[Orad Bowen]

I’m glad to see this post.
I gave up playing online because of the rake and the fact that I just don’t win in the long run, but I have well above average results in the live game.
I have never been into computer games because I naturally sucked at them, so that may be a subconscious thing for me when I play on line, but the zero rake back makes life really hard on stars, and other sites just don’t have the action for the hours I play being at the bottom of the world.
I have given up on online poker for good and i’m about to move town to live closer to a casino to grind up my roll in the $1-2 to get into the $5-5 games and bigger to make a living.
We don’t have many casino options here in New Zealand. I say stick to the game that makes you money because that builds your confidence.

[Orad Bowen]

There are some pretty good answers here, but you pretty much answered your own question when you said that you were trying to make things happen.
IMHO, poker is not a game that you can force, once you start trying to force it, you’re asking to get felted slowly and painfully.
One guy said to use the time watching the other players and picking up their ranges ect. That is a pretty good idea as you are learning as you go. 2nd, what table image do you have? if you’re coming across as a tight player, look for spots to bluff out small pots. of course you have to set these spots up by raising or 3 betting pre, but stop playing your cards and play a bit of poker every now and then.
All in all, if you’re not feeling it, walk away with your $$ in hand and live to play another day
GL for your next game.

[Orad Bowen]

Hey ya Man.
What’s the rake set up like in your $1-2 games? I hear a lot of different stories about rake in he US.
We have a capped percentage here in NZ, but we are better off playing $5-5 to really make money.

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