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Pathetic, gone on tilt as I run so s*** so thought ill play anything from anywhere. So what do you do when u run like me to win, keep shoving on flush draws, what happens when u run like me ? u hit f****** all
Sky BR I done, I have no ambition to site there like a nerd for 3 months to get it back to where it was.
Dedicated another Saturday to try and achieve what I wanted, and got absoulty nowhere, I wish I could play against me.
I put so much more time into improving, so much more then all these other players and I don't make any progress. I worked on my mental game all week, so why now am I feeling like this?
just under 7 buy ins down today, how pathetic.
So sick of this game, my life would be better without it, all that I achieve is more failure no matter what I don't. Cant even believe how p****** I feel now writing this, such b******
sky : £210
888:$481
Hit my flush at last my turn to win
This says it all..
A game/hobby shouldn't make you feel so angry and/frustrated down about things, don't need to tell you there is more important things in life, take a break withdraw all your money do whatever just don't keep making yourself feel awful because of a game of poker, not worth the hassle.
And A5, I just so hate the call and with it being oop as well..........
Unfortunatly you have not improved the mental game. Complete split personalities. When winning its the best thing in the world, and when losing you seem to have so much anger. I would suggest time time at 4nl, the money might mean less, but I think that is good for you right now. Either that or take a break.
7 buy-ins isn't great but not that unusual.i've lost that and more and know just how you feel mate.
as benc says it's a game/hobby and you should treat it that way.
yes you have worked hard trying to improve your game which is good and you should be commended for that.
how people play against you is out of your control mate and you have to adjust your play against each player.
imo you need to tighten your play.
you are losing too many hands un-necessarily by getting involved when you should/could be folding pre-flop.
the qj & a5 suited for ex look good p/f but you didn't hit the flush both times and lost the maximum.
that is just bad play imo as you are gambling when you really don't need to especially at the levels being played.
if I were you I would make a list up of hands to play and stick to it.
mine would read something like;
ak aq aj in position
all pairs obviously with the intention of hitting a set,if I miss then it's normally a fold afterwards.
i'm never going to war with just 1 pair.maybe aa or kk being the exception.
fold all A rags even suited... ALWAYS.
kq kj even suited again looks good p/f but don't get too excited by them.
again we don't want to be losing big pots with them.win little...lose little.
once you lose a big pot or more ie; 2 buy-ins+ it's now all about damage limitation for me.
we try and grind it back slowly.
going mad and chasing drawing hands is never great.
you should even think about finishing the session and accept losing the 2 buy-ins.
also,if you are playing 4/6 tables maybe drop it to just 2.
that will help stop the bleeding.
there are lots of things that you can do Robbie,and I've mentioned just a few.
you need to make changes.don't blame anyone but yourself when you lose,i don't.
if you put money in the pot then that's your choice no-one elses.
you win some...you lose some.
you are struggling with 'the mental side of poker' obviously,and it's going to be a daily struggle for you to beat it.
you can beat it though,but it will take some time.
also,if losing 6/7 buy-ins etc makes you feel this way,you are playing at to high a level for your b/roll.
yes losing £60/£70 hurts of course it does.
but you should either accept it or drop down levels so it then doesn't hurt so bad.
why do you think i'm now playing 1c/2c?
it's not because I can't afford to play higher,of course I can. i'm enjoying the challenge of building my roll from nothing..(ok $7 then).
maybe it is something you could think of doing?
anyway Robbie, whatever you decide to do is up to you,no-one else.
best wishes mate,
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dev
This times about 7 billion
Unfortunatly ego often gets in the way of progression.
The strategy advice I agree with, I wouldn't play those hands from that position if I was playing normally so why do It now when im losing. Also I wouldn't of shoved for the draws either, the JQ I don't mind but the a5 one I think is awful play on all steets, I shouldn't even of been opening from utg with it. Just cant seem to do the things I know which are correct.
Thanks for the advice, im going out today for about but will be online early afternoon starting the recovery mission. What site you now playing on , is it one with 3 numbers in a row? thought I remember you saying it was that.
I reject its anything to do with ego, why would I constantly say things arnt good enough with my play, drop down to 10 nl, build a BR from scratch even though I could start one bigger with tourney winnings and always ask for advice if I have a big ego?
If that was true I would just turn up, think im better then everyone and just play.
Well, I have never lost 7bi in a 4nl session, but I never go crazy no. Sure its a bit annoying, but knowing that it is near on impossible to win every session its not a bother.
