Marksman M

Probably the first time I'm writing a poker blog, infact, in the past, I thought it was unnescessary, but for my personal sanity, I must write down and depict what the heck i'm doing wrong when I play online.

In live events at the local poker places I play in and around London, I seem to be an ok player. I know I have the ability to always cash up on a live event and at times win them. Weekly tournaments and games I play in casinos and poker rooms always seem profitable. It may not be a massive profit, but I seem to make more than I put in...live I am probably the tightest player when it comes to live. Sure, take a risk here and there but I rarely make a stupid gamble. I have many people who'd prob vouch on that.

Switch to online and I know my stats are absolutely balls. My game is loose, I take more risks than nescessary and despite the fact I may be chip leader from a profitable hand, I always seem to 'donate' as quick as I earn them...so I must determine what the heck I'm doing wrong.

In short, I believe the reasons why i play so damn badly online, is because I have no chips to fumble around, I can't see the poker players in person, generally, it is almost totally opposite to live events, where you can analyse and deduce in your head before you make a choice. I want to see whether, after having contemplated the past 3 years or more of absolutely shambolic gameplay online, whether I can turn it around. I know I can. I just hope this blog holds testament to what I will want to do.

I guess the next question is...what the hell am I doing wrong online , which I am doing right when I play live?

1) I take alot of thought live compared to online
2) I play risky hands which I know would kill me in live -why am I playing them??
3) I have 'trigger happy' moments. I must calme my fingers down...it is DEFINATELY not helping me
4) Because I cannot see faces, I assume everyone is bluffing..genuine reason/excuse
5) I make too many excuses for other peoples bad play, when I should be criticising myself
6) Playing live I feel confident. Online? Shy as a mouse...I must change that

Over the next month, I am going to set myself a goal: Start to imagine myself playing live when I go online. Whether this will help I do not know, but I do not want to spend the rest of my online poker days playing like a bloody idiot, because i KNOW i can perform better...

I guess my own self question would be...why dont I play more live events?..because..I dont have time to play poker live as much as I used to back in college. Live events take hours to finish, a 30 man table could last 5 hours, let alone a 180 man table...which takes almost 7-10 hours...

well, here goes, first game Im playing with this mind set. gna start looking at it as if Im actually in a poker room, with 8 guys playing with their shades/caps on. I have my cap on, I'm actually dressed for the occasion infromt of my pc...sad,yes, but maybe I can turn this online thing around by ACTUALLY playing as if im playing live...