I am now taking over Alan Sun's poker game.

You don't own your poker game anymore, Alan. It belongs to me. I'm gonna teach you how to stop being such a crappy donkey and giving your money away to noobs at casinos all the time.
Now, I'm not the best player in the world. As a matter of fact, I'm not even the best person out of the old crew. But I do know that you definitely need to get your game fixed in a hurry.


So here are a few steps to get this thing started:
1. Quit poker. Just kidding Alan...kinda. You don't have to quit, but if you're not a winning player (you might think you are, but I'm pretty sure if you kept a roll, you would know that it's not true) then you better be trying to get better every time you play (which you aren't).

2. Remember how to KISS. Not talkin about your girl, homie. KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID. I think you complicate things way too much in your game. Remember, you are not playing against top flight pros like Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Kenny Lee, or Kevin Hwang. You are playing against people who just started playing in $1/$2 games.
a. Don't worry about physical reads so much. Don't ask people to count down their chips just to see how they do it. Don't worry about shaky hands and all that other crap.
b. Focus on betting patterns more. They tell a lot more about a person that you think.
c. Don't try to make crazy plays at those tables. It doesn't make any sense. Nobody will appreciate it. You won't make any money off it. You will get called by a guy with almost nothing because he doesn't know any better.
d. Make simple bets that maximize profits.

3. Specific critiques of your game.
a. Stop min raising preflop. It's stupid. That's it. It's STUPID.
b. IT'S STUPID.
c. Don't overvalue your hands. Your hands are only as good as the way they play out.
1. ex: you have AA in LP. EP (your slightly better than average player) limps, you raise 4x BB. SB folds, BB, folds, Limper Calls.
FLOP: 4 5 J EP checks, you bet 3/4 pot. He calls. (this is when you start to worry just a little)
TURN: 4 5 J 9 Two things could happen here: EP bets or EP check raises. The first one might be that he put you on a couple overs, but the second one is almost definitely a set.

I'm not saying you should always fold in this spot, but don't just automatically assume your AA is good. And if you had AK....don't do anything stupid. haha.

4. Keep a roll. Put in like $240. That's 4 buy ins at the $60 game. You should usually have more than 10 buy ins for your roll, but you can't afford $600. Set rules for when you have to get up from a table. For example, leave on the next blinds when you hit $180 or leave when you've lost your second buy in for the night. IF you lose your roll. Quit poker for something like 3 months before you can play again.

If you don't keep a roll, you will never be able to gauge how you're doing. You could be dumping so much money and not knowing it.


I'll write more later for you. If you don't wanna listen, that's your choice...but I want you to stop losing money and just telling me about how bad you play all the time.