Snap Decisions

[aucu 3]

How long do you guys take to make a decision online.I find myself clicking very quickly <1sec on most pre-flop, flop and on most of the time, when playing 3-4 tables NLHNow I have been playing a lot of limit the last couple of weeks where you never have to “go in the tank” now I do check the board, my position and PT stats most of the time but I think I need to slow down and be more pensive.Is there anything in particular to do to help not make snap decisions.

[Actuary 3]

I got nothing.

[The Bwaves 0]

How about this?We'll use common sense.If you find that you are moving to fast and cannot follow your games...You should probably remove one or two tables and play at a speed which you can focus on all factors of the game...Common sense? Or am I just THAT smart?

[BudBundy 0]

I sometimes act very late while slowplaying nuts and calling a raise like i am considering to fold.I doubt it has any affect tho

[MasterLJ 0]

"Snap Decisions" are -EV.I had this problem, what I do... every time I put money in the pot I go to the reload chips portion of the table. It keeps me at full buy-in all the time (nothing like a bad beat, then being dealt aces with only 1/20th of a full buy in) and it forces me to slow down and think about what I'm doing.

[NoChip4You! 0]

Take notes about the hand while it is in progress. Write down what your starting hand is, any significant bets, who made them, and postulate the reason. This does a few things for you. It helps you recognize patterns of the player over time, it slows you down, and it makes you think about the hand while it is in progress.Using hand evaluators is one thing, but I find that writing things down in my own words makes me memorize and note patterns and spot things about people that you might not find with some piece of software. If you do this learn some shorthand or you might find yourself running out of time in your hands

[aucu 3]

"Snap Decisions" are -EV.I had this problem, what I do... every time I put money in the pot I go to the reload chips portion of the table. It keeps me at full buy-in all the time (nothing like a bad beat, then being dealt aces with only 1/20th of a full buy in) and it forces me to slow down and think about what I'm doing.

Won't work as I've always got a stack 2-3x the buy in Live I try to wait 5 seconds every time I make a move, other than fold.On line it's not too many tables going, even if there is action on just one I know what I want to do almost instantly and often act so. Anyway, will try a little more thought and take more notes.

[NoChip4You! 0]

Won't work as I've always got a stack 2-3x the buy in Live I try to wait 5 seconds every time I make a move, other than fold.On line it's not too many tables going, even if there is action on just one I know what I want to do almost instantly and often act so. Anyway, will try a little more thought and take more notes.

To me that says you are playing your cards and not your opponents.

[fckthis 0]

One thing Ive learned over the last few months, is simply taking your time and analyzing the situation at hand. You should be actively thinking about your opponents hands/ranges/tendecies while in a pot with them, and then deducing the best decision possible you can make. However, its much harder than it sounds. Because most of us see the cards before the action/players, it tends to makes us play alot of hands one dimensional.

[NOFX_PUNK 0]

I think there's a benefit to playing fast, not only can you get more hands in at more tables but people can never put u on a hand due to the time u take to think. Lots of players call quickly on draws, if u all quickly and bet quickly when a draw doesn't hit, it's gonna look like a bluff and u might well get paid off nicely (Unless you DID miss that draw! Lol!)

[antistuff 0]

when i play a hand i try to already know what im going to do for what ever happens (if this card comes, if this person bets, etc..). i always seem to act instantly this way.

[flintsword 4]

Preflop I take very little time in the beginning, because - frankly - I am interested in the play, the players, who bets what, when, and how they bet. It takes time to build up the 'texture of a table'. Additionally, I calculate odds for the people in the hand (I have probably folded) and try to make some educated guesses on who has what in the hand. I am writing notes on the players, such as what they played UTG, the fact that some player limps with junk early (loose passive w poor hand selection), the fact that one guy 'always' raises and he is to my left (I make a note to limp with a big hand if this kind of guy is also a defender of his hands), etc, etc, etc.I play fast when I am busy.Once I have a reasonable idea what is going on, I tend to take more time. On those sites with a clock, you just have to standardize your response. Keep in mind that if you want to enhance your image as a tight player, there is nothing like waiting a little while before folding so everyone notices you are always folding, and raising quickly.Time taken when you are raising can be interpreted as deciding how much to bet, so if a major scare card hits the river, sometimes a big, but attractive, bet will cause a good opponent to fold, because he will read the time you took to come up with a very specific bet as a value bet with a winning hand, and fold.Timing online can help you. If you have a well-hidden, close-to-the-nuts hand on the river , there is nothing like a quick overbet to have someone call you, suspecting you are buying the pot, so quick is good here.Hope this helps, even if I wandered a little off topic here. Good luck in your games!