My article on Titan Poker blog

[MrHoliday]

Hey guys, started writing blog articles for titan poker, would appreciate if you took time to read it, give me some feedback and possibly share it

-http://www.titanpokerblog.com/playing-live-poker-games#axzz2bq97fuJt

[Venice]

Very good, although this bit made me smile a little...

"If you happen to be the type of person that is annoyed by the noise and chatter.... there is a solution. Bring your headphones...and...turn it up as loud as necessary"

I'll drown you mother-fckers out if it's the last thing I do *turning your Motorhead up to the max*....you noisy fckers

[MrHoliday]

Originally Posted by Venice

Very good, although this bit made me smile a little...

"If you happen to be the type of person that is annoyed by the noise and chatter.... there is a solution. Bring your headphones...and...turn it up as loud as necessary"

I'll drown you mother-fckers out if it's the last thing I do *turning your Motorhead up to the max*....you noisy fckers

glad you found it funny, it was the point

[Willtakem]

interesting, a coupla things though..



If you happen to be the type of person that is annoyed by the noise and chatter (and there will be noise and chatter when you play live, I will not lie about that), there is a solution. Bring your headphones, load your phone with your favorite music, and as soon as cards are in the air turn it up as loud as necessary to cancel any outside noise. It might make you seem like bit of a prick, but if you do not care about how these guys perceive you, you should not worry too much.

But variance is a bitch in the real world as much as it is online. That clueless guy calls your four-times-the-pot shove with a gutshot draw because he can feel it coming, and hits it on the river. It happens. You are left with no chips and nothing to do. Do not let it get to you. Cross the street, get into that pub and have a beer or two. Have a laugh, relax. One thing is certain: there is always another tourney and another donkey eagerly waiting to ship his stack to you. And when you hit the run of great cards as well, you will feel like a demigod.

1. I wasn't even in the fking tourney....

2. when you say things like, "if you don't care about your perception" and to wear headphones you should also tell them the pros and cons of such decisions...

[Mentality135]

Cool article man

[LeafsFan1122]

That was well-written Ivan, nice job. I don't entirely agree with it though.

While you make some accurate points about how an online player will generally have an edge in poker fundamentals, I think it's misleading and slightly delusional to expect online players to come in to the live environment for the first time and immediately start crushing due to their "superior" skills. I feel like there are hurdles and challenges along the way for online players to become solid live players which have been omitted from the article. Our perception of the average live player is indeed fairly low but I believe that the player's experience playing live poker should at least count for something. He's going to have a better understanding / execution of "live poker" skills like reading physical tells, hiding information (poker face) and/or navigating through tournaments at 20 hands/hr than the online player does.

I think most will agree that playing live is more fun than playing online. But saying that it will provide an "obvious boost to your bankroll" seems incorrect. Going to the casino/poker room involves costs that will hurt your bankroll such as transportation, rake, tipping and others. After all as you mention in the article, we are all customers to the casino. By all means, online players should be encouraged to play live once a in a while - it's a great change of pace from online games. But telling them they will crush live games just because they're successful online is giving them false hope.

[MrHoliday]

Yeah guys, I know, sadly, articles can only be 500 words, so I have to pick and chose what I put in and what I leave out, trying mostly for it to be engaging and interesting.

Thnx for reading and comments, they are very welcome

Edit: leafos I don't quite agree with you either Leafos I really believe that after a bit of adaption to the new environment, good online players will crush smaller live tourneys, some better than the others obv, because there are other skills involved in live games, that is true, but overall yeah, I do think good online player will own souls live if they chose to do so because overall quality of the games is much lower in a lot of places where they can play.

[Frogman3]

I think the article is good and well-written but you should maybe tone it down a little with how you're portraying the live players in such a bad light . I mean , use the word inexperienced rather than clueless for example

[MrHoliday]

Originally Posted by Frogman3

I think the article is good and well-written but you should maybe tone it down a little with how you're portraying the live players in such a bad light . I mean , use the word inexperienced rather than clueless for example

they told me it should be provocative :P

and plus, they are not inexperienced, they have been playing for years, so clueless is better fit.

I've always been call them as you see them type of person

[Willtakem]

Most poker players are recreational players, I even know guys that play everyday, their game hasn't changed in years, so yeah, there is a ton of soft money out there but at the same time there are those of us who know you;re an on-line player, you guys stick out also...

[Bladedge90]

Ye people know we play online, thats quite obvious, still very little most people can do about it

[DrJustice]

If articles written become to long (too many words), people will take less interest in them.
Modern times, require what i call 2 minutes blogs. If i expect an article is too long, it really needs to be catching my eye for me to start reading it.

Not really sure what kind of feedback your asking for. So ill leave out the obvious. The article subject is interesting enough as you can see from the replies here.

What you did good, is personalize the article for the reader. So it makes it an easy read.
The subject is pleasant and everyone that can associate with you one way or the other. They might not agree, but everyone knows exactly what your talking about.

