Struggles in the new year

[joesbarngrill]

I've been playing 2/4 on Empire since October and have made a solid 2.5BB/100. Recently though I've been struggling and am down in over 5k hands in January. I feel I'm playing well but dont understand why i'm losing. I've even had a decent run of cards but it doesent seem to matter Im allways beat. I dont overplay or under either i feel I play rather strong. I have PT and will post the necessary information to anyone willing to help me. I'd appreciate it thanks.

[DeeJ]

... sample size is small. I play around 5k hands a month - although I'd like to be playing more - and from 11 months in PokerTracker, 8 are up and 3 are down. One of those 3 is less than a single large pot though. My win rate is hovering around 2 BB at 5/10, for what it's worth.

Swings, natural swings. Post some hands you are unsure of and some locals will soon tell you where you screwed up /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[bdk3clash]

It's a swingy game, you'll regularly have 5000-hand stretches where you lose, even if you're a winning player. If you're not a winning player, you'll even more regularly have 5000-hand stretches where you lose.

Don't sweat it, post hands that troubled you, blah blah blah.

[DeeJ]

Happy Birthday bdk3clash (how do you pronounce that anyway? Is this another sfer?)

[sfer]

Someone's now knee-deep into a quarterlife crisis!

Happy B'Day Brah!

[joesbarngrill]

I guess im just questioning my strength at 2/4. Maybe I need to look for better games I'll wait til the 10k mark before I judge. Thanks for opinions.

[bdk3clash]

Thank you.

For what it's worth, I don't think my screen name was ever really intended to be said out loud, but when I sound it out it's BEE-DEE-KAY-THREE-CLASH. This seems intuitive enough to me but you're one of many people that seem to have struggled with its pronunciation.

[sfer]

It's possible, but 5K is really nothing. It could easily be a normal downswing. Don't sweat it unless you notice yourself playing worse.

And post hands. That's the best way to get better.

[bdk3clash]

Seriously, don't sweat it. I'm sure you're fully capable of beating the 2/4 game on Party. As long as you're comfortable playing at those stakes, my advice would be to just ride it out. Different people deal with downswings in different ways, but I say the sooner you get used to playing through them the better. Just play.

[joesbarngrill]

thanks guys I'll start throwing the tough hands out there to get some feedback.