Advice for someone on a losing streak

[shant]

It sounds like you need to learn about bankroll management, variance, downswings, and other beginner stuff. I would read the beginner forum and search for posts on the topics I listed. You should also stop thinking about poker in sessions, about money amounts won and lost, and about jumping up levels when you are running good.

Ok, I will certainly look up those things. I just don't want to dismiss my losses as "downswings" if it is really my playing that is the problem. You know what I mean? I'd rather discover a playing error now rather than when my bankroll is gone. I make sure to have at least 300 big bets in my account at all times. I believe that is the correct amount.

[shant]

The hand you posted is unavoidable. You are not folding a set, and he's not folding an overpair. If you feel you are playing hands wrong, you should post them. That hand as an example is bad because it is a nothing you could do situation.

Ok, how about this hand. Sorry, I couldn't figure out the hand converter website.

Dealt: AcKc
*** Pre-Flop ***
Player 1: Call ($0.50)
Me: Bet ($1)
Player 3: Fold
Player 4 : Fold
Player 5 : Fold
Player 6 : Fold
Player 7 : Fold
Player 8 : Fold
Small Blind : Call ($0.75)
Big Blind : Call ($0.50)
Player 1 : Call ($0.50)
*** Flop *** : 4c Kd 6s
1 : Check
2 : Check
3 : Check
Me : Bet ($0.50)
1 : Fold
2 : Call ($0.50)
3 : Call ($0.50)
*** Turn *** : [ 4c Kd 6s ] Qc
1 : Check
2 : Check
Me : Bet ($1)
1 : Raise ($2)
2 : Call ($2)
Me : Call ($1)
*** River *** : [ 4c Kd 6s Qc ] 10s
1 : Bet ($1)
2 : Call ($1)
Me : Call ($1)
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $14 | Rake: $0.50
Board: [ 4c Kd 6s Qc 10s ]
Player 1 shows Shows [ Qs Ks ] (two pairs, Kings and Queens.)

You did nothing wrong in the hand you posted, you just got outdrew, like in the set of 9 hand.
Like Shant said, if you're unsure about the way you played certain hands just post them, but don't post hand you knew you played them right and just got outdrew.

Gotcha. I'll see if I can find some where I may have played wrong.

Can't find any to post right now. Although, looking back at some of the hands I played recently I did find a few where I played really badly. So maybe I do need to look at my playing a little.

[kiemo]

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It sounds like you need to learn about bankroll management, variance, downswings, and other beginner stuff. I would read the beginner forum and search for posts on the topics I listed. You should also stop thinking about poker in sessions, about money amounts won and lost, and about jumping up levels when you are running good.

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I was going to add some words of wisdom myself, but I think Shant pretty much sums up exactly what I was going to say and he did it in a much less condescending manner then I would of

What exactly do you mean by bankroll management? I did a search and didn't really find anything. Perhaps someone could point me in the right direction?

[HouseCalls]

This post from a few weeks back is pretty math heavy but the discussion on bankroll management that follows is a good start. Good luck!