I need a cure for fancy play syndrome
How to play poker | October 20, 2008
Hello-
Just busted from the $25 rebuy on Cake poker in 27th place when I had an above average chip stack because I keep sabotaging my own efforts by trying to make fancy plays like I see being done either on TV or on the Poker X Factor videos where the pros resteal with marginal hands and it works like a charm.
So I make a move with 6d9d from the big blind against an early position raiser and end up losing about half my stack with puts me on life support and it’s just downhill from there.
Why do I keep doing this over and over again late in multi table tournaments where the money is starting to matter more?
And what sucks is that I make the laydown with A9o when getting about 2-1 on my money and then make a donk move like that with the crappy 69s.
Other times I do it when I have a big stack and make marginal calls with hands like KJ and call the short stacks. It doesn’t take too many beats before your big stack becomes a medium or small stack.
It’s frustrating that you play for 3 or 4 hours and start making the money and then you keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
And I was thinking about it, this is not really the style I play – I don’t play laggy and resteal that often so why do I try and make a move with a hand like 69s from out of position?
Whereas if I just play more of a straightforward way which is how I was able to get into a above average chip position in the first place I would probably have better results.
It’s like I have the Mike Matusow blowups that I do to myself that keep me from winning.
No more fancy plays!
End self rant.
Good luck at the tables.
-Adam
