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Message: [QUOTE="Ernster86, post: 1619570, member: 49646"] Just a rambling of sorts. I think Ive worked out what ive been doing wrong playing online poker and why I seem to always lose my winnings in the end. Firstly correct me if I'm wrong but a big difference between a winning poker player and a losing one is the winning one folds more losing hands. Its natural to want to gamble and play a lot of hands or make calls based on feelings or thinking the opponent is out to bluff you but a more tight approach followed with some careful bluffing seems to be doing well for me. A BIG problem Ive had which I suspect many players face is the constant action of expecting to win too much with a single buy in especially when the buy in/game is so low. For example playing razz I may start off with $10 and get it to $15-20. Yet as I continue to play that session I end up losing a good chunk of the winnings which begins the tilt stage, and results in losing everything. This always happens to me in Razz. I kick ass on the table and and up pretty much every time I play, but then a few bad beats sets me off and I end up losing most of not all. Ive come to realize doubling or tripling your buyin in one session is an amazing achievement if you think about, what investment can get you 200-300% gain in such a short time - the problem is such a gain is not sustainable and is only temporary until variance kicks in. Most players that double their buy in think they played well and deserve all that profit and if they keep playing that way they expect to win even more and get frustrated when they lose some instead. An example is last night I played 2-7 single draw - not a game I play often at all. I started off with $10 and got it to $38 ...I played for quite a while and my stack stayed at $20-$25 for most of the game before a big beat and it went down to $12 before I closed the dame in disgust. I should of been happy with the increase from $10-$40 or even doubling to $20 and just closed the game before variance and tilt kicked in. However even at $12 thats an increase of 20% which is really good if you think about it. When people invest in stocks and gain 20% in 1 day thats excellent. I learned my lesson today though. I played 2-7 again and went from $10 to $22 - a 102% gain if I'm correct and simply left the room, which isnt something I'd normally do. I now have profit, have taken a break and can go back into a game of my choosing with a fresh mind. Anyway am I on to something with this theory? I guess time will tell. [/QUOTE]

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