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[candy_licker]

Live Cash Game $1/$3 NL Hold Em

OK, first question. I had planned to play $1/$2, when I got to the casino the guy had lied to me saying they had $1/$2 games when I called I got there and it was only, $1/$3 and $2/$5. I had a total of $270, with $70 of it being my lunch money and smoke money. Should I have drove another 20 miles to the next casino or played here? I did play here.

OK mistake 1, I got 85o in the blind, saw the flop and had an open ended draw, I bet out $6, because they say if you have a draw bet it, to get money in the pot. Well there were total of 4 players until the raise by another player, I was open ended and re-raised I think the bet was raised from $6 to $15 and I re-raised or either called a $35 bet. The turn came and I bet another $35 got called and only 3 player total. Missed on the river card and the winner had a pair of TT.

Mistake 2 or not, I figure I learned my lesson not to loose a lot of money chasing a draw, but I picked up K2s in the blind and flopped open ended draw, well I bet like they say I bet $6, with the thought in mind that if it is raised, I am going to fold. I got 3 callers, the turn was a blank. I bet $12 the river was a blank and I folded the winner had like top pair or something. So instead of loosing $79 on a draw I lost $21, is this better?

Mistake 3, Got KK and third to bet seat four raised $15 I raised to $40 and a guy that is capable of bluffing called. The flop was 799, I was first to act or it was checked to me and I went all in.

This was not my plan I blew up. I meant to bet about the same $40 or $60 or even check to get the bluffer tricky guy to bluff at me. But I had waited so long for a hand and a win, that I wanted this pot now, why because I had KK and I feared the A. I did not want to allow those suckers the privilege of seeing another card and hit and Ace on me I would have been mad and on tilt may have even lost my entire roll.

Mistake 4 or not, I planned to play for 5 hours a day, now I think it will be 6 hrs a day. However I wanted to go see my girl, so I left 4 hours into the game instead of 5 like I planned, I had just started to win a couple of pots.

Mistake 5 I had A9o in late and I wanted to leave to see my girl. So I figure I was messing up all game long so I thought I would play this hand, well the flop came A66, I bet they tricky guy called, I thought for sure he had something I think he was wanting to bluff me but got scared or either I have a bad tell on me. How will I know if I have a problem with giving my hand away or being able to read easy? How do I work on this in live play at the casino, it is not like bar room poker live nothing like the internet. Anyway the original bet was I raised to steal the blinds $10, I think so he may have been defending anyways, I should pay more attention to what is what. I can’t remember I know I was first to act, so I could not have been so he must have already been in the pot. Anyway I felt he was tricky and wanted to bluff me out of the pot too. I don’t know I just felt like I did not get full value from the the KK, and A9o.

Mistake 6, I got KK in the small blind everyone folded around to me and the BB, I raised the big blind $10 he did not call. I did not want to let him in cheap from the BB and have him beat me with a lucky flop, so I wanted him to pay to see the flop. The players don’t like me much because I do not chop the blind, they keep saying you will either win a small pot or loose a big one. Well I am just too dumb to understand isn’t every pot won either a big one or small one?

Please help me play better poker, my life depends on it, because if not I am going to die trying. If I don’t have poker I have no hope!!!! PLEASE Help me.

[FITEMAN]

I think your main problem is the hands ur choosing to play. Except fot the KK of course. Just bc ur K2 is suited doesn't make it a good hand. I suggest u go back to basics and limit ur starting hands to pairs of 9s and higher, and painted connectors with a RARE stab using lower connectors.

[pothole]

Your 1st mistake was staying at that Casino, the reason for the $1-$3 and $2-$5 blind structure, is so they can take the max rake every hand. Besides, the poker room manager lied to you, that in itself would have been enough for me to leave.

[LyndaNova]

Well, Candy, first of all nice post!

Your choice in starting hands seems way too loose.

I recommend checking out poker books by Dan Harrington, David Sklansky, etc.

There are instructional poker videos out there as well.

To become better at anything, it certainly helps to learn from a "Master" in that field.

Playing in a live game is very different than playing online, but the strategies of poker are basically the same.

Best of Luck!