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rating your online poker play honestly
Right as I know dohhhhhhh is too lazy to create this post although he was the one to suggest it I thought I would start it, all we want you to do is to rate your poker play in certain areas given below and to answer honestly cause honesty can help your play.
Also one other thing is explain why you think your good/bad in each spot and maybe people can help eachother out in areas to help all our plays.
So to the purpose of this so can you please rate yourself out of 100 for each of these areas
- Positional Play
- Starting Hand Selection
- Note making
- Reads/Instincts
- Aggression
- Ability
- Bankroll Management
- Table Selection
- Discipline
- Patience
- Overall
Please Please Please be honest and give explanations as well then we can all help eachother
Also one other thing is explain why you think your good/bad in each spot and maybe people can help eachother out in areas to help all our plays.
So to the purpose of this so can you please rate yourself out of 100 for each of these areas
- Positional Play
- Starting Hand Selection
- Note making
- Reads/Instincts
- Aggression
- Ability
- Bankroll Management
- Table Selection
- Discipline
- Patience
- Overall
Please Please Please be honest and give explanations as well then we can all help eachother
Comments
- Positional Play 90%. Position is all important & much ignored.
- Starting Hand Selection 40%. Am too tight.
- Note making 0%. I don't do it, except in my mind.
- Reads/Instincts 0%. I thought it was 5% until I watched DanTB10.
- Aggression 0%. As if.
- Ability Probably best to pass on that.
- Bankroll Management 100%. NOTHING is more important imho.
- Table Selection 5%. Unless a known hotpot is seated, I don't do it.
- Discipline 90% usually, but I have "non-disciplined" nights sometimes.
- Patience 100%. Probably TOO patient.
- Overall 50%. I "get by", & have not had to
deposit Online for 5 years. I wil never lose money playing poker over the long-term. Nor will I make any significant money.
My honest assessment is as follows :-
1. Position = 80/100 (Very rare play pots OOP, so good understanding, Fav. position Doggy Style)
2. Starting Hands = 78/100 (Only play the top 20 SH, Very tight plr)
3. Notes = 5/100 (Something i rarely do, Sorry !)
4. Reads/Instincts = 60/100 (If im sat at a table with same plrs for 20 mins can usually work out good/weak plrs)
5. Aggression = 60/100 (Not overly aggro, but know when to change gears in MTT/STT, the wife may disagree lol)
6. Ability = 65/100 (Not one of the best plrs on site, but there are worse, i think)
7. BRM = 95/100 (Defo my strong point, never lose more than i can afford, dont think ive ever lost more than 2% of my BR in one night)
8. Table Selection = 30/100 (Usually just sit down and play without a care in the world, not good lol)
9. Discipline = 80/100 (Know when im tilting, turn the PC off rapid, was not always the case tho)
10. Patience = 85/100 (Have this in bucket loads, nudge, nudge, prefer Texas Hold Em tho lol)
11. Overall = 63.8/100 (Definately room for improvement, which im working on lol, that better TK)
- Starting Hand Selection - 65, Can sometimes play silly hands out of position
- Note making - 10, dont tend to do it but only put general if I do, people can change thats my reason for it.
- Reads/Instincts - 50, depends on the day sometimes brilliant sometimes useless
- Aggression - 75, sometimes I have too much but I am never passive
- Ability - 60, need to improve, but am constantly working on improving my play especially post flop
- Bankroll Management - 90, normally its good I do take BR management very seriously but have in the past have had moments of weaknesses where I have blown a good percentage of my bankroll
- Table Selection - 50, dont tend to use it although can check average pot to try and find looser players
- Discipline - 70, is improving all the time, is now normally good these days, always working to keep my cool during a bad run and not get frustrated and tilt.
- Patience - 75, When at my best I can be patient and and play well, look for spots and get money in good, but sometimes get very frustrated and play very very loose. Working really hard to stop that
- Overall - 55, average player I feel but lots of room for improvement and am improving all the time
In which case, you are 63.8%, not 65%. Unless my maths skills have deserted me.
