Going broke with Top pair-Top kicker

There are several things that can harm your ability to play poker profitably. One of the biggest problem I had was that I was not able to get away from "Top pair-Top kicker" in somewhat deep games. Getting stacked with top pair top kicker when all I had was 50BB was not relly a big deal but getting stacked with 100-200 bb is! This was bothering me soo much that I was kind of going on tilt and losing more money!

I kind of solved this problem by only buying 50 big-blinds deep on my games. If I doubled up, I would be put back in the "sitting with 100bb" and would be susceptible to losing my stack with an overpair or tptk again. So if you have this problem I would suggest that you only buy in for 50 BB and to remove your money from the table if you double up.

Pocket kings Chess...

Pocket kings Chess... Chess and Poker. Those two games have been taking a large chunk of my free time and are so similar, contrary to what most people believe.

In chess and in Poker the player action has almost no mechanical component, its only a mental decision. This is in contrast to baseball, tennis, football... even golf, where form and the execution of the movement count for a great deal. In chess the decision is what piece to move and where to move it to. In poker the decision is one of 4 things: Fold, Check, Bet or Raise; there are also degrees in betting and raising but lets leave those out for now.

This means that I can leverage many things I learned how to do to get better at chess and use it to get better at poker. I will be reporting on my progress here and discussing things I find interesting.