Thanks for advice everyone....some great posts there.
Poker can DO ONE!!!!! (til friday)
Gonna spend some quality time with the family, dig out the old xbox and have a break for a bit. I have got a big test coming up on Thursday as part of my job so I can concentrate on that too.
Not sure what I plan on playing on Friday.....dont even wanna think about it tbh!!!
I wont be on the forum til Friday either so thanks again for the advice and have fun at the tables.
Right, I am back on the tables after my break. Didn't even miss playing really which shows me that having a break was def the right thing to do.
In my work life I passed the practical side of my Trade Test so that was a BIG weight of my shoulders......I could come back to poker with a clear head!
Played a few mtt's to get me back into the swing of things, had a couple of min cashes and was close to a decent cash in the mini BH where I finished 10th (I got my chips in the middle as a big fav AK<AJ so I'm happy with how I played).
Finally sat down for a couple of sessions of the enemy that is cash!!!!! First session was AWFUL and I thought here we go again....I stood up after 90 mins 18quid down.......but I aint giving up, I am determined to become a profitable cash player!!!!!!
Second session went a lot better and I have just finished after managing to claw back the first sessions loss!
So the plan is............FRESH START, stick to 10nl until I can beat it before moving back up and most importantly I want to start enjoying the game again!
As you can see, I am carrying over my losses from before but starting at 10nl as a new start......hopefully I can start to pull myself back into profit...........I WILL BEAT CASH!!! (may not be true)
Right, I am back on the tables after my break. Didn't even miss playing really which shows me that having a break was def the right thing to do. In my work life I passed the practical side of my Trade Test so that was a BIG weight of my shoulders......I could come back to poker with a clear head! Played a few mtt's to get me back into the swing of things, had a couple of min cashes and was close to a decent cash in the mini BH where I finished 10th (I got my chips in the middle as a big fav AK<AJ so I'm happy with how I played). Finally sat down for a couple of sessions of the enemy that is cash!!!!! First session was AWFUL and I thought here we go again....I stood up after 90 mins 18quid down.......but I aint giving up, I am determined to become a profitable cash player!!!!!! Second session went a lot better and I have just finished after managing to claw back the first sessions loss! So the plan is............FRESH START, stick to 10nl until I can beat it before moving back up and most importantly I want to start enjoying the game again! Results: 10nl Profit Today = +£0.72 Overall Profit = +£0.72 Total Profit = -£265.71 As you can see, I am carrying over my losses from before but starting at 10nl as a new start......hopefully I can start to pull myself back into profit...........I WILL BEAT CASH!!! (may not be true) Gl at the tables all Posted by waller02
Joy!! another player ay 10NL taking a seat away from a fish at the table, and just as I'm getting back into cash! lol. Nah good luck mate, and I'll be seeing you at the tables. Posted by Lambert180
I don't think you have anything to worry about.....this thread is just a tale of doom so far. I am rather poor on the cash tables!! lol
Just finished another 2 hour session on the 10nl tables.....another winning one, I haven't had 2 winning sessions in a row for quite some time!!
The only annoying thing about the session was having to move tables a few times due to the tables breaking up, I think I must have logged on just as people were leaving to watch the footy.
Had an enjoyable battle on one of my tables with an unfamiliar name....quite frankly he was awful, literally playing EVERY hand regardless of the action beforehand..........and he was running like god which made it quite a difficult situation for me. I sat there just waiting for a monster to stack him and it finally came when I flopped 2 pair after I had raised pre...got the lot in against his top pair....he hit runner runner straight. I managed to claw a couple of quid back off him and it was fun playing for a change.....I love these kinda duels when playing on the cash tables, just hope he isn't running so hot if we meet again.
Other tables were pretty standard, won a nice pot with KK />QQ.
First time in a couple of weeks where I have genuinely wanted to sit down and play. I'm glad the love for the game seems to be returning
hi Ryan, glad the love is returning. well played mate,different game once the wins return isn't it. keep grinding mate.i'm sure you can get that £251 back and move forwards again. gl dev
hi Ryan, glad the love is returning. well played mate,different game once the wins return isn't it. keep grinding mate.i'm sure you can get that £251 back and move forwards again. gl dev Posted by devonfish5
ty dev....yeah hope i can start clawing some of it back
See you at the tables ;P goodluck with your topic Posted by shaun09
yeah no doubt will bump into you a fair bit in the future.......I think you know who the villain in question is, they were on our table.....took a big pot off me before you arrived
Joy!! another player ay 10NL taking a seat away from a fish at the table, and just as I'm getting back into cash! lol. Nah good luck mate, and I'll be seeing you at the tables. Posted by Lambert180
This is exactly my thoughts reading this - it's already hard enough to find good seats away from people like Tintin, Shaun09 and Lambert!
I also can't help but feel that every time an unamed luckbox is being talked about at these levels, that I must be a potential candidate - my recent bankroll changes have definitely been a result of giving more bad beats than I've taken!
