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blsmur
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 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:42 am Post subject: I hate my poker |
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another 10 games and 2 wins
just everything went wrong
how can someone call a shove with Q6 and make quads 6's
another game i have JJ and shove to be called by AA
and he gets set and so do i
lost so many hands i have devastated my bankroll something terrible
lost over half of it in last few days
and my ability rating on SS is dropping
WTF am i doing ? why is it every time I try to change my game i go broke
i was winning at around 55% i dare say it no where near it now not even game to look at the moment is it just variance ? I know I not doing some stuff right but at least 2 games i loses today must be just variance which would have given me 4 out 10 not to bad i guess but its 2 days in a row now and with this idea that I am not playing my hands right I am probably a bit lost so I am making different decisions which might be the factor that is hurting me as well
ok i have had my bitch |
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StasKo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| variance is a bitch. Im on a 200 games stretch of downswing. And it can go worse! So dont go too mad about it as it may take a while before the cards will fall in your favour. Just focus on decision making and brm and youll get through it |
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blsmur
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:49 am Post subject: |
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yep thanks
i think 30 buyins is a bit too aggressive might go to about 40 from now on |
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StasKo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| well it depends. If you are a good winner at your stake level and feeling good and comfortable with your game and not afraid of risk taking and moving down in stakes then 30 buyins is ok. I think that even 25 is acceptable. But when it comes to downswings its better to try to tame the beast by tightening up your brm no matter your skill level plus engaging tilt control actions. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:13 am Post subject: |
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I think just from the other thread you posted it's fair to say that there are huge holes in the thought process of your game.
For one thing hand reading and value betting were pretty much non existant. Good reasoning for betting and bet sizing are also something that needs to be worked on etc.
You've had lots of good replies about what you were doing wrong and how to fix it in the last thread that should keep you busy for a while.
In all honesty your 55% 'win rate' at this point in time was likely you just running really good as opposed to an actual win rate as with those kinds of flaws in logic and betting, I'd say it was just about impossible to be a long term winning player.
It just takes some people longer than others to understand some of the concepts but when you do, things will begin to get smoother.
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blsmur
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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gee thanks Jake , but you think everyone suks at poker
and dom I know i have leaks but later in the evening i went on to lose Aq to 22 i had the AQ
99 to 88 I had the 99
and i bet 3 steets on a total bluff 2/3 pot on flop 50% on turn and shove river Ace
he has A rag and call the river shove with 1 pair
so it was a bad bluff i was at least repping AK or 2 pair (why was I bluffing at all ) not sure but i guess he was one of those call stns or he could see my cards
I think i need some help so anyone that might like to sweat me and work with me let me know thanks
I have dropped back to 40 buy ins which put me at $5 games so mixing it with 3.5 usd and 3.5 eur and 7 usd games
i checked my win rate it still 55% so that is ok but I would like it to be closer to 60% |
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blsmur
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Brokerstar wrote: | I think just from the other thread you posted it's fair to say that there are huge holes in the thought process of your game.
For one thing hand reading and value betting were pretty much non existant. Good reasoning for betting and bet sizing are also something that needs to be worked on etc.
You've had lots of good replies about what you were doing wrong and how to fix it in the last thread that should keep you busy for a while.
In all honesty your 55% 'win rate' at this point in time was likely you just running really good as opposed to an actual win rate as with those kinds of flaws in logic and betting, I'd say it was just about impossible to be a long term winning player.
It just takes some people longer than others to understand some of the concepts but when you do, things will begin to get smoother.
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why havent i got it right from your course
what alternatives do you think might help me ? |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="blsmur:38860"] | Brokerstar wrote: |
why havent i got it right from your course
what alternatives do you think might help me ? |
Why haven't you got it right? I have no idea.
The course isn't a magic pill that once you buy it you start winning!!
You have to actually study it and remember the material.
For example you have had many winning players explain to you in some different ways why your over betting logic was so, so wrong in the other thread but by the end of all that help you still didn't really seem to understand why. Your logic was that I now think I have turned the best hand so I'll shove to get him to fold. I can't think of anywhere in the world that you learned that strategy from other than making it up yourself and that my man is the problem.
I cant think of any other way to explain value bets vs bluff or why over betting is just so, so wrong (in the spot you chose). Like where in the course was that over bet bluff move type move? No where.
So it's nothing to do with the course but more your ability to take in information.
I can't actually think of any other ways to put it that makes it any simpler as I have worked my ass off to think of the most simple way to lay out the information. If you can think of anything that has actually helped you remember information in the past then please do share it with me and I'll try and see if there really is any other way to present the information.
You know yourself better than I do so think back to something that you have studied and done well at and try to think what made the information stick for you and then I feel that the info and help you're getting here will be more useful to you and you'll start making some money.
Good luck.
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| blsmur wrote: |
and dom I know i have leaks but later in the evening i went on to lose Aq to 22 i had the AQ
99 to 88 I had the 99 |
What am I meant to do about that?
Suck outs happen, losing flips happens so there is no use crying about them.
What you have to do is focus on the leaks that you do have some control over not the hands that play themselves.
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