Weird feeling about my play, whatzit mean?
 

So, when I typically play poker I have this distinct sense. The feeling is that I am not winning or losing money normally, I'm just treading water...winning and losing small-medium pots, not really moving. I get the sense that I am just biding my time, staying afloat until someone makes a terrible play at me.

Is this normal? Are my small-poker skills seriously lacking? How can I learn to steadily win, rather than just wait for the big fish? Or is the waiting game the usual thing?

Re: Weird feeling about my play, whatzit mean?
 

i sort of felt like this

what worked for me was really just playing more and reviewing hands on this website

Re: Weird feeling about my play, whatzit mean?
 

Yeah, additionally, it feels highly variant, like I just wait until they blow up or I blow up, or someone makes decent play and gets sucked out (and I run frigid).

Re: Weird feeling about my play, whatzit mean?
 

that was another big thing for me

it was like my aa utg was a frightning hand because i always got 3 or so callers

but in time it always paid off if you keep playing

multitabling was another big help for me if you feel you can handle it

i went from 4 tables to 9-12 in a matter of days and saw those beautiful tilt plays by my opponents alot more

gl!

Re: Weird feeling about my play, whatzit mean?
 

Maybe you feel like that because you dont get involved in stealing blind or the occasional well-planned bluff? Or maybe (and mostly for me anyways) you just almost never get the chance due to the calling stations on the table.

Re: Weird feeling about my play, whatzit mean?
 

I think I know what you mean. I simply call it grinding. You should be able to win steadily by playing a lot of "small ball". It took me thousands of hands to realize that this is how you need to profit. Granted, I only play 25 and 50NL. But you won't always have opportunities to stack fish so you do need to learn how to get some value from middling hands, etc. I don't have any specific advice other than to keep playing, posting, and studying. iRock is spot on that mulitabling is the way to go...