What i think personally could be better is choose one subject, instead of several. I know you have to deal with a maximum of 500 words. But i felt you wanted to tell more about how to build your confidence. But you ended up mostly on how to deal with annoyance factors.

All in all, the article was a good read tho.

[Willtakem]

Originally Posted by DrJustice

If articles written become to long (too many words), people will take less interest in them.
Modern times, require what i call 2 minutes blogs. If i expect an article is too long, it really needs to be catching my eye for me to start reading it.

Not really sure what kind of feedback your asking for. So ill leave out the obvious. The article subject is interesting enough as you can see from the replies here.

What you did good, is personalize the article for the reader. So it makes it an easy read.
The subject is pleasant and everyone that can associate with you one way or the other. They might not agree, but everyone knows exactly what your talking about.

What i think personally could be better is choose one subject, instead of several. I know you have to deal with a maximum of 500 words. But i felt you wanted to tell more about how to build your confidence. But you ended up mostly on how to deal with annoyance factors.

All in all, the article was a good read tho.

boring..........

[Willtakem]

Originally Posted by Bladedge90

Ye people know we play online, thats quite obvious, still very little most people can do about it

Yeah, you.re right about that, again most of those folks have only one game, don't know how to change gears or combat aggressive styles of play, usally they just sit there and bitch...

[MrHoliday]

Here's a new one

-http://www.titanpokerblog.com/bluffing-in-poker-how-to-make-your-bluffs-profitable#axzz2eU7XdWMR

I guess not as original as the first one, but have a look if you have time. And if you have any ideas for new articles throw them in here

[MrHoliday]

Bumpsky for the new one

-http://www.titanpokerblog.com/how-to-avoid-tilt-in-poker#axzz2hanM9uoD

[Venice]

Originally Posted by MrHoliday

Bumpsky for the new one

-http://www.titanpokerblog.com/how-to-avoid-tilt-in-poker#axzz2hanM9uoD

Nice article. Although your closing line does sound like a dig at Titan's word limit policy.

"There is more to be said about tilt, but unfortunately I have to end this entry here"

[BlueRain]

Originally Posted by Venice

Nice article. Although your closing line does sound like a dig at Titan's word limit policy.

yeah fck titans word limit policy

[MrHoliday]

Originally Posted by Venice

Nice article. Although your closing line does sound like a dig at Titan's word limit policy.

"There is more to be said about tilt, but unfortunately I have to end this entry here"

exactly what it was 500 words limit, kind of sucks, I needed like 200-300 more to round it up nicely

Guy in charge of publishing still said he loved it and that he would be advertising it heavily this month

[prento18]

I enjoyed a lot of it ivan nicely written. you have a very subjective view that online players should just crush live games simply because they have game theory and a larger understanding for certain situations. I tend to disagree with that statement, majority of the time online players struggle with live at first.

congrats and gl with all the success with it from TitanPoker.

[Willtakem]

Best use of "whilst" I have ever seen in a sentence...

[MrHoliday]

Originally Posted by Willtakem

Best use of "whilst" I have ever seen in a sentence...

lol, had to go back and read the article to find the sentence

[Venice]

Definitely anti-climatic on the "whilst"-useage front. After such a proclamation by Willtakem I was expecting something pretty damn earth-shattering. I had my hopes raised high, only for them to feel a tiny bit dashed.

I nevertheless look forward to the next installment.

[MrHoliday]

Forgot to post this one

-http://www.titanpokerblog.com/improving-your-poker-skills#axzz2nzFVhAjF

Next one should also be up in a few days. Nothing special rly, but if you have some spare time give it a read

Also, they are sending me a cool surprise gift for my contributions, will let you know what it is once it arrives

[Venice]

Originally Posted by MrHoliday

Forgot to post this one

-http://www.titanpokerblog.com/improving-your-poker-skills#axzz2nzFVhAjF

"Join a poker forum"

Very sound advice

[MrHoliday]

Originally Posted by Venice

"Join a poker forum"

Very sound advice

Actually not sure what their policy would be on mentioning surferspoekr directly, need to check on that, but if I could, that could bring couple of new members

[MrHoliday]

They published it this morning

-http://www.titanpokerblog.com/why-a-hyper-aggressive-approach-to-mtts-really-works#axzz2ouTOA2fE

[DrJustice]

Originally Posted by MrHoliday

They published it this morning

-http://www.titanpokerblog.com/why-a-hyper-aggressive-approach-to-mtts-really-works#axzz2ouTOA2fE

I read some stuff of the discussions we have on Skype

[MrHoliday]

Originally Posted by DrJustice

I read some stuff of the discussions we have on Skype

Well article was written way before we had the discussion, but they take their time with publishing it.

But it is no wonder obv, since it was the same person writting the article and discussing on the skype :P

[Willtakem]

Originally Posted by MrHoliday

Well article was written way before we had the discussion, but they take their time with publishing it.

But it is no wonder obv, since it was the same person writting the article and discussing on the skype :P

please get off the skype, it has led many to ruin....also it is best not to confuse the Dr. with facts....