Ya, I said it. You suck at poker. Don't worry, though, as most everyone else does too. Did you know that 85% of online poker players lose money? That means less than 15% of players are actually making money. It's staggering really. At any given time on the most popular poker room online, there can be around 100,000 people logged into the site. 15,000 players are basically taking money from the other 85,000 players. Here's 3 reasons why.
The first one is the biggest and it trickles down to the next one. You've seen ESPN's converage of the World Series of Poker on tv. You think to yourself, hey, it doesn't look that hard. I could do that. Wrong! It's called the World Series of Poker where the best players in the world get together to hash it out on the felt. The majority of players you see on tv are professionals.
Do you know how long it takes to be a professional at something? The answer...A LONG TIME! Professional baseball, basketball and football players all work their way through the ranks to get to the professional level. Pro card players have played thousand upon thousand of hands, in both online and live games. It takes big time to make big money.
It's the same concept if you're, say, an accountant. You do that for a living and if so, you're probably pretty good at it. If a professional poker player tried to do your job, he'd probably suck it up too. It'd take time for him to learn how to do it properly.
Next, you probably bluff too much. This goes back to watching poker on tv. We've all seen guys playing crappy hands like 68 offsuit and winning. What you don't see are the 100 or more hands prior to that hand which tells that player it may be profitable to play a 6-8 offsuit in that certain situation.
Things like position, how many people are in the pot and what the others' playing styles are like all are taken into account by the guy playing that 68 off. Unless you know what you're doing, fold the 68 next time.
And finally, it's what else you're doing while you play. Do you have a tv on watching Law and Order or a football game? It's distracting and even having music on is distracting too. Are you tired or depressed about something? You just can't play right if you're not focused. And drinking alcohol, ugh, I've done it. It gives you superman disease; you play outside your limits, play bad hands, think, eh, it's only money and talk smack to other players. Stick to good ole water.
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