OneGreenChip

"Most of you guys have no basic technical problems when it comes to this game. You understand pot control, way ahead / way behind, position, equity, pot odds, 3-bet equity, etc. The reason you struggle with the more subtle technical aspects is that they usually require a good and clean state of mind whilst playing and analyzing. If you are on constant subtle tilt you will never understand your own image, your opponents projected image vs the way they actually play, what your history with a specific opponent really means and CORRECT adjustments (as opposed to a couple of 3 bets and now you´re waiting to shove any 2), and what all this basically boils down to; hand reading and putting your opponent on accurate ranges, and knowing what to do with those ranges. These qualities will separate a 2 ptbb winner, from a 5 ptbb winner. I believe that although I display a 4,7 ptbb winrate, I could have easily avoided many situations where I KNEW I was making the wrong play and made it anyway, and could easily have had a 5,5 - 6 ptbb winrate. I take responsibilty for these results."

BoyWonder - new poster on 2p2 - in a thread about his recent heater.

"It takes a while to lose your ego in this game. You'll think that everyone will be happy for your success, but they're not. You'll run into someone from high school who was really smart and went to an Ivy League school and is working at a $200K per year job. You think he's going to be happy for you when you tell him that you cleared $200K last month? No way. He just thinks, "Kahn what a lucky scrub" Even other poker players they'll be on the rail and they'll all talk amongst themselves, "How could he get it all in with AQ there, what an idiot." What you have to realize is that nobody cares about you. Nobody wants to see you do well in poker. Nobody wants you to be successful in life. Just remember that and you'll be an all-star."

- Hevad Khan

*head asplode*

Live players are super nits.

Side note: live play averages 30 hands/hour. I get dealt AA 6 times in the course of 2 hours. I expect to see AA once every 220 hands, instead I get it once in every 10 hands. AND IT HOLDS UP EVERY TIME :O

lolbulletseverywhere

Crush a $40, 20 person tournament, and the $50nl cash game afterwards. Momentous occasions include:

- flopping a flush with AcKc AIPF vs AA of buddy out playing for the first time w/ us
- beating on roommate in 3-bet pots
- getting dealt AA directly after event #2, and tilting him into a 4bet bluffshove with 99 200+bb deep
- using no glasses or iPods, and inspiring extreme fear

lol sick rush of cards.

the funniest part was the end of the night, as we cashed out, and agreed to play one hand of 7-card stud to match stack sizes with cash availability. Naturally, finishing off my rush, I get dealt quad 6s and walk off + $600 at $50nl.