2-4 game blowing me out!!!!!

Jimmy P · #1 06-25-2005, 10:59 PM

i read the books play the game 12 hours a day study study study. but when i take my hundred or two hundred to the casino i always loose it. always to bad beats.i dont think its the way iam playing i think its 5 people are always staying to the river. today was the the worst. 4 bad beats in a row. river after river 4 in a row.it sent me home talking to myself. my says i should quit cuz i never come home a winner.i know i can beat theses guys but how. mabe a couple hundred in a 2-4 game is not enough? i sat today for 7 hours on my hundred and never was up. what should i do? and dont give me the i should quit crap.i really have a passion for this game. there i venten..thanks.....Jimmy [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Sykes · #2 06-25-2005, 11:18 PM

I think you should quit bitching and realize that everyone loses at one point in time. Your swings are going to be high playing this type of game but trust me, this is the game you want to be in. You don't want to be in a game where you can get outplayed in.

Also, you need at minimum $1000 as a bankroll to play in this game.

Jimmy P · #3 06-25-2005, 11:27 PM

with my $1000 you said i need whats the cut off point? do i stop when i loose 100? 200? 300? 800? when do i know were to stop if iam loosing? bitching? mabe a little but more confused. thanks...Jimmy

Greg J · #4 06-25-2005, 11:28 PM

We all have sessions like this. Sometimes we have several such sessions in a row. The more you play poker the more you come to realize this. It's frustrating as hell, but that is the game. In the long run you will win money if you play better than yr opponents (or best them enough to stay ahead of the rake).

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mabe a couple hundred in a 2-4 game is not enough?

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Not to withstand normal variance, no. You need to bone up on bankroll management.

Not to try to analyze you, but (here goes anyway) you came across as a guy that wants to learn about poker, but just isn't there yet. Chances are you are not that good at poker yet. That is okay -- no one is born good at poker. Poker is a lot like other aspects of life: you learn by screwing up.

Jimmy P · #5 06-25-2005, 11:43 PM

good book on bankroll management? i know i can win. i play like a rock when i am suposed to. i play loose in a tight game. i do everything right ( so i think) mabe it is the bank roll thing. or should i move up to 10 -20? or 5-10? thanks for the input..Jimmy

emonrad87 · #6 06-25-2005, 11:49 PM

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i play loose in a tight game.

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Well there's one HUGE mistake youre making. Playing like a rock aint so good either.

Seether · #7 06-25-2005, 11:51 PM

Yeah at 10/20 people stop sucking out on you.

Jimmy P · #8 06-25-2005, 11:52 PM

not tight. just a figure of speech. i play the way the books say to play. and yes if iam in a loose calling station game i will play tighter,or vicea verca.

chesspain · #9 06-25-2005, 11:58 PM

why does it always seem that newbies who suck and complain about bad beats losing to others who chase all way with garbage hands suchas any ace and little pairs also have poor spelling and bad punkuation and dont seem to have a shift key that works?

csuf_gambler · #10 06-26-2005, 12:01 AM

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i play loose in a tight game.

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if iam in a loose calling station game i will play tighter,or vicea verca.

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this is the complete opposite of what you want to do. you need to loosen up in a loose game and tighten up in a tight game. i really don't think you are a winning player.