Losing faith in poker...

Seriously, I have been playing for the last few months and no matter what I do I cannot put together a game long enough to cash big. I've tried everything.

I usually play loose-aggressive then tighten up, I've played super tight and everything but being a jackass.

This is why I am losing faith in poker. *note The last 10 games I've played I cashed once and most times I went out like this.

Full Tilt Poker Game #15500671168: $2 + $0.25 Tournament (113486148), Table 23 - 150/300 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:15:05 ET - 2009/10/22
Seat 1: AJfromQ (13,235)
Seat 2: notorioustlp (2,855)
Seat 4: HipHopStoner (7,910)
Seat 5: ChiefTico13 (2,385), is sitting out
Seat 6: mikeyt408 (17,265)
Seat 7: coyotefighter23 (6,795)
Seat 8: Le Mama (33,115)
Seat 9: bigIoser (9,255)
AJfromQ antes 25
notorioustlp antes 25
HipHopStoner antes 25
ChiefTico13 antes 25
mikeyt408 antes 25
coyotefighter23 antes 25
Le Mama antes 25
bigIoser antes 25
coyotefighter23 posts the small blind of 150
Le Mama posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HipHopStoner [Kd Ks]
bigIoser folds
AJfromQ folds
notorioustlp folds
yokitok sits down
yokitok adds 2,270
HipHopStoner has 15 seconds left to act
HipHopStoner raises to 885
ChiefTico13 folds
mikeyt408 raises to 4,000
coyotefighter23 folds
Le Mama has 15 seconds left to act
Le Mama folds
HipHopStoner raises to 7,885, and is all in
mikeyt408 calls 3,885
HipHopStoner shows [Kd Ks]
mikeyt408 shows [Qd Qs]
*** FLOP *** [Qc Ad Ah]
*** TURN *** [Qc Ad Ah] 8♥
*** RIVER *** [Qc Ad Ah 8h] 8♦
HipHopStoner: omg
HipHopStoner shows two pair, Aces and Kings
mikeyt408 shows a full house, Queens full of Aces
mikeyt408 wins the pot (16,420) with a full house, Queens full of Aces
HipHopStoner: seriously not @@@@ing again.. this is getting old
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 16,420 | Rake 0
Board: [Qc Ad Ah 8h 8d]
Seat 1: AJfromQ folded before the Flop
Seat 2: notorioustlp folded before the Flop
Seat 4: HipHopStoner showed [Kd Ks] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 5: ChiefTico13 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: mikeyt408 (button) showed [Qd Qs] and won (16,420) with a full house, Queens full of Aces
Seat 7: coyotefighter23 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Le Mama (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: bigIoser folded before the Flop



WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO???

You need luck to cash big. You can play perfect and a majority of the time you will not even cash if you are playing for the top few spots (which you should be). MTT's are very very high variance.

Try switching this around? Starting off tight and then loosening up as the blinds get higher is standard, not the other way around.

If you get your money in good a lot of the time, the numbers will even out over the long run. However, even getting it in good all the time doesn't mean you should expect all of your hands to hold up. For example, if you get your money in 80/20 three times, you should only expect all three to hold up roughly half the time. 80/20 holding up a couple times is not standard, it's getting lucky.

we all get bad beats on a regular basis, its part of the game, as long as you know that youre playing well it ll come,

my advice would be to take a break, watch the pros play, read a book, and you ll come back with a renewed confidence

may the poker gods be with you, good luck at the tables

The worst thing you can do is start playing worse because of your streak. Ive seen people go on a down swing and then start playing like a friggin idiot to make things even worse.

Just know. Poker is a cruel game. Only those with thick skin make it deep.

The difference between 81% and 100% can really mind rape people in this silly game. 100% happens everytime, but 81% only happens 4 out of 5 times, which when you think about it is pretty freakin' often. Lots of major league baseball players have batting averages of around 20%. So while its unlikely that ball players will get a hit, they still score several runs in a game. 20% happens a LOT, get used to it.

You will take bad beats. The challange is to look past them (because you cannot control them), and focus on things that you can control. And I'm betting big $ that you've been doing some terrible things that you can control that's limiting your game.

Maybe your trying to hard,, take a day or 2 off,even a week is ok, No poker at all, then start again, you will see a difference,,,, buck

All part of Poker to be honest ... Happens to all of us... Just suck it up and learn off it.

Hi,

First off maybe you should lay off tournaments for a while and play solid steady cash games. If you play ok you should have more winning than losing sessions and it should recharge your enjoyment and confidence.

Tournaments can be a bitch sometimes.....

Also no matter what you do respect sound bankroll managment strategies!!

Hang in there and im sure itl work out...one of the November nine, Kevin Schaeffel told of how he went through an extremely painful and long losing streak despite his best efforts and he was losing way more money than you or I..and look at where he ends up....

GL!!

A lower pp is what 18-19% to beat a higher pocket pair..Its a grind u need to get lucky to cash in any game...Keep playing good patient poker

Alright everyone.. Awesome input I can remember when playing today.

I guess that's just poker. Things should turn around later.