bad days

Hey all, I understand that by nature of the game things are not always going to go your way. I have been playing since a little after 9 this morning it is now half 2 and the best hand I have gotten was a pair of 4's . This is including hands that I have folded, on two tables. I was wondering how many of you have been through stretches like this and if this is a common occurrence.

Cheers

I've been there.

What's worse is when you wait and wait for a good hand like AKs, and can never pair it, and can't bluff anybody off their hand.

lol, aye thats exactly whats happening, seems to be defying some law of physics or something

ok finally stopped playing, it is now 4, so a total of 7 hrs. and the hand history consists of a pair of 4's, a full house A over 3, and two pair of k's and 3's. I came up with a straight but had already folded. I'm flabbergasted. Is this common, and would it be a better idea to stop playing on days like that and come back another day. I didn't think that was a physical possibility.

Download pokerstove (free) and plug in ranges. It'll give you an idea of frequency expectations for hands.

It's more useful to look at the number of hands you've played than the amount of time - if I went 2 hours without getting a premium hand, something would be seriously weird, since in 2 hours I play 1000 - 1200 hands.

It's worse when you get decent hands like AK, AQ, KQ, etc. and play them but never hit. In this case you lose more money because youe paying to see the flop. I had a bad day today. I was playing a 90 player sng, had KJ flopped J 10 4, guy pushes all-in, I call he has J 10, I sometimes wouldn't call, but this guy was loose an had already been caught bluffing a few times. Then later in a ring game, I have J 8 BB, and see the flop. Flops Q J 8 so I bet the pot and the guy pushes, I call, guy shows Q 10 and rivers a Q. Those days happen though.

that is not worse,the worst is after you wait many hands and you got AK the others hold AA,OMG,i want to die...

You think you are running bad because you played a couple of hours? Since 20 may, i have played 6124 hands at 5nl 6 max, my BB/100 is 0.82 (after winning for more than 20k hands at a 6 BB/100), i got AA 35 times and won (actually lost) -1.11$ my BB/hand being -0.32. AKs 17 times profit -0.23 BB/hand -0.14

Streaks come and go. When faced with runs like this I'll switch to other sites and/or games (e.g., SnG, MTT, forum tourneys). Just don't tilt because the cards are bad!

I completly understand and all of us go through it. I have come to the conclusion that no matter what cards I get it is always my decision with them that determines the outcome. All of us know when we are struggling in a session. Be aware and sensitive to that cuz it hits all of us. Continue to be patient and make the right decisions when to fold.

i ai am still running really "hot". this is the 3rd day in a row things are going really good, got AA 8 times today, and i lost a total of 3.58$ on all of them, here are 2 of them:

Dude is running vpip 54, pr17, af 55
Hand #44461357666 begins at 2010/05/22
Dealing down cards
Dealt to Alcoholu [Ac As]
Dhinihan posts the small blind of $0.02
MariëtteQ posts the big blind of $0.05
Alcoholu raises to $0.20.
Kamchess calls $0.20.
porky64 folds.
IIJonasII folds.
Dhinihan folds.
MariëtteQ folds.
Dealing Flop [8c Qc 5c]
Alcoholu bets $0.40.
Kamchess calls $0.40.
Dealing Turn 6♣
Alcoholu checks.
Kamchess bets $0.35.
Alcoholu calls $0.35.
Dealing River Q♠
Alcoholu bets $5.79, and is all-in.
Kamchess calls $5.79.
Alcoholu shows [Ac As]
Alcoholu has Flush, Ace High
Kamchess shows [Qh 6h]
Kamchess has Full House, Queens full of Sixes
Kamchess wins $12.90

AA nr 2: this guy was pretty tight, so i check down on the river
Hand #44425370893 begins at 2010/05/22
Dealing down cards
Dealt to Alcoholu [Ad Ah]
enricof18 posts the small blind of $0.02
fisz_20 posts the big blind of $0.05
Alcoholu raises to $0.20.
Diogo Rego folds.
Bellérophon calls $0.20.
pokergagnant folds.
enricof18 folds.
fisz_20 folds.
Dealing Flop [Qh 7c Qs]
Alcoholu bets $0.35.
Bellérophon calls $0.35.
Dealing Turn 9♣
Alcoholu bets $0.90.
Bellérophon calls $0.90.
Dealing River 5♦
Alcoholu checks.
Bellérophon bets $1.55.
Alcoholu calls $1.55.
Bellérophon shows [Qd Kd]
Bellérophon has Three of a Kind, Queens
Bellérophon wins $5.82


OK lets see some KK. got it 8 times today, profit -3.37$, 2 times i made 1.5$, 4 times everyone folded and here are the other 2.
Dude Vp 54, pr 23, af 75
Hand #44461417656 begins at 2010/05/22
Dealing down cards
Dealt to Alcoholu [Ks Kc]
K-FORTUNE.A posts the small blind of $0.02
Alcoholu posts the big blind of $0.05
LUPUS92 folds.
boco_chocobo folds.
l00k3d folds.
Jenna3333 calls $0.05.
K-FORTUNE.A calls $0.03.
Alcoholu raises to $0.25.
Jenna3333 calls $0.20.
K-FORTUNE.A folds.
Dealing Flop [9s 6c Jc]
Alcoholu bets $0.45.
Jenna3333 calls $0.45.
Dealing Turn 7♦
Alcoholu bets $1.25.
Jenna3333 calls $1.25.
Dealing River 8♠
Alcoholu checks.
Jenna3333 bets $1.35, and is all-in.
Alcoholu calls $1.35.
Alcoholu shows [Ks Kc]
Alcoholu has One Pair, Kings
Jenna3333 shows [5c Tc]
Jenna3333 has Straight, Jack High
Jenna3333 wins $6.35

Hand nr 2
Hand #44426187073 begins at 2010/05/22
Dealing down cards
Dealt to Alcoholu [Kc Kh]
91niels91 posts the small blind of $0.02
NanDuuuu posts the big blind of $0.05
jondzjuh calls $0.05.
mr.insta calls $0.05.
chegui11 folds.
Alcoholu raises to $0.30.
91niels91 folds.
NanDuuuu calls $0.25.
jondzjuh calls $0.25.
mr.insta calls $0.25.
Dealing Flop [6h 3d 8c]
NanDuuuu bets $0.40.
jondzjuh folds.
mr.insta folds.
Alcoholu raises to $1.35.
NanDuuuu calls $0.95.
Dealing Turn A♠
NanDuuuu bets $0.80.
Alcoholu calls $0.80.
Dealing River 9♣
NanDuuuu bets $2.
Alcoholu calls $2.
NanDuuuu shows [9s 8s]
NanDuuuu has Two Pair, Nines and Eights
NanDuuuu wins $9.07

Ok so it sounds like this is a fairly common occurrence, and shouldn't get discouraged by it. Today is a new day!

Found another discouraging play. All day you are getting junk hands, and FINALLY you get AA. Of course it's in the big blind, and everybody folds to you, and you only pick up the small blind. I hate when that happens!

lol had a bit of that today

Cards are gonna be bad at times, and theres no time to wait, play weak cards aggressively out of good position. Thats just a guess.