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napoleono Romania. Jun 10 2013 03:04. Posts 771 | | |
So after having finished my exams and work re-entering the normal course, I thought of investing some more time in the game. It's been going pretty well, 4 tabling NL2 euro tables and after 5k hands I'm sitting at 23bb/100 (will post a graph later, when i get home). However, Im not feeling that great about my game. My winnings are mostly non-showdown ones, because of aggressive 3betting/4betting and aggressive post flop play - it's something around 90% to 10% showdown-winnings. And for like 1.3k-1.5k hands I've been only breaking even (been coolered twice pretty hard, one time in a 200bb pot running into aces with kings).
There are sooo many spots where I'm just having a really hard time deciding what to do. On one hand I like to play aggressive and thats where the winnings come from, but on the other hand, when I get to showdown, my winning% sucks balls. So don't really know what to do. I just fear that once I get to move up stakes, my play can be easily exploited.
Also there are so many hands that I would like to discuss and ask for advice, so if anyone want to help by a review session, I would be more than grateful.  I'm really motivated this time to put in the effort and really succeed in moving up stakes and building a BR.
How do you know when to end a session? Moreover, how do you know when to end a losing session? Do you try to just breakeven once you manage to get back to the original level or you will accept a 1-2-3 BI loss without any problems? What about a winning session? Thing is my play is somewhat affected if I'm down a couple of BI's already and I'm less willing to take risks.
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Trav94 Canada. Jun 10 2013 03:11. Posts 1785 | | |
Well for losing sessions, you can't play until you break even. This sometimes happens, but a lot of the time you end up just blowing even more buy ins. You have to accept a losing session, especially if you played fine and just took some beats. I would suggest quitting after losing 2-3 buy ins, at least that's what I do. |
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If i'm playing bad i'll probably stop a session after dropping 2-3 buyins, if i'm confident in my game i'll keep going, don't let the results effect your play if you're playing solid poker keep playing, if you're starting to gamble to catch a cards to break even then you need to stop. Being up in buy-ins doesn't mean squat if the plays you're making are -EV in the long run. You'll just go busto by making the same choices. |
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napoleono Romania. Jun 10 2013 10:26. Posts 771 | | |
Thing is, I'm playing more scared and not willing to gamble at all when I'm down, making me lose even more (at least that's how I feel).
Anyway, thanks for your input and welcome to LP! |
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Thanks Oh another thing is when you're down a couple buyin try posting some hands on here and get some feedback on your play. You might just be missing some obvious folds like the KK vs AA may of had the early sign like super nit running 8/4 over 300+ hands 3bets you or what not. or you might be missing thin value on some of your other plays like combo draws etc |
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waga United Kingdom. Jun 10 2013 12:46. Posts 2375 | | |
post more hands 
I'm a big rusty when it comes to nlhe but there are a lot of players who will help you |
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| | On June 10 2013 15:25 napoleono wrote:
Running below EV is not that nice.  |
But you're running above EV |
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napoleono Romania. Jun 10 2013 18:23. Posts 771 | | |
Uhm not sure what u mean. Blue line is showdown winnings. light brown is the EV. |
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bigredhoss Cook Islands. Jun 10 2013 18:52. Posts 8648 | | | |
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barbieman Sweden. Jun 10 2013 20:06. Posts 2132 | | |
EV-line = non showdown winnings + showdown winnings with All-in EV.
Green line = non showdown winnings + showdown winnings. |
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napoleono Romania. Jun 11 2013 02:00. Posts 771 | | |
Meh, Im bad. Always thought all-in Ev line (brown), was referring only to the showdown hands. |
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