real men dont cry? / i need a poker doctor

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rockman255 Canada. May 01 2008 19:05. Posts 4471

i dont know what to do.

i have been on such a long downward spiral that i am constantly questioning my play, unsure of myself and to make matters worse i still truly believe i am getting below average cards.

i went essentially from $930-->$410 in the last 10 days on NL25.

i have assessed that a leak i have is definitely losing alot of money on my medium strength hands, or maybe thats not even a leak because im supposed to bet my pairs and thesee donks call anything. but every single time i have a pair with a good kicker the guy limp calls to the river with the absolute fucking nuts.

here are some hands from today, which i believe half are coolers and bad beats and just unlucky, and the other half are bad plays. so i guess i shouldnt have even finished up. down less though?

i only played 2000 hands today and i am down 3.6 buyins.

i dont think i have hit a single top pair with ak out of like 50 times, and any time i have had a set it instantly folded around to me.

add to that i seem to get repopped massively anytime i raise utg with 99-JJ or some other medium strength hand..

first hand of the day. nut flush flush over straight flush.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436201

next: guy limps ak against my aq. i terribly misplay it, of course

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436209

tpgk against flopped straight passive motherfuck, misplayed again

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436224

tpgk against monster draw, who hits draw, i play perfectly lose the minimum .. i am happy?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436225

i misplay this one, again tpgk against a guy who basically limps his way to the river with a set of queens. yay (case queen hits, by the way)

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436226

i am a payoff wizard with 77 on straight board

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436228

i misplay this 88 overpair on the board, try to get fancy and get raped by aces, however i lose fairly small all things considered?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436234

i flop the monster draw, 2 overcards and flush draw against a guy who tries to slowplay his queens. they hold up, obviously

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436236

i am a payoff wizard again, 2nd pair against full house

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436239

kk v aa, i misplayed it but who gives a shit because i was destined to lose it?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436248

ka v qq, qq holds. duh

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436262

top 2 pair vs top pair ace kicker, he rivers the ace. played properly

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436263

last hand of the day: kk vs short stack who obviously flops a straight

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436274

so, where does it all stop? i am probably playing terribly and these beats are what i perceive as leaks but are actually just completely normal variance?

how the fuck do i deal with a downswing that sets me back this far? i am supposed to go back to nl10 now?

what do i do now?

i realize this is only 2000 hands of recap today, but i have been experiencing this for excess of a week now. i want to slit my wrists every time i play a hand of poker.

i try to be positive. i try. especially with everyone irl telling me poker is non profitable and i am an idiot for trying it.

*sighhhhhhhhhhh*

yes. this is a bad beat post. flame me?

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rockman255 Canada. May 01 2008 19:08. Posts 4471

i forgot the requesite graph.

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acdawg712 United States. May 01 2008 19:22. Posts 2639

next: guy limps ak against my aq. i terribly misplay it, of course

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436209

I think you should cont bet this flop and if raised, fold obv. But if you see the turn, it's tough not to lose even more money than you did. This looks fine as played tho.

tpgk against flopped straight passive motherfuck, misplayed again

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436224

These people are so passive, i dunno, raise/fold turn?
i misplay this one, again tpgk against a guy who basically limps his way to the river with a set of queens. yay (case queen hits, by the way)

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436226

these bets are so small, i don't see how you can fold.

i misplay this 88 overpair on the board, try to get fancy and get raped by aces, however i lose fairly small all things considered?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/436234

As played, i think it is pretty good, but u can raise/fold flop too.

I am a payoff wizard again, 2nd pair against full house

I think you can fold. Air is betting bigger. This is definitely an middle-weak Ace line. I can see why you are so frustrated, these people with such small bets with big hands.

phil hellmuth is genuinely a stupid person and he does not understand poker very well at all - [vital]myth

newbie.cjb United States. May 01 2008 19:36. Posts 3096

lol so many mistakes

my lose is a win. my wins are nothing.

rogier Netherlands. May 01 2008 19:40. Posts 1528

you dont lose 20 bi by coolers only @ micros.

will try to help you by commenting on hands within 12 hours, imma sleep first

collegesucks United States. May 01 2008 20:00. Posts 5780

you should move down if you lose a certain number of buy-ins and see if you can work on your game where it is cheaper to do so

thestoryteller Singapore. May 01 2008 20:05. Posts 319

I used to try not to post bad beats because I thought it was whining. I recently learnt that posting bad beats is a great thing to do because half the bad beats are not really bad beats and people will comment.

Exhilarate United States. May 02 2008 02:41. Posts 5453

yeah i think you're doing something wrong. and if you go on such a bad swing at 25NL,
you should definitely consider dropping back to 10NL, and get properly rolled and confident enough to play again.
honestly i think you moved from 10NL to 25NL too fast?