All the very best though OP - I'd envisage that dropping back down to this level will, albeit maybe slowly, see you comfortably regain those losses from higher levels. A lot reads like your timing was just off and you stepped up just at the time the poker gods wanted to turn everything against you.
i don`t post much on your thread but I always read it hows 10nl treating you m8? also you enjoying cash a little more now since dropping down? gl at the tables Posted by liamboi11
yeah enjoying it more as the beats don't sting as much, still got a lot to learn as cash is a lot different to mtts...hopefully i will turn things around
In Response to Re: I'm Back.....Day 20. : This is exactly my thoughts reading this - it's already hard enough to find good seats away from people like Tintin, Shaun09 and Lambert! I also can't help but feel that every time an unamed luckbox is being talked about at these levels, that I must be a potential candidate - my recent bankroll changes have definitely been a result of giving more bad beats than I've taken! All the very best though OP - I'd envisage that dropping back down to this level will, albeit maybe slowly, see you comfortably regain those losses from higher levels. A lot reads like your timing was just off and you stepped up just at the time the poker gods wanted to turn everything against you. Just don't take my money too fast please Posted by shakinaces
lol you aint the unamed luckbox.....your name rings a bell but not sure if i have been on a table with you.
The way things have been going it should be me saying don't take my money too fast to you
walks2311 Small blind £0.05 £0.05 £8.54 waller02 Big blind £0.10 £0.15 £17.38 Your hole cards K A BAGGPUSS Call £0.10 £0.25 £2.13 bannyboy14 Raise £0.30 £0.55 £18.79 yidend Fold sParePart Call £0.30 £0.85 £7.80 walks2311 Fold waller02 Raise £1.20 £2.05 £16.18 BAGGPUSS Fold bannyboy14 Call £1.00 £3.05 £17.79 sParePart Fold Flop 5 Q 8 waller02 Bet £1.70 £4.75 £14.48 bannyboy14 Raise £3.40 £8.15 £14.39 waller02 Call £1.70 £9.85 £12.78 Turn J waller02 Check bannyboy14 Check River 2 waller02 Check bannyboy14 All-in £14.39 £24.24 £0.00 waller02 Fold bannyboy14 Muck bannyboy14 Win £9.11 £9.11 bannyboy14 Return £14.39 ST220 Small blind £0.05 £0.05 £6.27 brotycon Big blind £0.10 £0.15 £21.05 Your hole cards K Q Tirion151 Fold waller02 Raise £0.30 £0.45 £9.53 morg666 Fold ST220 Fold brotycon Raise £0.60 £1.05 £20.45 waller02 Call £0.40 £1.45 £9.13 Flop Q 6 10 brotycon Bet £0.40 £1.85 £20.05 waller02 Call £0.40 £2.25 £8.73 Turn 9 brotycon Bet £0.50 £2.75 £19.55 waller02 Call £0.50 £3.25 £8.23 River 2 brotycon Bet £3.25 £6.50 £16.30 waller02 Call £3.25 £9.75 £4.98 brotycon Show A A waller02 Muck K Q brotycon Win Pair of Aces £9.01 The 2 hands above are the biggest pots that I lost in what was a badly played losing session. As much as it pains me to say I am playing awful poker atm......and still on a major downswing in all formats of the game. It is having a big effect on my play, my confidence is zero. I get my chips in good and I lose, I dont know when I'm beat and I'm chasing without the odds when behind.
I have just had 2 week long breaks, I have dropped down the levels, played less tables, played more tables.........the 2 hands above I rightly lost it was awful poker, but when I play correctly it's still not happening for me.
8 weeks and counting.......how long can downswings last? It wasnt a big losing session but I havent ran deep or ft a tourney for a while either (not surprised if I play hands like the ones above, but I have played well occasionally lol)
I aint moaning or down about it, I still love poker, but it's hard sometimes haha
this sounds familiar look m8 its hard, its depressing,you gotta keep the faith,you got the game,talk to your team mates they give you your confidence back
this sounds familiar look m8 its hard, its depressing,you gotta keep the faith,you got the game,talk to your team mates they give you your confidence back Posted by stokefc
This has to be the most depressing diary ever written haha.
I started it back when I was running good and wanted to start playing cash......I evidently can't play cash and the blooming diary has been a curse!!!!
I have got faith but playing with no confidence is worse than playing drunk imo........bit of a vicious cycle atm, can't win cos I have no confidence.......won't have any confidence til I win........
I'd like to think people going through a downswing can read this and think "oh well at least I aint as bad as him" so maybe there is silver lining to this thread!!!! haha
Oh well, Man City are out of the Champions League and Grimsby are top of the Conference so it aint all doom and gloom
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Poker can DO ONE!!!!! (til friday)
Gonna spend some quality time with the family, dig out the old xbox and have a break for a bit. I have got a big test coming up on Thursday as part of my job so I can concentrate on that too.
Not sure what I plan on playing on Friday.....dont even wanna think about it tbh!!!
I wont be on the forum til Friday either so thanks again for the advice and have fun at the tables.
Right, I am back on the tables after my break. Didn't even miss playing really which shows me that having a break was def the right thing to do.
