A bad day's afterthougts

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Joe Czech Republic. Mar 14 2007 19:27. Posts 5987

I just finished a very long session, one of my worst ever. I lost about $4,100 total in the end playing NL400 and NL600 combined. At the peak I was down about $5,500.

Really pretty sick day. I hit like no draw ever, when i had overpair or TPTK, they either folded or when not then they always had a set and mostly it was in a BoB war so pretty inevitable.

Of course I didnt lose all of it just because of bad luck, I also played pretty poorly, which was caused by the constant suckouts. I am trying to think of the factors that made me do some bad plays and analyze what exactly was caused by it and why.

There is one thing that borders me a lot - when I am down and not running good, I always start to make plays here and there without really thinking if they are +EV, I simply just want to win the pots and get some money back no matter what. In almost 100% cases it causes me to lose even more.

I also start to be much more suspicious and when I finally get somewhat a hand, I sometimes tend to call river overbets just because I think they are bluffing me. I would have no problems pitching those hands if I was running good, but during a bad run I often make retardes river calls.

Although I fucking hate this session, I will try to get the best of it and think more about how to avoid doing the retarded mistakes I mentioned while running bad. I really think half of my loses could have been avoided if I played my A-game.

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gawdawaful Canada. Mar 14 2007 19:45. Posts 9012

On March 14 2007 18:27 Joe wrote:

I also start to be much more suspicious and when I finally get somewhat a hand, I sometimes tend to call river overbets just because I think they are bluffing me. I would have no problems pitching those hands if I was running good, but during a bad run I often make retardes river calls.

I am guilty of that too and that tends to balloon my -5BI days to -10 :/

Im only good at poker when I run good

tae-g United States. Mar 14 2007 20:32. Posts 1782

i have had 2 session like this and when it happens it is all i can do not to go busto

Diagonals: oh hai guise wats goin on at this table

Highcard Canada. Mar 14 2007 21:48. Posts 5428

god I hate those days too. Just got to keep your head up and try to tell yourself that only good plays will get your money back.

I have learned from poker that being at the table is not a grind, the grind is living and poker is how I pass the time

Last edit: 14/03/2007 21:49

Critterer United Kingdom. Mar 14 2007 22:35. Posts 5337

On March 14 2007 18:45 gawdawaful wrote:

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On March 14 2007 18:27 Joe wrote:

I also start to be much more suspicious and when I finally get somewhat a hand, I sometimes tend to call river overbets just because I think they are bluffing me. I would have no problems pitching those hands if I was running good, but during a bad run I often make retardes river calls.

I am guilty of that too and that tends to balloon my -5BI days to -10 :/
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