Table Selection

Hi Guys,

I was away for a few days playing, I had a decent run. I have to tell you about a situation I ran into. I was doing well at a 20 – 40 NL game and a friend of mine was losing, (he’s been on a bad streak for a little while now) so he decided to change his “luck” and go to a low limit game. After another hour of play, I decided to see how he was doing, he tripled his buy $100 up to $305. I sat down with him to be social and there was a guy who was losing and complaining at the table. He was telling me how his pockets aces were cracked by 2 middle pair, I let go on for a little while, but I had to let him know that YOU LOSE ALL WHINING RIGHTS WHEN YOU PLAY A LOW LIMIT GAME. He asked what I meant and the conditions in a game of this nature don’t allow you protect your hand as they would be in a higher limit game.
We went for a beer and started talking about various conditions we have played under and what conditions would be good to play in. We all want a “pigeon” or dead money at the table with us. Mentally you are ready, in the past my wife has asked me to pick up something at the store or drop something off, by the time I got done, I didn’t feel like playing and shouldn’t of, my head wasn't in the game and of course it wasn’t a good session. I’ve seen players tired, in a bad mood, thinking about work or personal problems, GO HOME AND COME BACK WHEN YOUR READY TO PLAY YOUR GAME or your are setting yourself up for disaster. Go in with a good attitude and play solid, and have fun while making money. If you go in with the mentality that your ready to play and you pick a comfortable limit to play in your chances of being successful will greatly increase.
Remember if your in a low limit game, and you get sucked out for $12. KEEP IT TO YOURSELF