In my work life I passed the practical side of my Trade Test so that was a BIG weight of my shoulders......I could come back to poker with a clear head!
Played a few mtt's to get me back into the swing of things, had a couple of min cashes and was close to a decent cash in the mini BH where I finished 10th (I got my chips in the middle as a big fav AK<AJ so I'm happy with how I played).
Finally sat down for a couple of sessions of the enemy that is cash!!!!! First session was AWFUL and I thought here we go again....I stood up after 90 mins 18quid down.......but I aint giving up, I am determined to become a profitable cash player!!!!!!
Second session went a lot better and I have just finished after managing to claw back the first sessions loss!
So the plan is............FRESH START, stick to 10nl until I can beat it before moving back up and most importantly I want to start enjoying the game again!
Results:
10nl
Profit Today = +£0.72
Overall Profit = +£0.72
Total Profit = -£265.71
As you can see, I am carrying over my losses from before but starting at 10nl as a new start......hopefully I can start to pull myself back into profit...........I WILL BEAT CASH!!! (may not be true)
Gl at the tables all
Nah good luck mate, and I'll be seeing you at the tables.
The only annoying thing about the session was having to move tables a few times due to the tables breaking up, I think I must have logged on just as people were leaving to watch the footy.
Had an enjoyable battle on one of my tables with an unfamiliar name....quite frankly he was awful, literally playing EVERY hand regardless of the action beforehand..........and he was running like god which made it quite a difficult situation for me. I sat there just waiting for a monster to stack him and it finally came when I flopped 2 pair after I had raised pre...got the lot in against his top pair....he hit runner runner straight. I managed to claw a couple of quid back off him and it was fun playing for a change.....I love these kinda duels when playing on the cash tables, just hope he isn't running so hot if we meet again.
Other tables were pretty standard, won a nice pot with KK />QQ.
First time in a couple of weeks where I have genuinely wanted to sit down and play. I'm glad the love for the game seems to be returning
10nl
Profit Today = +£13.29
Overall Profit = +£14.01
Total Profit = -£251.70
Gl at the tables all
glad the love is returning.
well played mate,different game once the wins return isn't it.
keep grinding mate.i'm sure you can get that £251 back and move forwards again.
gl
dev
I'll get them next time (i hope) lol
I also can't help but feel that every time an unamed luckbox is being talked about at these levels, that I must be a potential candidate - my recent bankroll changes have definitely been a result of giving more bad beats than I've taken!
All the very best though OP - I'd envisage that dropping back down to this level will, albeit maybe slowly, see you comfortably regain those losses from higher levels. A lot reads like your timing was just off and you stepped up just at the time the poker gods wanted to turn everything against you.
Just don't take my money too fast please
gl to you too, see you on the tables
The way things have been going it should be me saying don't take my money too fast to you
ST220 Small blind £0.05 £0.05 £6.27 brotycon Big blind £0.10 £0.15 £21.05 Your hole cards K Q Tirion151 Fold waller02 Raise £0.30 £0.45 £9.53 morg666 Fold ST220 Fold brotycon Raise £0.60 £1.05 £20.45 waller02 Call £0.40 £1.45 £9.13 Flop Q 6 10 brotycon Bet £0.40 £1.85 £20.05 waller02 Call £0.40 £2.25 £8.73 Turn 9 brotycon Bet £0.50 £2.75 £19.55 waller02 Call £0.50 £3.25 £8.23 River 2 brotycon Bet £3.25 £6.50 £16.30 waller02 Call £3.25 £9.75 £4.98 brotycon Show A A waller02 Muck K Q brotycon Win Pair of Aces £9.01
The 2 hands above are the biggest pots that I lost in what was a badly played losing session. As much as it pains me to say I am playing awful poker atm......and still on a major downswing in all formats of the game. It is having a big effect on my play, my confidence is zero. I get my chips in good and I lose, I dont know when I'm beat and I'm chasing without the odds when behind.
I have just had 2 week long breaks, I have dropped down the levels, played less tables, played more tables.........the 2 hands above I rightly lost it was awful poker, but when I play correctly it's still not happening for me.
8 weeks and counting.......how long can downswings last? It wasnt a big losing session but I havent ran deep or ft a tourney for a while either (not surprised if I play hands like the ones above, but I have played well occasionally lol)
I aint moaning or down about it, I still love poker, but it's hard sometimes haha
10nl
Profit Today = -£6.16
Overall Profit = +£7.85
Total Profit = -£257.86
Gl at the tables all
Sorry bout the bold and underlined text but it won't let me change it for some reason
I started it back when I was running good and wanted to start playing cash......I evidently can't play cash and the blooming diary has been a curse!!!!
I have got faith but playing with no confidence is worse than playing drunk imo........bit of a vicious cycle atm, can't win cos I have no confidence.......won't have any confidence til I win........
I'd like to think people going through a downswing can read this and think "oh well at least I aint as bad as him" so maybe there is silver lining to this thread!!!! haha
Oh well, Man City are out of the Champions League and Grimsby are top of the Conference so it aint all doom and gloom