Comments on: Why I Am (Still) Not a Very Good Player http://pokerati.com/2006/08/04/why-i-am-still-not-a-very-good-player/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jen http://pokerati.com/2006/08/04/why-i-am-still-not-a-very-good-player/comment-page-1/#comment-844 jen Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:13:58 +0000 http://pokerati.com/2006/08/04/why-i-am-still-not-a-very-good-player/#comment-844 Uncle Ray...good advice...now only if I can learn to follow it as well. Uncle Ray…good advice…now only if I can learn to follow it as well.

]]> By: Uncle Ray http://pokerati.com/2006/08/04/why-i-am-still-not-a-very-good-player/comment-page-1/#comment-834 Uncle Ray Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:58:27 +0000 http://pokerati.com/2006/08/04/why-i-am-still-not-a-very-good-player/#comment-834 You just HAD to see what the guy had. And you paid dearly for it...again!! Even though you sort of "knew" what he had, you had to pay. Then you could later say "I knew he had a set". The key to the game is that after you decide he's got you beat, you should fold and then NOT CARE WHAT HE HAD! Just believe you made the right decision. Even if he then shows you a bluff, ignore it. It's better to fold too many than play too many. You just HAD to see what the guy had. And you paid dearly for it…again!!

Even though you sort of “knew” what he had, you had to pay. Then you could later say “I knew he had a set”.

The key to the game is that after you decide he’s got you beat, you should fold and then NOT CARE WHAT HE HAD! Just believe you made the right decision. Even if he then shows you a bluff, ignore it.

It’s better to fold too many than play too many.

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