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JoeDeertay United States. Nov 18 2007 13:36. Posts 1730 | | |
I'd like to start off by saying that I realize I've just been complaining a lot lately and it is probably pretty annoying, so I'm sorry if that's the case and I'm going to stop starting now.
The last month or so has just been a disaster, ever since taking a shot at 50NL and just getting raped there. This came after running really well at 10NL and especially at 25NL the month before, and I didn't know what I was doing wrong or how to fix it when I started to just lose constantly. I've tried a bunch of different stuff to try and start winning again...switching from FR to 6max, playing less and less tables, then playing a lot of tables and nutpeddling, trying to find easy tourneys and satellites, etc....and nothing has been working. I've just been losing steadily, and since last month my BR has gone from about $1200 to the $145 it is right now.
This whole time I've been trying to find leaks in my game to explain the problem, and I've realized 2 things that really kill me in the longrun: 1) I overthink marginal hands WAY too much and try to be some kind of hero at microstakes, where even if villain's line makes no sense I still think myself to believe they are bluffing and stack off with marginal hands when I know I shouldn't, and 2) once this starts happening during a session, I get myself going on some really bad tilt, and then I just keep playing really bad poker until I've dropped way too many BIs. This didn't happen during my upswing, which probably means I was just running good and not getting in enough of these marginal situations to lose a lot, or I just wasn't playing them as badly as I am now. Either way, I KNOW I never went tilt-monkeying until now, and it really kills anything I win when actually playing well. I don't know what happened to get me on this kind of lifetilt, but I know I'm on it and it has to stop. Even if I really am just running bad over the last month, these issues have really magnified it's effects.
Although these are probably my 2 biggest problems by far, I can't stop myself from doing them even though I know I am. Before every session I tell myself that I am not going to overplay marginal hands or whatever, but then I get caught up in the moment and do it anyway...then when I lose I go on tilt, and the cycle goes again.
I've decided to just take my BR back down to 2NL an start there from scratch. I'm going to try really hard to just take my time and think everything over during all of my hands, and think before putting too much money into a hand where I shouldn't. I'm not going to play tourneys anymore at all, and I'm going to limit myself to just 4 tables going at once. I'm not going to move up aggressively anymore until I am absolutely certain I have mastered my current level and I'm crushing the games there...I'll probably lock myself in until I've played like 50k hands at a particular level and then have to have a certain winrate (like maybe 4-5ptbb+) before even thinking about moving up, regardless of whether I am rolled or not.
I'm also going to increase my BR reqs for moving up certain levels, and progressively increase them as my levels increase. I'll probably have a 30BI rule for microstakes, 40BI rule for low stakes, 50BI rule for midstakes, and 60BI rule for highstakes (if I ever even get there), or something like that. That way a bad session won't hurt (or tilt me) as much.
Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to get all of this out so I can start thinking more clearly about my game and get started. If there is anyone out there who can help me control myself to not overplay all of the marginal situations or help me fix my tilt issues, please message me or something, I'd really appreciate it.
Wish me luck!
P.S. - and also, every post I make on LP form now on other than in my blog will be to try and learn something, not just complain or brag (like posting bad beat HHs in the "Hands" section that are really just standard situations), because I think it's just an annoyance and I don't want everything to just think I'm a dick or something 
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Silver_nz New Zealand. Nov 18 2007 14:14. Posts 5647 | | |
yeah, you'll need to get back to NL2 to rebuild, then give yourself a comfortable bankroll, I think 30 buy-ins is good, and just stop playing when you make your first spewy play. go do something else that you find fun for abou half an hour or so, just to get your mind refreshed |
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newbie.cjb United States. Nov 18 2007 15:24. Posts 3096 | | |
hey man if u need some advice/help just pm me with ur msn/aim info
i can beat those stakes with a decent winrate |
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