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JamEaze · Run bad

Am getting a little despondant lately. Since going through Broker's course I feel like my game has improved a million percent, I am identifying where I have gone wrong, and even taken the time to learn end game properly (using the "better than Nash") and using the 3bet calculator to look at 3bet shoving... and yet I seem to be going backwards. Im not even talking about particuarly bad beats or coolers (bar the odd one or two). I simply cannot get a foothold in a match. Im kinda card dead for like the first 30 or 40 hands, by which time my opponent has a 2-1 chiplead or better. Then eventually I get forced into marginal spots. All my opponents cant be running like dreams, no doubt there is the occasional bluff in there. I always seem to get the tightish passive guys rather than the complete nits or LAGs, which is odd at the $10s

My confidence in my game is at an all time high. My confidence in getting results is shot. Its a kinda weird mental place to be. At the moment its a 10BI downswing. I can attribute 2 BI of that to poor play in marginal spots. According to my bankroll management, I shouldnt have to drop back to the $5 games yet. But wondering if I should?

For example, last night I studied for a couple of hours, going over EV stuff and watching videos. Then proceeded to go 0-3, and quit for the day there and then.

Can anyone who has been through similar offer any advice?

hjbear

yea if i was you i would drop to the fives and just play say 20 or so matches just untill your "bad run" ends. once you start winning again simply move back to the 10s. you just have to grind out these bad patches but doing it at a lower stake is so much better for your roll

butitwassooted

I would try the deepstacks, like on FT.
I only ever read maybe 2 hours total about endgame, never looked at a nashchart while playing, and had a 18% roi over 300 games or something. Most of those where reg speeds, but still.

JamEaze

ottocat01

I'm going to go against the grain here and say you should continue course without making any changes right now. You said in the OP that your study habits are on point, your decisions are correct and your just not getting the results your looking for. Just keep studying and looking for ways to improve.

Also liked what butitwassooted said about getting very aggressive. A very common mistake for HU players is to lose their aggression for whatever reason, don't do it.

JamEaze

Decisions I dunno - last game I played classic example, played a deepstack. Villain went from being loose passive to very LAG, but I missed about 20 flops in a row, with him cbetting every flop full pot in or out of position. Eventually took a stand with second pair and ran it into top set...

jmeLOL

Well that is why volume is so important i think it really is the most underrated important thing in poker going on 3 game losing streak is common. Just put in the volume think about playing each individual hand correctly and you should be fine.

ChrisB

two things;

No offence or anything JamEaze put when you first state that you think you are really good and then go on to state that you are always card-dead heads and that villains always grind you down pretty much indicates to me that you haven't really grasped what heads up is all about, which butitwassooted says very well;

"No one ever has anything"

Your work ethics and study ways are obviously very good and will eventually get you to where you want to be - without a doubt.

My suggestion would be to put some games where you felt you got ran over or outplayed or was card dead in the member reviews forum - I'd be happy to look them over and give pointers to where I think you could be more agressive.

Agressive poker is winning poker for the most part, except if the opponent is hyperaggressive, then passivity is a huge winner Smile

gl with it

peteoaten

What has been helping me the most at the moment is reviewing my hand historys constantly. I use the replyer in HEM to go back over my games, and count my chip spews, make notes on spewy spots and plug it up.

Another big leak for me is patience, you mention being card dead, its so easy to try and force the game when you feel your card dead, with patience your cards will come. Against an idiot who is slinging his chips around it only takes one good spot for you to decemate his chip stack.

Picking my spots was is another issue and may apply to you. Last night as an example i have a lag raising 3x 100% from the button, then i raise he re-raises, he is not doing this with a great hand every time, so i pick a spot and reshove a couple of his re-raises - he folds, and thinks twice before doing it again, i suppose thats meta game?

And i cant stress enough how much tightening my range from the BB has helped my game.

Im still MR leaky at HU but reviewing your own games with an open mind and your notes from the course at your side is Golden.

Sometimes it helps if your trying to plug leaks to play at a lower level or even 2 levels lower, you will find you lose some mental pressures and you can try out some moves or plays and a loss wont effect your roll so much.

dzikijohnny

The most important thing to have is patience when you are down. Don't get so that if you are down to 1/2 or less of a stack do you flush the game. I always think about stack size in terms of double ups. Even with only 1/4 of a stack you are only two doubles to even.

bptrippin

^^^ this.
Think we've all had games where we've been super short, only to go on and win the match. I always try and remember those games when I've taken a big hit. It only takes one good hand sometimes and you're right back in it. I play on stars and the long time bank is useful to scream and shout at the scream before cracking on with the next hand!

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