WWJD

[stupidsucker]

He will smite you thats what he will do....

Entertaining beat here.

I am BB holding AA with blinds at 150-300.

The guy to my right has been playing like a moron from the get go. He pushes from the SB into my AA.

I decided to be a smart ass for some reason I cant help it sometimes (A leak in my game I think)

I type in "Thank you Jesus" and I promptly call.

He shows TT flops Quads and no one says a word.

Guess thats what I get for being a jackass.

I am in the middle of a rough patch right now, and this about sums it up hehe.. I thought if maybe I could see the entertainment value of it instead of getting tilty it would be better for my game.

[stupidsucker]

The plauge continues.

Im losing left and right to 3 outers all in preflop.

I just cant get anyone to fold anything!!!

Thing is, Im not losing money. I am breaking even over my last 50 games.. Should I even be complaing about it at all then? I just cant seem to get over the edge.

Sorry for the dribble, helps keep me off tilt if I can vent some. I personally hate reading bad beat stories.

[AtlBrvs4Life]

I understand. Same thing seems to be happening to me over and over lately.

[Drunk Bob]

Why do you want them to fold if you have A1 hands.

Possibly you need to work on your post flop skills?

I know this has nothing to do with AA allin preflop,But are you moving in with less often?

[AtlBrvs4Life]

Just finished another joyful game. Tripled up with quad aces early. Second in chips on the bubble with 400 blinds. Get AQo in BB and two people limp. I push expecting two folds. Of course the chip leader calls me with A8s, hits the 8 on the flop and I'm out. Every game is torture lately.

[stupidsucker]

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Why do you want them to fold if you have A1 hands.

Possibly you need to work on your post flop skills?


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At first I couldnt understand why you said this, then I re-read my own post.

I wrote that post after I made a couple of push-semibluffs on some flops. I am very aggressive on the flop and sometimes I get caught. Normally I take down the pot.

Tonight I was getting called on pushes and they would show ace high. One guy called me with Q high no draw. Catch a Q and beat my lower pair.

Yes I want them to fold these hands. I would rather take the pot down then face a race, even if I am slightly ahead.

Anyways. Im killing this thread. It was just for me to vent. I thought the God Quads were funny. I ended the night with a come back 1st place, and now I am up 2 bucks from 2 days ago when I started this bad run, and only down $20 from my peak. I was just being a whiney gutlass pukey poker player that cant even handle an EVEN swing... What am I going to do if I actualy have 2 losing days in a row... OH the HUMANITY!

Im better now.

[lacky]

Just a heads up, you will have MONTHS that are breakeven. I had a down swing at 15/30 and took a shot at $109's and moved back to $55's. So, I have basically not made a dime in 6 weeks. In 10 months of full time I've had two periods like this. Be ready for it. If you read the DavidRoss year long post he talks about it too.

Steve

[durron597]

How can you tell the difference between bad runs and a leak in your game?

[stupidsucker]

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How can you tell the difference between bad runs and a leak in your game?

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This is always a good question. The answer is simple. Everyone should always be looking to plug leaks. As soon as you think your game is perfect without a single pinhole then you are making a mistake. Bad runs happen to everyone including of course winning players. I have no doubt in my mind that some of this could have been avoided due to some leaks. I also feel confident that I am a winning player. WHat to do?... I use PT, and I like to go replay the entire thing, and look for stupid mistakes, over aggression, and I look for the things I did right too. Its hard to be self objective, and sometimes I probably screw that up too.

But some things are easy. Do you think calling all in with my aces from the BB was a leak in my game? In most of my bad runs Its a pushes gone crazy, and I am rarely behind. Its just swings where the other people win races and I dont.

When I get on a bad run I tend to play a little too tight I think. This is a leak in my game I discovered 2 months ago, and I am correcting. I find myself mentaly not as willing to steal when it gets 4-5 handed.

[stupidsucker]

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you will have MONTHS that are breakeven

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I am willing to deal with this, and I am prpared for it with back up $$. but not very prepared for it mentally. I find it hard to believe that if I play 650 SnGs that I will break even. (provided that I am a winning player) If I have a break even game after 650 SnGs then something is wrong with my game.

Acording to Aleos confidence calculater with my stats (after 241 20's) it says that with 95% confidence I will have made between 2k and 6k after playing 650 SnGs.

Swings happen, but UNtil I see a 650 SnG swing to the negative/even then I will remain positive that it would take a fluke. After a year, I might have a swing like that once, but I doubt it. I like SnGs because I feel the swing is much lower then ring games. This isnt the same as playing 15-30. There is a reason that you need 300BBs to play ring games, and a mid level SnG player can get along with 30-50 buy ins as a bankroll.

Someone once tried to tell me that playing SnGs I could have a bad YEAR.