Poker and the Beginning Trader

Quote from roberk:

Is it fast enough to use while playing or is there something better/more comprehensive? If there is a program that says hold/add/fold that is what I want.
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Play around with that program and see if you like it. It's free, nothing to download.

What I think you're looking for is a BOT....and I'm saying DON'T GO THERE.

A) I've yet to see a commercially available bot that can actually play solid poker.

B) Bot users are considered SCUM by 99% of online poker players. Don't be scum. Eventually you'll come across this:

http://www.winholdem.net/

But I'd strongly advise you don't touch this thing. Very unethical, and from what I understand, it doesn't even play well. Plus, anybody using this bot should be BANNED from online poker.

A poker calculator isn't a bot, and is perfectly fine to use- but it won't say 'fold' 'bet' 'call'....it just calculates the odds of any hand against any others. Good luck...
 
A book that helped me turn a corner in trading is Zen and the art of Poker, Larry Phillips.
I joined partypoker and played a few rounds. But I have some residual hang-up that gambling is bad? Please help.
 
Quote from Rearden Metal:

Play around with that program and see if you like it. It's free, nothing to download.

What I think you're you're looking for is a BOT....and I'm saying DON'T GO THERE.

A) I've yet to see a commercially available bot that can actually play solid poker.

B) Bot users are considered SCUM by 99% of online poker players. Don't be scum. Eventually you'll come across this:

http://www.winholdem.net/

But I'd strongly advise you don't touch this thing. Very unethical, and from what I understand, it doesn't even play well. Plus, anybody using this bot should be BANNED from online poker.
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Thanks Rearden! I am a newbie so any advice like this at my early stage will save me heartache.
 
Quote from roberk:

A book that helped me turn a corner in trading is Zen and the art of Poker, Larry Phillips.
I joined partypoker and played a few rounds. But I have some residual hang-up that gambling is bad? Please help.
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In my case it's not gambling...It's gam-bling-bling. As far as your hang-up...read some Ayn Rand or something.
 
Quote from roberk:

A book that helped me turn a corner in trading is Zen and the art of Poker, Larry Phillips.
I joined partypoker and played a few rounds. But I have some residual hang-up that gambling is bad? Please help.
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Why do you think that gambling is bad? What is it about gambling that is bad?
 
Quote from traderNik:

Why do you think that gambling is bad? What is it about gambling that is bad?
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Getting a religious education in one's childhood can cause all sorts of hang-ups and irrational thinking.
 
Quote from Rearden Metal:

Getting a religious education in one's childhood can cause all sorts of hang-ups and irrational thinking.
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My family were pretty atheistic, though no doubt I have picked up some anti-gambling vibes from religion.
But I think also organisations like Gamblers Anonymous have done their bit.
 
Quote from roberk:

...I have some residual hang-up that gambling is bad?

My family were pretty atheistic, though no doubt I have picked up some anti-gambling vibes from religion.
But I think also organisations like Gamblers Anonymous have done their bit.

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In that case, gambling presents no more or less of a problem than alcoholism, drug addiction, overeating and sloth, smoking, etc. No matter what you believe about the possibility of some sort of OCD -related genetic predisposition to these behaviours among addicts, the vast majority of people cannot overcome their behavioural tendencies because they don't have the strength of mind to do so. Once things get bad enough they either find the strength or they don't. I may sound harsh but I am speaking from experience. I never looked to some sort of early childhood trauma\dysfunctional family - societally imposed feeling of insecurity - culturally imposed marginalization - 'goatish lusts of papa'- type of excuse for my own addictive behaviours. My behaviours were and are my reflective of my own choices. If you think you may have a problem with gambling, don't do it. But there's nothing 'bad' about gambling itself. There are only the bad choices of gamblers. Like drawing to an inside straight without the right pot odds :)

roberk, this isn't meant as censure - just a statement of my feelings.

Before flaming me for this, please note that I said 'in the vast majority of cases'.
 
Thanks Nik
I don't want to distract from the main topic of this very educational thread, so will leave it at that. Apppreciate all your posts.
 
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/03/26/features-kaplan.php
" Men turns away and jumps into the middle of a Vietnamese conversation. Steve cranes toward me and says, “I have seen Men fold kings, queens, flush draws when he senses he’s beaten. He lays down hands that I cannot believe. He’s the best at reading other players.” Another lesson for Men’s students: Cutting your losses is almost as important as winning""

Sounds like trading mantra.

Played in my first tournament today at partypoker.
Came in the top 15 out of 640 in a $20ante game. I think the patience learned from trading is key.
 
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