genuinely never ending at the moment - its so bad at least I manged to laugh tonight. In the main and mini aa loses to kk on river (chips always going in but the was an air of inevitability) 99 loses to 44 on river (major aggro shoves UTG I have seen earlier shoves with 67 89 etc 20bbs deep) I snap call ... I snap cry almost simultaneously... and again I stress it is not these hands but I cant remember an overpair holding for a week.... my eyes are bleeding Somehow still hanging around in the main
Im almost determined to keep this thread going so that when it finally ends I can come out the other side and have this as a reminder when times get tough again
I am seriously thinking about switching to MTTs though as they are my better game and I seem to get far less irritated.
Also anybody know how matt bates got on in the SCOOP?
I get these bad runs and downswings all the time and start getting all messed up. Switiching over to a different form whether it be switching from cash to sit and gos or MTT, diverting my main game to a different site where the table dynamics are different table dynamics or even playing poker in a different way to texas hold'em. Doing this can allow me to take a break but still continue as a whole new type of game will be into me.
Cash tables themselves are normally where I'll play but throughout this month it's a case of DYMs and MTTs.
Downswings are an inevitable part of playing poker. Try looking at the "worst 100/500" streaks for any player on sharkscope, and you will see what I mean. However, it is in the very nature of a swing that it does turn round.
If I may add to the sensible advice given by others:-
1. Never gamble what you cannot afford to lose-apart from the obvious, you will play sub-optimally 2. Following on from 1, when I hit a downswing I move down in buy-ins for MTTs to regain confidence.
so just to update the downswing continues and is not getting any less brutal more so infact.... Still big pairs get beat (in the crucial pots) and it just feels like a sense of doom every game im playing.
A key example I am sitting on a 5.5k stack with 4 players left in a DYM... blinds 100/200.... fast forward to 400/800 the short stack have survived no less than 8 all ins and I am now in a situation of must call when in the bb... 5/10 hands later im out in 3rd.... things are just not happening for me at all.
I have dropped down stakes just to get some confidence back thinking maybe I have developed leaks but it has been worse... I know when I am playing bad and at the moment I feel on top of my game but my all in EV must be crazy.
Again this is not a rant but the game feels brutal and I may have to put sky to bed for a little while as it is only happening here at present... im not superstitious and I do not think anything is going on I just think I need to leave for a while for my own sanity.
Not sure when I will be back but I guess not to long as this is certaibly my favourite grinding place because of the guys on here + all the great promo's etc Sky do.... I do think they need more recognition for trying to run the site the right way with a lot of the players in mind... unlike a couple of other sites I dont need to mention.
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In the main and mini
aa loses to kk on river (chips always going in but the was an air of inevitability)
99 loses to 44 on river (major aggro shoves UTG I have seen earlier shoves with 67 89 etc 20bbs deep) I snap call ... I snap cry
almost simultaneously... and again I stress it is not these hands but I cant remember an overpair holding for a week.... my eyes are bleeding
Somehow still hanging around in the main
If I may add to the sensible advice given by others:-
1. Never gamble what you cannot afford to lose-apart from the obvious, you will play sub-optimally
2. Following on from 1, when I hit a downswing I move down in buy-ins for MTTs to regain confidence.
GLGL
Phil