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Old 07-05-06, 12:18 AM
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So far the ones that stand that have been mentioned

5- Emotional Control (Big time)

6- Not playing aggressive enough (which has to be clearly distinguished from playing reckless)

7- Assigning your own thought process to other players (also giving players too much credit or not enough credit)

8- Not paying enough attention to your opponents (Not picking up on tendancies, habbits and playing styles of your opponents)

9- Not adjusting your play according to reads you have on your opponent (This goes beyond, dont bluff a calling station and don't call down a Rock...it goes to things like, this player pays people off big time=start playing more suited connectors, one gappers, small pairs, suited aces and other hidden hands even if [maybe especially] this player has open raised. If you have AK and flop an ace, he's likely to pay off with ace jack, don't check the river when he's called your first two bets, value bet etc)

10- not putting your opponent on a range of hands before making a decision (playing too much level 1 poker and not enough level 2)

These can fill the empty 6 spots, and I plan on having 1 bonus which will be on Table Selection.

are 7 8 and 9 too closely related is my first question

Are there any of these (and my original 4) listed that someone feels is not that big of a common mistake?

Is there anything I could be missing?

TP, JD, (and others) feel free to chime in also.......

The bankroll issue is important, but Im focusing on the actual part of the game here more than the overall picture. Some of the responses were too basic (i.e the slowplaying one) and some were too specific to be top ten overall mistakes.

I also thought of another which would make 11 (if accepted) that has to do with losing too much money drawing against a made hand. (even with odds but low implied odds, not taking turn bets into consideration when calling on the flop, drawing with a medium sized draw etc)

Do you think this one would trump any of the 10 I have listed?

Or something about Betting proper amounts and understanding the different reasons for betting (isolation, value, bluff, denying odds etc) and adjusting your betting amounts accordingly

Would either of these two rank up there?

All responses are appreciated

If there are no objections (or additional mistakes, which Im still looking for) within the next day or so, Im going to start a poll up in a new thread asking people to rank in order these mistakes based on certain criteria (how commonly it occurs, how big of an effect it has, etc)
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