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It's only fitting that my first blog entry comes in the midst of a terrible run of cards for me. A little background - I just started playing 200NL full ring in late January 2007. Before that, I was a micro stakes grinder, but I was a complete nit and I really didn't know how to play.
After plugging some initial leaks in my preflop game, I reached a comfort level with in mid-February. I'm still a very tight player but I'm much more aggressive preflop, especially in position. I proceeded to run fairly good for about a month and a half, making $5300 from mid february to late March. That's pennies to most of you but I have a full time job so my poker time is very limited. I was pretty proud to have made that much money playing a few evenings a week.
Fast forward to April, and I'm running like horseshit. Here's how I have run over the last 2 weeks:
Obviously there has been some bad play in there, but for the most part I'm just getting raped in the big pots by either coolers or horrible beats. Last night, I played a 1500 hand session, and the biggest net $ I won in a hand was $30! I could not flop even middle pair, and I had about 80% of my continuation bets thereafter called or raised, and the only time I had a hand, everyone either folded immediately or woke up with the nuts.
Certainly this latest run is not the end of the world, since it could be a 10-15 buyin downswing that I've heard stories about. And 13K hands is basically nothing over the course of an entire year or whatever. I think the key is to just keep plodding along and try to make the best decisions at all times. At some point, it's gotta turn around.
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just continue playing you will win again |
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Fayth  Canada. Apr 10 2007 10:30. Posts 10085 | | | |
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keuner Germany. Apr 10 2007 11:01. Posts 1535 | | |
u were more aggro?! why the hell there are two terrible lines for the aggro factor xD |
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blunt_smokr United States. Apr 10 2007 11:06. Posts 1314 | | |
i had the same problem with full ring 200nl. those swings u are expeiencing happen a lot especially in full ring. you just have to suck it up and keep playing at ur best. i actually moved down to 6 max for the last couple weeks due to the same problems ur having with full ring so i guess it wouldnt hurt to try 6 max. |
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Roald Tuvalu. Apr 10 2007 11:29. Posts 2683 | | |
thats 3 buyins @ nl200. That is not significant in any way |
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baxteru Romania. Apr 10 2007 14:14. Posts 567 | | |
| | On April 10 2007 08:53 Steve McNair wrote:
Certainly this latest run is not the end of the world, since it could be a 10-15 buyin downswing that I've heard stories about. And 13K hands is basically nothing over the course of an entire year or whatever. I think the key is to just keep plodding along and try to make the best decisions at all times. At some point, it's gotta turn around.
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| | On April 10 2007 10:01 keuner wrote:
u were more aggro?! why the hell there are two terrible lines for the aggro factor xD |
I'm not sure what PF aggression means, but I guess mine is N/A, haha. Either way, I was a total nit like a year ago. |
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Hey McNair! Stop losing money man, you can beat these stakes. |
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| | On April 10 2007 14:31 TalentedTom wrote:
Hey McNair! Stop losing money man, you can beat these stakes. |
Man I hope so...nothing worse than sitting at a table with 5-6 fish and losing large amounts of money. |
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Jelle Belgium. Apr 10 2007 16:22. Posts 3476 | | |
oh so you're steve mcnair! hi, i finally moved up to ur tables (wcgplayer) go easy on me! |
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