Have a lot at some of the year graphs on 2+2. Look at the swongs.
gl mate.you know all my comments are only said to try and help you.
i know you are a good player mate,and i am in no position to tell you how to play.
but i do think you have a number of leaks (which i guess we all do),and it's not always easy to see them for yourself, sometimes.
i have had loads pointed out to me and it has helped my game 1,000,000%
i think you would benefit from some advice from a higher stake player mate.i know Liamboi would be more than happy to help you,and i think if i were you i would ask him for some h/h advice by PM.
gl buddy,
dev
Bad news again, another 3 buy in losing day. Feel dejected tbh, just fed up. My BR is over iv got just under 18 buy ins for 10nl, a level full of fish and I still cant win. How did I ever manage to win all those buy ins at 10nl recently? lol
Same old story really, run awful, didn't hit anything and had the absolutely diabolical hand I include every session. Happy on the whole how I played today, after yesterday and my confident being so low, I was disciplined pre flop with my decision and got my hand selection correct. Post flop like I said there was 2 hands I think were poor but apart from that I think I done good. Had my bit of paper to write my thoughts on so it didn't build up and I didn't tilt, and it worked mentally I was fine. Yeah that's about all I got to say today. Shame things didn't happen today the tables were loose and if I hit even top pair I think I would of been playing for stacks.
This in my whole 4 years of playing is my worst ever start/ couple of days. Tbh I felt disgusting when I went to bed last night, today im disappointed but what can I do? not going to let it ruin my day really. One thing I realised is that I wasted so much time working on my game, some people just cant be good at poker, it requires a lot of different attributes and I just cant get the hang of it. Think im mostly done playing and believing there's money to be made from poker, there not, were all trying but all as bad as each other. Just my opinion but I couldn't have done anything more to improve.
br: £176
888:$480
Imo liamboi is one of the best regs at the 20/50nl levels on site and could easily beat the game at higher levels and your game will come on loads for his help.
Good Luck whatever you decide.
Daz.
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Cheers dev appreciate it mate, gl.
in the cold light of the next day losing 3 buy's won't feel so bad.
post your worst 2 or 3 losing hands to Liamboii and see what he thinks.
I bet he will find something that maybe you are not seeing.
that's my best advice right now mate.
gl
dev
These types of player are the easiest to beat and all you need to do is take more notice of their tendencies in play and adjust your own game to deal with them.
Just make a few notes on certain players eg: weak limper, calling machine etc etc and take note of how often they actually show aggression or just call down and you will find that the times they are actually showing aggression are the times when you should be folding asap.
Good luck.
Hand number 2 - what do you think he is shoving with there? Does he/she ever do that with something that you have beat?
Hand 1 - I definitely c-bet, we can still get called by loads of weaker Ax and even hands like KQ/KJ. We'll also be betting this when we've 3bet with dem decent PPs. As played, you've thrown away £11.20 completely needlessly. He's went full pot, and full pot again, and you're calling knowing you're playing the board. It's an old saying but you should really avoid calling for chops in most cases. Turn is a fold, river is a fold.... but you know that already.
Hand 2 - You've played this SO backwards. You've 3bet pre (good), then decide not to c-bet (wierd) then on top of that, instead of chcek/call you check/raise (really wierd), so you've check/raised and he still clearly wants to get it in (this means he almost certainly has 1pr beat or VERY good equity against us). You should c-bet, if he raises then flat.
Hand 3 - That's just puke but I probably bet smaller on the turn.
Hand 4 - Think we can make what feels like a pretty nitty fold on the flop. It's such a massive overbet that I'd expect him to have 2pr/sets and is afraid of a 4th heart coming down virtually 100% of the time.
Hand 5 - Meh, well played, calling 2nd shove is dependent on what you think of opponent but you seem to not think much of him. I definitely wouldn't see that I'm never folding this flop though. First of all we're 3way and more importantly it's like the dryest flop in the world.... no FD basically no straight draws, if people start piling money in on this flop it's likely to be sets and OPs.
The KK??? theres a massive range I beat there, is that not a perfect flop for me? I beat flush draws, 10x hand, JJ QQ ( which are possiable with the 4x raise) some odd straights , 99/88 might call another street hoping I have the FD and will give up.
If this is a flop im happy to get it in with....what is?
The reason I decided not tob CB is I want to balance my range as iv been working on that a lot, so I need to be c/c and c/r some flops, and I decided to c/r this flop due to there being a fd which he might put me on as sometimes I play a fd this way rather than c/c c/c. I have to be carful imo that balancing my range doesn't sacrifice me doing the best play with the highest +ev.
Yeah but regarding hand 5 your talking in general poker. Your not talking with the dynamics of the table and the opponents previous history/tendencies. For instance this player has stacked off lighter and bluffed more/ just been more creative with his play and imo its not always the best play. So when I play aj I think if I hit a J high board I now no that I will have to stack off lighter/ for instance this is a normal stacking off hand in my range its just a value hand. But given what his doing and the fact his being aggro with a wide range if I don't adjust it will involve me c/f a lot of different situations. Is this not correct thinking?
Sometimes I feel so confussed, I feel like everyone has a different opinion of the correct thing to do. Sometimes I don't no who to remember when Im trying to think of the correct play in situations.