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PM me loooooolz , Noooo limping and be aggro ftw
Sorry to hear you're so disillusioned with the game you've decided to give up, at least temporarily. I know you had a bad day yesterday, luck turned against you and you lost five in a row. I know how that feels, confidence takes a knock and you think nothing will ever go your way again, but today's another day. You've still got a fiver left, if you play another five games today you might well find it a very different story.
To be honest, I feel a bit responsible for your current state of mind. That crucial hand in your last game of the night when I was the short stack of four remaining players with blinds of 200 - 400 and I shoved A2 as the small blind against your big blind only to find I was up against pocket queens. I got lucky and spiked an ace on the river. If that hand had gone your way I'd have been knocked out, you'd have cashed and ended the day feeling much happier.
I know being rivered is gutting, in one afternoon last month I lost five games on the trot and had pocket aces cracked on the river three times in those five games and exited the tournament each time as a result. Next day I won five in a row. The moral of the story is, forget what happened yesterday and start afresh, things will turn in your favour sooner or later.
I also know what being out of work feels like having been made redundant three times, once it was a year before I found another job. I really feel for you, I hope things turn round and you're back in work soon.
Keep your chin up mate, hope to see you back at the tables soon.
All the best,
Ian
you have to generate 1000s of points to get that bonus.
Gary
Play the 30p turbos DYMs
A lot of people will say the rake is too high in these but look at it this way. You will be getting 20% rakeback.
e.g. 5p rake you will get a point which is 1p. Play a couple of 100 of these a month at least you will get a bonus.
I did this for a few months when I was playing micro stakes. the 60p DYMS are no good, either play 30p ones or the 1.15 ones.
If you need any help with DYMs give me a shout I started playing them properly again about 7 - 8 months ago. Send me a private message.
Gerardirl gave me a few small tips as well send him a private message I am sure he will help.
Working on the theory that nothing cheers you up like hearing of other people's misfortunes (Schadenfreude I think it's called), I thought you'd be interested in my disastrous day. After getting outrageously lucky against you yesterday, the poker gods took their revenge today.
Game 1 QQ v KQ. King on the flop. Out
Game 2 AQ v A 10. 10 on the flop . Out
Game 3 KK v AK. Ace on the flop. Out
You are not alone, mate.
That's me done for the day, I know when someone up there doesn't like me. I'll just have to take my own advice and try again tomorrow.
Cheers
Ian
Honestly, I think you're best off coming back to the game when you are in a position to put down a decent wedge of cash, and try and spin it up from there. Even the best players on the site would struggle not to go broke with a bankroll of just a few quid.
In the meantime, I'd read and watch as much poker as possible. Perhaps look at the mental side of the guy, and try and eradicate any leaks/bad habits you have.....limping in for starters!
Use time away from the game to brush up on things, and come back in a better position financially and with a clear head.
Like yourself i love paying poker but am not very good at the moment, but i play for enjoyment not finacial gain, if you are not enjoying the game at the moment take a break.
I have a copy of the mental game of poker and if you would like it pm and i will post it to you .
All the best
Rainman397
gary, the rake IS killing you. your graph has a very recognisable slope, and it is one of someone who is losing only to the rake. here is your graph showing pre-rake winnings / post rake losses in your favorite game: 60p DYMs.
as a comparision here is the same graph of someone who plays in the same games:
as you can see, they wouldnt be a winner even in a rake-free enviroment.
you're a winning player before rake in these games. you are losing only to the rake in your favorite game - and you are playing the highest raked games on the site. this obviously sucks.
so yah, take some time away to chill out. but when you come back, and if you can afford it, play games where the rake is less extortionate. 60p dyms are damn near unbeatable. you stand a chance of breaking even / having a free hobby in lower raked games.
and take jac up on his offer. he could charge a decent hourly rate for that type of assistance and regs would take him up on his offer.
have faith and keep learning and enjoying your poker.
good luck
seems like sky drains all liquidity out of that player pool, and it might be counter-productive if people like gary are self excluding as they feel like they cant improve in what is likely to be an unbeatable format [certainly for newer players] due to the unusually high rake.
ho hum, innit
pre rake its a lovely uphill incline. post rake it's the exact mirror image.
i'd expect a decent pre rake winner who isn't quite beating the games to the point where he is profiting post-rake to maybe break even after rake; not an ugly downward slope.
how may other players must feel like they are hitting a brick wall of playing decently well, being better than the players around them, yet keep losing money. as gary said it hardly inspires you to deposit more and play slightly higher limits [where he'd actually putting more £'s in rake into the site].
for shame.
It's really poor from Sky. I had a long debate with several sky representatives about this, on this forum a couple of years ago.
Everything is so static and set in stone here. 3 years later, nothing has changed. The majority of new players stand absolutely no chance.
As an aside, Gary I've seen you comment on taking add ons in freerolls before. If/when you start playing these again, do not use your bankroll on freeroll add ons, it's terrible value.
Great offer from Jac, I hope you take him up on it and things start to turn around.
gl.
gary's looks like this:
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where the upslope represents £10.40p profit pre rake and the downslope represents £12 loss post rake.
slaughtering the new players with rake.
barmy
It seems a mite unfair that the players with the smallest bankrolls are paying the highest percentage rake on the site. If the 20% was applied across all levels the big players on the site would be off for greener pastures in a flash.
In my view a 10% rake at the lowest levels would be more than adequate and would give the new players some chance of making a profit thereby encouraging more newbies to join the site and hopefully move up to the higher levels.
So I went to scope and checked the pre rake profit of my stats and the results/difference is startling to say the least,
plus 131.00 pre rake and only 25.93 post erm wtf
4/5th of my winnings gone to the sky coffers....... get it sorted sky its extortionate
also if and when you come back to playing Gary you should be auto pming jac and taking him up on his offer if nothing else it will improve your confidence whilst playing, but something tells me you will get a lot more out of it than that
best of luck
regards
iah