running bad

[klamsauce]

Just when I thought the my worst poker downswing ever was over, I get this shit in a span of 4 minutes tonight.


Full Tilt, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: $201
BB: $437.80
UTG: $269
MP: $228.65
CO: $232
Hero (BTN): $349.55

Pre-Flop: 2 A dealt to Hero (BTN)
3 folds, Hero raises to $6, SB raises to $20, BB folds, Hero calls $14

Flop: ($42) 2 A 4 (2 Players)
SB bets $26, Hero raises to $64, SB raises to $181 and is All-In, Hero calls $117

Turn: ($404) K (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($404) K (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $404 Pot ($3 Rake)
SB showed Q K and WON $401 (+$201 NET)
Hero showed 2 A and LOST (-$201 NET)





Full Tilt, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: $261.15
Hero (BB): $428.35
UTG: $200
CO: $279.80
BTN: $122.30

Pre-Flop: J J dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG raises to $7, 2 folds, SB calls $6, Hero calls $5 ---- yes I know I should squeeze but I only 3 bet villain with 74off and 83 because he has a 90 plus percent fold to 3 bet

Flop: ($21) K 9 T (3 Players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks

Turn: ($21) J (3 Players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets $21, SB calls $21, Hero calls $21

River: ($84) K (3 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $62, UTG raises to $172 and is All-In, SB folds, Hero calls $110

Results: $428 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed J J and LOST (-$198 NET)
UTG showed A Q and WON $425 (+$225 NET)

[RikaKazak]

[Vitas23]

ouch

[adrian.alex]

how many bi are you down?

[klamsauce]

14. Luckily my session this morning went well and I won 5 back.

[Maximus13]

Full tilt special

[adrian.alex]

what was your worst downswing? i'm on a downswing also due to bad play. i'm down like 10 bi very fast playing 4 tables and it sucks. i can't stay focused and always play my A game.

[angel19girlsingle]

That's pretty sick. I have 18 BI downswing at the moment.

My favorite hand is probably where the flop came K84 with a fd against a huge fish. I had 44 and he called my cbet OOP.

Turn was 9, he bet half the pot or so and I made a pretty large raise that he called. River was T (no flush) and he bet like 1/3 pot. He had only about 2.5x raise left so I shoved and he took the pot down with QJ.

[klamsauce]

My biggest problem is when I am running poorly, I try to make too much happen. I start bluff raising at a very high frequency in spots where I am repping very little (clicking buttons syndrome) I give my opponents no credit for hands even though they are showing me they have it. You have to figure too when you have a stationy image, or a spewy aggressive image, no one is really going to be bluffing you, although in your mind you think everyone is.
I guess the best thing to do is try to keep a level head and make the best decision at any given time. If that decision happens to be c/f or folding to a raise 5 times in a row, maybe its the correct play 5 times. It just so happens its 5 times in a row that you need to make that play.
I guess this is part of the learning process in poker. Luckily for me I've bounced back in the last 2 days winning 10 buyins. Hopefully I can keep it up, and stop spewing!

[adrian.alex]

Originally Posted by klamsauce

My biggest problem is when I am running poorly, I try to make too much happen. I start bluff raising at a very high frequency in spots where I am repping very little (clicking buttons syndrome) I give my opponents no credit for hands even though they are showing me they have it. You have to figure too when you have a stationy image, or a spewy aggressive image, no one is really going to be bluffing you, although in your mind you think everyone is.

exactly! same for me. what i'm doing is checking my hands database for spots that make me go on downswing. take a look at a lot of hands, put in a lot of filters to see what is making me going on a losing streak and go from there. avoid that spots not to go to the dark side anymore

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