09-15-2001, 03:21 PM
I need help. I need advice. I need guidance. I am stuck at the breakeven point. People tell me I am a great player. People tell me I have just had some incredible runs of bad luck. Yes, luck comes and goes but if I were a winning player I wouldn't be oscillating around the break even point. I would be going in a predominantly upwards direction. Don't get me wrong, I have had the big upswings to be sure. I have proclaimed myself the King of Poker on a few occasions. I have had month long winning streaks that would make anyone jealous. I tend to think that there is something major that I am missing. I don't know what it would be. I feel like the football player who is good in all aspects of the game but his 40 time is 2/10's of a second too slow. I have studied all I can. I have read at least ten poker books at least ten times each. I understand the situationally dependent nature of the game. I adjust to game conditions. I am selective. I am aggressive. I have the courage to be aggressive even though I don't have the mortal nuts. I can lay down a big hand when warranted. I read hands better than most (judging from the poor plays I see). I only play good draws with a good understanding of pot odds, implied odds, and effective odds. John Feeney would be proud of my ability to not tilt even in it's subtlest forms. I have acccumulated an amazing database of hand histories on PokerStat and have analyzed my play and that of my opponents incessantly. I utilize Turbo Texas Hold'em to run simulations of tricky situations to determine how best to proceed. I have read every post on this forum for the last six months. I have absorbed all information available on the internet (abdul, badger, etc).
Does anyone know the missing ingredient? Has anyone ever been where I am at and gotten over the hump. I am not talking about some newbie who has had one 50 bb downswing and come out of it. I am talking about someone who has lived and breathed poker for a year or more and been up thousands and always gets smacked back down eventually. Someone who has seen cold runs of cards that seem to never end. Someone who knows what it is like to cash out on a weekly basis for a period of time and then have to redeposit eventually. Someone who has had multiple 200+ bb losing streaks and survived them to come out on top again. Someone who has been there and done that and almost quit and eventually put it all together...not just another big upswing but a lifetime of winning poker.
Is there anybody out there?
Does anyone know the missing ingredient? Has anyone ever been where I am at and gotten over the hump. I am not talking about some newbie who has had one 50 bb downswing and come out of it. I am talking about someone who has lived and breathed poker for a year or more and been up thousands and always gets smacked back down eventually. Someone who has seen cold runs of cards that seem to never end. Someone who knows what it is like to cash out on a weekly basis for a period of time and then have to redeposit eventually. Someone who has had multiple 200+ bb losing streaks and survived them to come out on top again. Someone who has been there and done that and almost quit and eventually put it all together...not just another big upswing but a lifetime of winning poker.
Is there anybody out there?