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limodude
12-19-2004, 10:53 PM
I have had like 8 losing sessions in a row. I have been analyzing my game and I feel it is pretty tight. This is the type of **** that seems to get me every time. What do I do?

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Preflop: Hero is CO with 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, Hero calls, Button folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, UTG folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB folds, BB calls.

Turn: (4 BB) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls.

River: (6 BB) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 8 BB
Hack
12-19-2004, 10:55 PM
You just deal I guess. You were right to raise the flop for value and the river screwed you. It happens.
Cardzy
12-19-2004, 10:58 PM
Don't play 98s with only 1 caller in front of you? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Everyone has the downswings. Play through it, constantly evaluate your game, and try to adapt to the situations. Best I can do for a general answer to a general question.
mr pink
12-19-2004, 10:58 PM
id want a few more callers in there preflop to get the implied odds up on 89s
Hack
12-19-2004, 10:59 PM
I play 89s from MP with two limpers in a loose game. One is iffy but two is fine in my book.
itsmesteve
12-19-2004, 11:01 PM
search the forums for downswings/vairance. it happens, cards go cold, sometimes for 100s of BBS or 1000s of hands at a time. it sucks, but its reality. just tell yourself that in the wrong run, if you're a winning player, you'll come out ahead. if you're getting frustrated, it may be best to take a break - tilting/playing less than optimally will only make it snowball.
good luck, chin up,
steve
Malcom Reynolds
12-19-2004, 11:12 PM
98s is fine in LP, especially if the limper is a weak player and you also like it if the game is passive. You have suitedness, connectedness, and low-medium high card strength.

You would certainly limp with JTs, probably with T9s, and 98s is fine with position, especially in a passive game.
limodude
12-19-2004, 11:14 PM
Alright cool. Thanks for the advice.