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Advice needed, Totally lost confidence in my game
I don't know where to start but the jist of things is all of a sudden I have lost my read, making very bad decisions and calls, not believing people have a hand, my head just in the shed and I dont know why, just seem to be losing money hand over fist, I'm even going back to basics tonight and playing in a free roll to see if that helps.
Can you just become a bad player over night or did i think I was actually better than I was?
Do I need a break? Whats the best way to get my confidence back cause at this stage Im scared to play for money.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Can you just become a bad player over night or did i think I was actually better than I was?
Do I need a break? Whats the best way to get my confidence back cause at this stage Im scared to play for money.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
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If they are beating you with third pair then I would suggest the standard line of playing tight till you have a read on people. Once you suss who can be raised off their hand then all is good, if not, wait for the monster and snaffle their chips! If you're playing cash, then simply try and different table, simple is sometimes the best solution my friend.
100%of poker players THINK they are better than what they actually are .......FACT
my advice tho ,is to take a complete break from the game,couple of weeks or so ,,,,,to clear your head,,,,,,it will do you the world of good .....TEN
tighten up ur range and review hands
Players are free to play however they wish too.
Yeah it's annoying when they bink, but it happens.
Solack was probably multi-tabling so that's why he probably didn't reply.
Young Gun speaks sense, i've been guilty of getting over confident plenty of times and it's only when you look back over your play you see the problems.
My game goes in cycles. Win for a while then get over confident, play too aggressively and start losing, then lose all confidence and really struggle. Like you, I can't get the idea that everyone is bluffing me out of my head.
What works for me when the confidence goes is to play micro stakes sit & goes or even go and fool around with play money on facebook until I feel ready to try again, then try and build some momentum with DYM's before playing what I want to play again. Play a tight range of hands and maybe make the odd move only from position.
Good bankroll or budget control is a big help.
Rhino's in Bentley sometimes, the players there are awful, theres a tournment n then a cash game after, although i think the number are dwindling abit, i tried out the grove opposite range aswell last week, players there are alot better lol, tournment n cash game on, and i'm trying to go sheffield g-casino more, but only been a couple of times.
1st of all I took a break, that didn't really help, then I switched to MTT's. Had some nice wins and sorted the BR out, but everytime I took 1 bad beat it would put my confidence down again. What I've found is if you truely are a winning player then play as many tables as you can, this way you don't have time to think about the bad beats and the more tables you do then the lower the variance. So strangley my advise when your confidence is low then play more (as long as you believe you are doing things right).
Hand History #365614342 (19:01 26/04/2011)
Hand History #365615790 (19:06 26/04/2011)
just put one up in Beats, variance section which shows what I mean. can't find the other one where my aces were beat by 10 7! but the hand history only goes back a week for me
sometimes though the reason I was losing to "bad beats" was down to me and I posted hands in the clinic and got some good advice which I've tried to take on board and use. you do fall back into bad habits sometimes though!
an earlier poster said look back at hand history which is a very good idea and one which i will try to use more as well!
you do find sometimes that you just play the hand wrong. what you think you know you don't. your read was wrong. or they just have the hand that beats you with the card that makes yours
taking a good break does sometimes work. you get the enjoyment back once things are back in perspective
good luck and i hope to join you at the "scary" heights of nl10 soon. LOL
It will turn - look at @ElsaDog...?
Worry when it's your A2 against AK all in on an A high flop would be my advice.
It maybe that you did well playing this style and started to get over confident, i.e if your a tight player and started played loose and vice versa.
Stick to your game and dont worry about being bluffed, sometimes even if you think are being bluffed its still best to let go especially if you have no hand or any draw, unless you have a really good read on your oppenent.
You will feel a lot worse if you make a hero call and it turns out the other player has the goods.
And as frustrating as it is sometimes, you cant control what other players do.
Good luck.