[Acorn89]

my biggest problem is that sometimes i get bored (espacially after a long night) and i start playing hands that i really shouldn't be playing, another probelm i have is getting off really big hands when i think the other guy has a bigger hand.

[thesnowman22]

no doubt calling before the flop with raising hands. i think this comes from playing small stack internet tourneys wherea significant raise even early is so stack depleting. i would love to play some deep stack tourneys to see how i would play differently.

[Arjonius]

I don't know if it's still the same since they changed their software package, but ChecknRaise used to give 2500 as the starting stack in the forum tourneys I played there.

[ElGod]

I always get bored when im getting cold carded and make stupid moves like re raising someone all in with ace rag or other weak holdings. i also let loose if i suffer a bad beat, i will often just go all in he very next hand with nothing cos im so frustrated especially if the bad-beater is in the pot and he ows me money!!!

[beriac]

My weakness, I think, is trying to get too cute when my chip stack starts falling behind the average in tournaments. If it's a big tourney or a freeroll, then this happens at the beginning, when some players are going crazy all-in left, right, and center. Sometimes it's the middle, when things slow down but I just haven't been getting the cards.

Either way, that's when I start to call marginal hands, raise fair hands, bluff, and occasionally gamble all-in because I think that's the only way I can catch up to the average. I need to work on my patience in that respect.

[Yearbookpoker]

Maybe the easiest question to answer. I actually just got done with a 1k freeroll I posted about where I finished 6th for $40 and I am still on a little high so this may be strong. I HATE GETTING MIDDLE POCKET PAIRS. I understand when a few people call preflop I should fold them but often times I raise it up or call. The middle pockets are nice for trips with overs on the board because you can win huge pots that way. So I guess playing the middle pockets is my weakest part of my game.

[beriac]

Actually it's true, I do that too. When I am convinced that I have a good hand pre-flop, I'll pay attention to people raising and re-raising before or after me, but I tend to assume that if 6 people call my raise it's because they're calling stations rather than that they have cards.

Thus I tend to overestimate my hand after the flop too. I need to spend more time focusing on my opponents' hands and less time on my own sometimes.

[fasteddy1970]

The mistake I make that leads to many other terrible mistakes is that I don't slow down the action and take a minute to decide. Usually this involves a call rather than a bet or a raise. This hole is especially maddening on the bubble.

I also occassionally allow myself to get caught up in the free for alls that happen on the bubble with blinds high, stacks low and people panicking and going all in. I sometimes fail to just step back and let them be the ones to act crazy. I get caught up in the maddness.

Over calls with good but not winning hands is another one that costs me money that it shouldn't.

[sijiawu89]

My biggest weakness doesnt have to do with me actually playing but its getting me away from the table. I can manage to pry myself out when im losing, but if i start rolling in the dough i cant get out and sometimes this leads to overcocky playing which screws me a lot.

[iceberg]

Let me see ... my top ten are:
1) Chasing Straights and Flushes,
2) Calling too much,
3) Slowplaying weak cards,
4) Not raising enough with strong cards to flush out the trash,
5) Calling with a weak kicker, low straight, low flush
6) Playing Side games like Blackjack
7) Going All-in too much (just for the thrill, wheeeee)
8) Playing way too late in the evening
9) Playing while drinking beer and
10) Letting people see my cards (LOL)

Iceberg