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Advice for someone on a losing streak
Hey everyone,
I've been playing regularly online for a few months now. About a month ago I read Small Stakes Hold'em. I had always been around a break-even player before then. After reading the book, I went on a massive winning streak for about two weeks and moved to the $1 - 2 tables from the $0.25 - 0.50 tables. Then, the two weeks after that I have been on a massive losing streak. I have lost about half of what I won in the first two weeks. It seems like the only game I can beat these days is the $0.25 - 0.50, which is insane! It seems like all of the pots I win are tiny and everyone folds to me on the flop. Then, the ones I lose are massive and eat all of my profits for the session. For example, I was just playing a $0.50 - 1 table and was up about $10 in about 30 minutes. Then I got pocket 9s and made a set on the flop. So I raised as much as possible since there were no pairs on the board and the flop came rainbow. In the end, I lost all of my winnings for the session because someone made a set of Kings on the river. It's hands like these that are screwing me over here. I tried protecting my hand there, but there was no way he was going to fold his overpair. I'm trying to figure out if I'm doing something wrong, or its just a run of bad luck. I've reread SSH and I think I am playing everything fine. Looking at my stats, I am now averaging winning about 5 out of every 100 pots and am folding about 80% of hands preflop. Any advice? Maybe some questions to find out if I'm doing something stupid. Thanks for any help you guys can give me. |
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Re: Advice for someone on a losing streak
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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Re: Advice for someone on a losing streak
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.
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Re: Advice for someone on a losing streak
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.
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Re: Advice for someone on a losing streak
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.) |
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Re: Advice for someone on a losing streak
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. |
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Re: Advice for someone on a losing streak
Gotcha. I'll see if I can find some where I may have played wrong.
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Re: Advice for someone on a losing streak
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.
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Re: Advice for someone on a losing streak
[ QUOTE ]
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. [/ QUOTE ] 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 |
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Re: Advice for someone on a losing streak
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?
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