Playing online poker for a day part two

Following on from part one and I now bring up the files from my documents on the poker players that I have taken notes on from previous poker games and then miniaturize it on the screen. A quick check of my notes revealed that I did not actually have any information on anyone who was active at this time although I had not been playing on this site for all that long.

I selected an online poker game to watch, one of the tables had a better flop percentage and average pot size than the other two so I decided on that one. I like to watch the game that I am about to be playing in for about fifteen minutes or so because you can “feel” the players out in that length of time.

The poker game looked relatively standard, there was one player who was raising more than the norm but the rest of them seemed average to me. I have often been asked why I do not use software like “Poker Tracker” or something similar to assist me when playing. I have several reasons for this but the main ones are that software of this type is actually not allowed on some of the sites that I have played but the most important reason for me is that I want to be in control of what information I take.

I have my own system of note taking that has proved very successful and I have certain things that I look for. Another reason is that I want to know what a poker player is possibly feeling now……this minute and not just blindly follow some notes of what they did two weeks ago.

Has a player just had a series of vicious outdraws and has then started raising like a crazy man, are they tilting, possibly feeling tired etc. Just because you cannot physically see them does not alter the fact that there are human beings behind those avatars and screen names and they suffer from emotions just like everyone else.

If you try and become at one with the screen then it is surprising just what information can actually be gathered. Much of which would be beyond the capability of online poker software. I do not multi-table for this reason also. Multi-tabling may work for certain players but a massive amount of information is lost when you do this and your earn rate per table falls dramatically. Another reason that I do not multi-table is that it starts to feel that I am not actually playing poker, just some glorified fruit machine.

By 10:30 am, I am ahead by 24 big bets which is $1440 but I have also had my share of luck. This is far and above what my hourly earn rate is but you have to take the rough with the smooth especially in a game like limit Texas Hold’em where the overlay of a good player is nowhere near as great as it is in no-limit hold’em. I get dealt A-K again, it feels like I have had this hand a hundred times today and another pot comes my way, look out for the final part of this series coming soon.

Carl “The Dean” Sampson

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