PRIZES Terms For Cash Prizes You need a combined Forums total of $20 in order to be PAID. (Poker Crush, Casino Crush, & Bingo Crush Prizes) -You must have pc-points to redeem cash prizes! They have an exchange value of 1,000 pc-points per $10.00 cash. -You must be an active member in good standing, no cheating in any way is tolerated. -You will need to advise us which payment method you would like us to use to pay you. To do this, please go to the red section above then click "My Payment Method" and follow the instructions. You only need to do this once (unless you later wish to change it). It may show as pending for 30 days. If you have any questions, please send PC Staff a private message for help. ----------------------------------- ojisplayin 06.04.2014, 04:29 ----------------------------------- I love this honest view. It is so true and one I am sure, we all forget. Adjusting accordingly is the only way, yet it is not simple at all!! ----------------------------------- CATLICKER 06.04.2014, 06:41 ----------------------------------- I'll stick to doing the math and playing the percentages. After 133 years, I should be several thousand dollars richer !!! ----------------------------------- Heffelamon 06.04.2014, 11:31 ----------------------------------- my thoughts on poker : hmm - nope none there . oh wait - no, i just think i'm hungry ----------------------------------- win4maw 06.04.2014, 11:44 ----------------------------------- I have no technique. I just play and hope for the best. ----------------------------------- queenmap 07.04.2014, 19:55 ----------------------------------- My strategy? None, I just try my best and try and get a feel for how the other players around me play. Probably why I don't win that often. I belive it's all luck! ----------------------------------- CATLICKER 10.04.2014, 01:00 ----------------------------------- Seems I've heard that somewhere before...Playing your hand is no more important than playing the other players! ----------------------------------- anneandalan 10.04.2014, 17:20 ----------------------------------- Great post! I had no idea I could see other's hands in the hand history, so that helps. I tend to play by feel in person, but not so much on line, I will try to work on it. ----------------------------------- gjr1961 16.04.2014, 16:06 ----------------------------------- A very good post! I'd be in trouble if I had to follow strict guidelines; I would never remember what they all are! That's probably why I make people really mad when I play blackjack (people can be so mean), I go by what I feel like because I don't know all the rules and wouldn't necessarily follow them if I did. What fun is following all the rules? ----------------------------------- ojisplayin 26.04.2014, 00:55 ----------------------------------- In the words of our IN-HOUSE POKER COACH & FRIEND, BowerCrush says "I drew out gjr1961 first and Catlicker second." SO THERE YOU HAVE IT CRUSHERS......... OUR 2 X $3- WINNERS ARE THE FABULOUS- GJR1961! WTG!! CATLICKER! WTG!! CONGRATULATIONS GLORIA & RICKER!! WELL DONE!! ----------------------------------- Heffelamon 26.04.2014, 06:21 ----------------------------------- Thank You Poker-Crush and congratz to gloria !!! poooooooooooop ----------------------------------- Heffelamon 26.04.2014, 06:23 ----------------------------------- oops Heffe on my PC again !!! This is CATLICKER...LOL ----------------------------------- gjr1961 26.04.2014, 13:55 ----------------------------------- Did ya see that Rick? We're "fabulous"! 8) Thank you so much and WTG Rick! ----------------------------------- CATLICKER 27.04.2014, 05:21 ----------------------------------- You didn'y already KNOW that, lol. Way to go, Gloria !!! Thank you Poker-Crush !!!