- Starting Hand Selection 87 i can play with any 2 in any positon depending on my obervation of people sat at the table
- Note making 0 i dont make notes i figure out what kind of animal they are and play
- Reads/Instincts 62 i make great reads alot but can lose a big pot when im representing aa with nothing
- Aggression 50 my aggresion is situational
- Ability 85 hmmm tuff 1 id say better then most
- Bankroll Management 90 is key to becoming sucsessful in the long run if u play out of ur limits u titen up and dont play the best of your ability so i would say 90
- Table Selection 50 dependable if i want an aggresive table or i want a tite table
- Discipline 93 its easy to be disciplined in poker the ability to know your beat is key normally happens on the turn as the river is just for value
- Patience 50 dependable
- Overall
- Starting Hand Selection = 40/100 still working on that
- Note making = 0/100my notes are 90% insults to players that make stupid calls and suck out
- Reads/Instincts = 80/100 only part of my game which is good
- Aggression = 10/100 although I got a book to help me now, if only I could read
- Ability = 7.5/100
- Bankroll Management = what?
- Table Selection = 0/100 don't play cash
- Discipline = 2/100
- Patience = 100/100 don't mind sitting scratching my balls for 2 hours
- Overall = 15/100 would you agree?
But marking yourself overall is fraught with the danger of exaggarated self-belief, as we can see already. Basically, anyone who thinks they are very good is probably.....err, well, you know.
The clever bit is doing it successfully.
- Starting Hand Selection = 60/100 Being mostly a MTT player, this changes the deeper you go
- Note making =5/100 - just started using this and doesn't really help me much as in MTT it is more about situations
- Reads/Instincts = 65/100 - still working on this but even if you have read your OP for a weak ace, you can still get outdrawn even if you are 95% certain you are going in ahead.
- Aggression =45/100 - this is something I really need to work at but after watching the likes of DOH and any other of the TP ers, I am definitely improving in this area
- Ability = 30/100 - this hopefully will increase over time
- Bankroll Management = 5/100 - Done my BR in a couple of times but have only put £10 in so far this year!
- Table Selection = 0/100 - this is mainly for cash players?
- Discipline = 40/100
- Patience = 80/100 - learning to be Patient in early part of MTT, then change gears after the 1st or hopefully the 2nd hours
- Overall = 51/100 - slightly better than 50%......at the moment
- Starting Hand Selection - 65/100 - I try to steer clear of danger by not playing marginal hands OOP but as above, there are times when I can't seem to help myself
- Note making - 20/100 - I should keep more notes
- Reads/Instincts - 20/100 - Really depends on my mood when I'm playing mostly. If I can concentrate on the one game then I'm better at it but I guess like lots of players here there's often plenty going on in the background that distracts me
- Aggression - 10/100 - MUST DO BETTER!!!
- Ability - 40/100 - As said, I know what to do & what not to do but there are too many times for my liking where I seem to lose the plot and start playing like a total newbie
- Bankroll Management - 95/100 - To a large extent, I probably play a little too low for my BR & I think that can almost get me into as much trouble as when I very occasionally play a little over it. For some reason I can't seem to cash in the £3 DYM but have cashed in 10 of my last 12 at £5
- Table Selection - 65/100 - I know how I like to play & will generally wait until I can find it. However there are times when I just want some action & jump straight in without thinking.
- Discipline - 30/100 - I can mostly tell when I'm beaten but have this horrible habit of telling myself what hand my oppo is likely to have & call in the hope I'm wrong!
- Patience - 70/100 - I think I'm probably too patient sometimes & quickly find myself in too many all in or fold situations in tourneys.
- Overall - 40/100 (ish) - I've always thought I'm a very average player. Better than some & a lot worse than others. I don't think I'll ever get to grips with some of the finer points of the game & that's fine by me as I only play for leisure. I pretty much agree with what Tikay said, I get by. I don't think I'm ever likely to go broke playing but I'm never likely to win anything significant.
- Starting Hand Selection 30%. Am probably too selective esp later stages.
- Note making 10%. Hardly write notes, I know a good player normally.
- Reads/Instincts 10%. Often get good instictive reads but better at this live
- Aggression 10%. Not aggressive enough esp later on.
- Ability 30% Better live player definately.
- Bankroll Management 100%. Am very good, keep to my limits.
- Table Selection 5%. I just jump on lol - Discipline 80% usually, but I have "non-disciplined" nights too sometimes.
- Patience 80%. Pretty patient.
