How to stop playing each hand?

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  • #26
Yoo said:
Verry good point after few experiments like this one you'l be thinking if is ok to play evan AA:)))):joyman::joyman:
АА it's very very bad((
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  • #27
Aleksandr Sarpov said:
How to teach yourself to play only with a good hand? I noticed that I often play almost all hands and play very aggressively. I notice it and I understand what's wrong. I start to control myself, but after a while I again unconsciously turn to an aggressive game with almost any hand. How to stop playing like this? Can eat what that special training?

I think this is one of the many components of poker skills - not thinking about your cards - aggression is good, but without thinking about enemy cards, you can not control it in a wide range, it's also not a mistake, but until you see the flop, consider That the opponent has missiles on his hands and you must understand how to defeat them. Good luck to you:)
 
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  • #28
playing each hand?

Sounds like you want to be in the action no matter what. It can get boring if you fold all but the best cards though. I open a play money table when I am in a tournament to allow myself that freedom. I let my loose playing free there and keep it tight for the tournament. Give it a shot.
 
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  • #29
Eventually you realize that you can't play every single hand. So don't worry that much! :D
 
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  • #30
"Tight Agressive"
 
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  • #31
I dont think what you eat matters with hand selection. Maybe watch some videos and read some books and really try to put together ranges for each position.
 
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  • #32
Good question.

When I started playing poker I played every hand.

It took great effort and practice to fold.
 
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  • #33
Learn well the lessons of the game and stakes in all positions or...
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  • #34
Aleksandr Sarpov said:
How to teach yourself to play only with a good hand? I noticed that I often play almost all hands and play very aggressively. I notice it and I understand what's wrong. I start to control myself, but after a while I again unconsciously turn to an aggressive game with almost any hand. How to stop playing like this? Can eat what that special training?

You are a loose aggressive player, so your personality is aggressive and that is hard to change. But the winning players are tight aggressive, have a list of hands that you want to play pre flop written down in front of you, and play those aggressively.
 
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  • #35
You play only good hands ... depending on your position you can open the range of those hands ... I recommend you search the internet for some poker school, there you will find information on the range of hands to play according to your position ...
 
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  • #36
I couldn't help myself and I got "the best" answers ;).

You have to control your game.

If you know that you are doing it then just stop doing it

If it was that simple to just stop doing it, then probably OP wouldn't even ask that question... :)

Aleksandr Sarpov said:
I start to control myself, but after a while I again unconsciously turn to an aggressive game with almost any hand. How to stop playing like this? Can eat what that special training?

There is a great book dedicated to subject of tilt, fear, motivation and learning poker in general called The Mental Game of Poker. I am reading it right now and it addresses the problem you have and many other problems.

There is learning model called "Adult Learning Model" and the book describes it as:

Level 1 — Unconscious Incompetence. You don’t even know what you don’t know. In other words, you’re blind to the ways that you lack skill, which isn’t necessarily good or bad. For some players ignorance is bliss.

Level 2 — Conscious Incompetence. Now you’ve become conscious of what you don’t know. But that doesn’t make you skilled, it just means you know what skills you need to improve. Becoming conscious happens from either your own insight or insight that is shared with you by someone else.

Level 3 — Conscious Competence. If you’ve reached this level, it means you’ve done some work and/or have had enough repetition to gain some skill. The only catch is that in order to be skilled, you need to think about what you’ve learned … otherwise, you return to being incompetent.

Level 4 — Unconscious Competence. At this level, you’ve learned something so well that it is now totally automatic and requires no thinking. Unconscious Competence is the Holy Grail of learning, and by far the most important concept in this book.

It seems like you are on level 3 when it comes to preflop game, so that is promising. Now, what you need to do is to put it to level 4. Some of the people gave advice to have some kind of preflop charts and that is great idea. I recommend reading that book as it is really good for understanding similar problems with the game, which you wouldn't diagnosed yourself.

When I was learning starting ranges, I played one table only and I had charts for every position in front of me at least for open-raise (when everybody folded to me). I tried to play according to the charts and when I knew them well, I could play without charts (btw. remember that charts are only starting point, following them in some games will be disaster).

On other spots like facing a raise or 3bet, I tried to mark hands that I wasn't sure and then tried to search for such spots (I am pasting link to ebook that covers 3bet and vs raise ranges below). Practice all of that until you are doing it unconsciously and you will face much less tough spots.

Check out:
- Preflop open-raise ranges on upswing poker: https://www.upswingpoker.com/preflop/
- Ebook on preflop game strategy in general: http://robmafpoker.com/free-e-book-redline-ninja-preflop/
- Different hand classification (Slansky, Helmuth etc.): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_'em_starting_hands
 
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  • #37
Aleksandr Sarpov said:
How to teach yourself to play only with a good hand? I noticed that I often play almost all hands and play very aggressively. I notice it and I understand what's wrong. I start to control myself, but after a while I again unconsciously turn to an aggressive game with almost any hand. How to stop playing like this? Can eat what that special training?

I will tell you about my strategy in tournaments, maybe it will help you to develop your strategy.
At the initial stage of the tournament, I try to play every hand, if none of the opponents raises the stake more than half the pot, I also fold pocket pair if the opponent has made ALL. I play a very good card in a very conservative manner.
In the middle stage of the game I play more aggressively and play only with a good card and increase the opponent's bet. With a pocket pair I make a bet of 3BB.
In the late stage of the game I play tight-aggressive and from time to time I change the strategy.
Thank you for your question!
 
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  • #38
You need to understand and remind yourself more often that any discarded unsuccessful hand will bring you money. Every time you fold, you earn. Your final profit does not depend on winning banks, it depends on the right decisions.
 
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  • #39
Guys, I came up with a way. Now I'm using the chart + sensations. Every time looking at the chart of hands I think and I do not go into unconscious aggression. Well, I include my favorite music. So it turns out calmer too.)
 
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  • #40
One good trick is to remove your hand from the mouse, put it back only after you have decided what you do.
 
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  • #41
You just have to define your hand ranges from each of positions and play depending on situation or fold them..Poker is sometimes luck game but often not
 
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  • #42
steadman0 said:
I wouldn't agree with this advice. You will lose your whole bankroll in no time and you want to fix a problem, not create another one.

Stop playing, for now, do some research on hand strength and position.

Download flopzilla, have a play around and learn how certain hands do against others, get used to what the top 15% of hands are.

Equilab is also another good piece of software to have a play around with, learn about equity, what equity you have against villains range.


When you do play, bear in mind that you have a massive leak in your game and opening nearly every hand will eventually get you hurt and exploited by a decent player. Play tight, too tight for a start if you have to, then you can start widening your range but get the folding under control,

That was the whole point of the statement, it wasnt meant to be good advice, or to even be taken seriously, but it still would be effective. You can stop yourself from getting too many speeding tickets by setting your car on fire. Not ideal, but 100% effective.
 
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  • #43
TeUnit said:
I dont think what you eat matters with hand selection. Maybe watch some videos and read some books and really try to put together ranges for each position.

I'm reminded of your shove with 72os on your BB iirc and you won against my AA at BOL. :p

:top:
 
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Zorba said:
I'm reminded of your shove with 72os on your BB iirc and you won against my AA at BOL. :p

:top:
not really sure what your point is
 
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TeUnit said:
not really sure what your point is

Just kidding Te, it worked for you that day.

;)
 
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