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www.pkr.com – In terms of live tournaments, I have struggled to make final tables recently, partly perhaps, due to the fact that I show too much aggression in my play. Having given it some consideration, I have decided to tighten up my play when I next play a live game in a couple of days time, and with any luck this will prove a catalyst for better results.

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In the last live game I played, I got a little unlucky when I picked up an open ended straight draw on the turn. I felt compelled to call a bet made by my opponent because there was a fair amount in the pot, and the bet was not overly large. I soon found out why the bet was small on the turn, when I went on to hit my straight on the river. I called a large bet on the river, only for my opponent to show that they had a full house already.

Despite the limited success on the live tournament front, I have found better results online which is strange, as I prefer live play generally speaking. I have had several final tables in smaller MTT tournaments, mostly in Omaha in fact. This goes to show that sometimes a change of game type can help you in poker if you feel your results are stagnating a little.
I shall perhaps play a few more online tournaments this week, sticking to the Omaha theme, and with any luck, my weekly live game will be better than my previous encounters too.  www.pkr.com

Blue Square Poker – This is a bigger problem I feel, when you have a relatively unskilled player hitting cards very well. In many ways this is far more dangerous than a very skilled player hitting well, because the way these players play their strong cards can differ greatly, with the less skilled players being more complex to read.

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With these less skilled players, you can find them doing the most unexpected of things. This is where skilled players will usually win chips from them, but if your opponent keeps hitting cards, perhaps it is best to avoid confrontation where at all possible. If you feel that you must get involved in a big pot with this type of player, the reason you will feel this way is down to the strength of your own cards.

You cannot be too fearful of the worst happening if your cards are strong, and can only play them to the best of your ability, raising to protect yourself, and picking up pots early in the hand.

Whilst you can often say that a player has been catching cards when they need to in previous hands, luck is fickle, and that will not be the case in each and every hand until the end of a tournament. So play your cards strongly, be trusting of your reads, and try and exploit any clear mistakes in your opponents play. In this way you should hopefully be able to at least keep your chip level afloat until you find some more luck yourself. www.bluesquarepoker.co.uk

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