- Overall 35%. Have about 15% ROI over 3 years but Live I have about 75% ROI over 2 trips to Vegas and regular games in Leeds / APAT etc.
Dave
positional play [ normally sitting ] this can be quiet sore on the bu m so
i give myself 50/100 for this .
starting hand selection[ normally use two hands ] find it easier this way .
a 90 /100 for this .
note making in the past i was known as [ rover the forger ] so yep i have previous .
100/100 for this
reads/instincts i once read the beano from cover to cover , quiet instinctive
if i must say so myself .
90/100 for this .
aggression i normally leave this to irishraver , she has a great shot with a frying pan .
0/100 for me a punch bag.
ability i once won a egg and spoon race and presently i am fixing a shelf .
for this 100/100
bank roll management i think the hill was 100 feet high ,
and i managed too roll down the bank of the hill without stopping .
for this 100/100
table selection tough one this mmmm i am more drawing to a round table .
round is nice for this 90/100 .
discipline amazing how disciplined one can be with a frypan stuck to ones head ,
credit goes to irishraver for this 100/100 .
patience well dealing with you lot on here for the last week lol .
100/100
overall my head is quiet sore anyone need a broken frying pan !
p.s have to go now i am still waiting
on stanley to help with the shelf !
Starting Hand Selection - 80
Note making - 10
Reads/Instincts - 60
Aggression - 65
Ability - 60
Bankroll Management - 90
Table Selection - 30
Discipline - 80
Patience - 80
Overall - 60
Most of these things are so fundamental to poker that I dont think its difficult to score high in. For example positional play, starting hand selection, bankroll management... these are the easy things imo as they are so fundamental and basic.
Things like discipline and patience come easier to some than others but can always be worked on.
Then there are the more difficult things such as agression and reads etc which i think are more experience based.
For most, this questionnaire will be pretty easy, as they specialise in either tournys or cash. I see myself as being able to play and be successful at both, and some of the categories are different according to the game Im playing, but will just give an honest-ish mark for them both combined.
- Positional Play - 80 tournys/60 cash - 70%
- Starting Hand Selection - 65%
- Note making - hmmmm, 15% - The regs on sky make these not as important for me, if I see a new name, I'll make a note if ness!
- Reads/Instincts - 80%
- Aggression - Hmm I'll interpret this as balancing aggression, so 60%
- Ability - I think I have some natural poker skills which makes it alot easier game. Hard to put a number on it, but hope one day I can put 99.9% - nobodys perfect
- Bankroll Management - Ill mark myself down here for playing too tight with the bankroll - Far too tight!! so 25%
- Table Selection - Improved alot lately - 71%
- Discipline - Again improving - Was 5%, now 20%
- Patience - Again, Improved beyond belief - was 1%, now 3%
- Overall - Yeh in reflection very hard question to answer, So i WONT
I think this is quite interesting. Firstly, most of the criteria apply equally to Live, AND Online, Poker. In Live Poker, nobody "makes notes", we just commit to memory.
Coincidentally, almost everyone marks low on "Note-Taking". So the criteria are, in fact, very similar, Live & Online.
- Starting Hand Selection - 70% i select my hands carefully and have betting amounts for certain types i wont always play big cards it all depends on the position and betting by other players
- Note making - 10% - am terrible at this and should do it more generally notes are on players and generaly bad
- Reads/Instincts - 70 % very good on this but suckouts i cant read and thats how i lose the most
- Aggression - 50 % i can be very aggresive and wont be pushed around but also play the other way depending on players at the table
- Ability - 70% - id like to think my ability is top notch and very rairly go on tilt i also change my play constantly depending on the situation.
- Bankroll Management - 30% hmmmm yes prob one of my downfalls but have started getting better due to lack of funds so really tightning up on this and notice a huge differnce to the enjoyment as it dont hurt so much when i lose
- Table Selection - 10% dont really worry about this to much as i dont rail cash tables cos i dont play cash that much
- Discipline - 70% very disceplined when it comes to what hands i push with and when. Always get knocked out with the best hand going in.
- Patience - 60% yes very patient and can wait to strike and play a slow game if needed.
- Overall - 65% - i consider myself to be a seasoned all round good player but need improvement on bank roll management and notes.