When you don't have the cards.

Do you really have to fold 550,000 times and check your blinds to wait for a playable hand while the blinds leech your roll? Or do you have to force donk bets and rely on your table image to get people to fold? I can't seem to find an answer to slow sessions and/or bad beats. I fold til the wee hours sometimes but I always reach a point where I feel trapped in Nitville and couldn't sell a bluff to save my life. But, I end up doing it anyway if I get something marginal like JA or even a T8o hoping for a straight. And well, it doesn't work out and I feel like spraying the place with an Uzi.

On the other side I have tried being aggressive and have had success stealing blinds and limps but never have any clout when the pots get bigger. So I end up donking it up and losing my roll and then want to spray the place with an Uzi.

Any thoughts would be just neato.

I'm not playing with you live...I don't wanna get sprayed.lol

It's OK, he has to leave it at reception on the way into the casino.

Well first of all you have to be aware that there is something in your
playing style that is causing you to lose constantly. I mean if you keep
loosing your role, the others are winning it so they are playing in a manner
that is better than yours. Now, about folding your hands constantly... this
depends on how many people there are on the table. If its a full table,
then its very important for you to be playing a good hand. The reason for
this is because there are more people playing against you, meaning that
there is a bigger chance of someone on the table having a good hand to
play back at you. So in this case its good to go in the pots only with
premium hands, even if you have to follldd so many hands. Eventually
youll catch something, and youll win a lot of money from the other guys
that just cantttt take waiting... like u are currently. But if you are playing
heads up or with only a few people, you have to start playing more hands
cause by waiting for the premium hands, the blinds would have caused
you to loose a big part of your role, especially since you are becoming
BB and SB more often in a lesshanded table. Hope this helps.

Yeah, this was helpful. I don't mind someone thinking about a tough hand once in a while but man, there are those people who take a few months to decide every time its their bet. If you have 72o at a full ring table the choice is simple (go all in!). No one could possibly have to contemplate every single hand they are dealt. I mean most of the times when I play I either have the cards or I don't and the decision process is instant. I seriously doubt I am alone on this. I just think it should be a courtesy to everyone at the table to keep the game steady so players can stay interested, bet more regularly, and have a chance to win more pots.

I mostly play micro stakes ring games. There is not much room for bluffing at that level since most people seem to be perfectly willing to raise and reraise with ridiculous hands over and over. Good for them if it works but I try not to raise too much unless I can put a lot of pressure on them. This means I tend to throw away a lot of cards.

However, I do not want to give my opponents the impression that I only play premium hands. I will gladly fold twice in a row, but by the 3rd or 4th hand I will make a strong effort to at least see the flop, even if I was dealt some junk like 3 7 offsuit.