CraigSG1 Cash Diary and new goals. Starting BR £500. Current: £540

CraigSG1

Why I feel like quitting sometimes. In a tourny at same time as these cash hands I get it in 3 times with huge draws and miss, then for my tourny life get it with top pair against a draw and they hit. 

I cant seem to fade runner runners and suck outs. I'm wondering when I'm supposed to make money from bad calls. Sorry for the moan but no where else to vent. Maybe im just not good enough.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
CraigSG1	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£29.28
SkyWages	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£60.70
	Your hole cards	Kc Ad
Curt360x27	Fold
MrFox	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£30.94
surf22	Fold
CJ227	Fold
CraigSG1	Raise		£1.90	£2.80	£27.38
SkyWages	Fold
MrFox	Call		£1.40	£4.20	£29.54
Flop
		Ah 10d 5c
CraigSG1	Bet		£2.10	£6.30	£25.28
MrFox	Call		£2.10	£8.40	£27.44
Turn
		9d
CraigSG1	Bet		£4.20	£12.60	£21.08
MrFox	Call		£4.20	£16.80	£23.24
River
		3d
CraigSG1	Bet		£8.40	£25.20	£12.68
MrFox	Call		£8.40	£33.60	£14.84
CraigSG1	Show	Kc Ad
MrFox	Show	8d 5d
MrFox	Win	Flush to the 10	£31.92		£46.76

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
CJ227	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£27.10
CraigSG1	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£33.74
	Your hole cards	Js 10d
SkyWages	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£56.11
Curt360x27	Fold
MrFox	Fold
surf22	Fold
CJ227	Fold
CraigSG1	Call		£0.40	£1.30	£33.34
Flop
		Kh 2h Ac
CraigSG1	Check
SkyWages	Check
Turn
		2c
CraigSG1	Check
SkyWages	Check
River
		Qc
CraigSG1	Bet		£0.98	£2.28	£32.36
SkyWages	Raise		£3.96	£6.24	£52.15
CraigSG1	Call		£2.98	£9.22	£29.38
SkyWages	Show	Qs Qh
CraigSG1	Muck	Js 10d
SkyWages	Win	Full House, Queens and 2s	£8.75		£60.90

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
THIRA777	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£30.69
CraigSG1	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£39.80
	Your hole cards	Q A
SkyWages	Fold
Curt360x27	Fold
MrFox	Fold
surf22	All-in		£3.30	£3.60	£0.00
THIRA777	Fold
CraigSG1	Call		£3.10	£6.70	£36.70
CraigSG1	Show	Q A
surf22	Show	A J
Flop
		J 2 7
Turn
		4
River
		2
surf22	Win	Two Pairs, Jacks and 2s	£6.36		£6.36

Next hand:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
CraigSG1	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£36.60
SkyWages	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£57.98
	Your hole cards	10 10
Curt360x27	Fold
MrFox	Fold
surf22	All-in		£6.36	£6.66	£0.00
THIRA777	Call		£6.36	£13.02	£24.33
CraigSG1	Call		£6.26	£19.28	£30.34
SkyWages	Fold
Flop
		2 3 Q
CraigSG1	Check
THIRA777	Check
Turn
		2
CraigSG1	Bet		£5.80	£25.08	£24.54
THIRA777	Fold
CraigSG1	Unmatched bet		£5.80	£19.28	£30.34
CraigSG1	Show	10 10
surf22	Show	3 3
River
		2
surf22	Win	Full House, 3s and 2s	£18.31		£18.31

shakinaces

Hi Craig,

Going through a similar NL10 journey to you, I definitely share you frustration at the inequality of the bad beats.

I guess the micro / low levels accentuate the inequality of it due to the relatively low percentage of bluffing in the game of a solid player (like yourself).  That in turn means you are rarely getting your money in with next to no equity and giving yourself the chance to suckout on someone (not that you want to be in that position!).

Similarly, many weaker players are often betting light / not betting their bigger hands for fear of not getting paid (as opposed to a solid player that is trying to shovel the chips in at the earliest opportunity), which in turn gives you the chance to suckout in a less obvious fashion - ie you get to see the runner-runner cards free/quite cheaply, then take the betting lead to get it in on the river - which in turn doesn't really tell your brain that you sucked out (because you only puts chips in when ahead on the river).

Obviously it'll never be enjoyable, but maybe taking the mindset that you are only seeing the inequality from being a better player (ie you WILL win in the long run) can help to make the frustration more manageable?

CraigSG1

Thanks Skark, a lot of what you said makes sense and I will remember that. A big thanks to Larson7 as well. Went through a few of his hands tonight and talked a little, that helped a bit. He will hopefully be watching some of my play on Wednesday to try and help so I look forward to that.

This weekend hasnt been a great one. Did get a 9th played finish in a £2BH even though three times I got sucked out on for big, big pots. And then had a little winning cash session. This morning went horribly as you can see by my above post.

Going to just stick to 10nl and not move up at all for the time being and see what happens, surely this run cant keep going. I know im playing fine.

Matt237

Good luck with this. Haven't come across you on MC tables when i've played too often but from forum presence i think you'll achieve this with ease