Am I running bad, or just making bad decisions post flop

For the last few days I lost nearly 25$ playing 1/2 cents. I basically lost all the big pots I was involved in. Today, I've got nearly all of my overpairs beaten by sets on the flop, my queens busted by a 10 9 two pair, had my kings beaten by an ace rag and the most recent worth mentioning is getting my top set of queens beaten by a flush when the opponent went all in on the flop with 2 diamonds, I have no problem with the last one though, I had an idea that my opponent might be drawing diamonds, but being a 2:1 favorite I didn't have any second thoughts on calling.

What seems to be my problem is that I think I played my overpairs over the top which in the end cost me the most money. Any chance I can improve in playing these hands?

The rake at the micro limits are nearly unbeatable so the fact that you're losing isn't very surprising. But, (and this is a big but) you lost 12.5 buy ins in 2 days, so, it's probably you. I'm assuming you're a new player? You've got a long row to hoe before things start to click, but in the meantime don't sweat the $25 bucks, consider it an investment. If you were playing in a Casino at a $1/$2 table that lesson might have cost you a couple of grand.

yeah this is very vague. I understand that your hands got cracked but its hard to tell how youre playing if you dont explain the hands in more detail

Yeah, I'm pretty new and as you can see I don't handle tilts well.

I tend to play my overpairs very agressively and avoid going to the flop multi-way as much as possible. My 3-bet range also includes Queens because players at micro's will always 4-bet KK/AA and commonly AK, so I know if I'm beat. What I seem to have a hard time playing is betting my overpair on a ragged flop and getting raised. I end up losing a ton in these situations, so any ideas on improving my overpair plays post-flop?

do you use a hud ? have you got the client set up to save your hand histories. post your hands that you struggled with. Bet until you are raised and then reassess how likely you are to be ahead . if not sure then fold. You aren't likely to be bluff raised at the 2nl.

SwiftHax said:

Yeah, I'm pretty new and as you can see I don't handle tilts well.

I tend to play my overpairs very agressively and avoid going to the flop multi-way as much as possible. My 3-bet range also includes Queens because players at micro's will always 4-bet KK/AA and commonly AK, so I know if I'm beat. What I seem to have a hard time playing is betting my overpair on a ragged flop and getting raised. I end up losing a ton in these situations, so any ideas on improving my overpair plays post-flop?

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What do you mean by aggressively? Overpairs are usually good but I know it can sometimes be tough sussing out the times they're not. There are a few words of advice I can give.

If you get check raised on a low board or a coordinated board then you're probably better off folding the overpair. You're almost always up against 2 pair or better. The thing about overpairs though is that they're usually high cards which are often played OOP (out of position). If this is the case just bet out on the flop and see what happens. It's always easiest to play multiway pots. Players are more timid and thus are more likely to play straight forward so if you get raised and reraised then just fold. Heads up situations are a little more complicated. Players will give your continuation bets less credit which means their raising ranges will be much wider and might include alot of pairs, draws and even some bluffs. What you do with your overpairs is going to depend alot more on your read of the situation and your opponent. You might have to fold of just go into pot control mode, but the one thing you cannot do, especially at low limits, is to fold everytime you get played back at. But by the tone of your post I don't think this is much of a problem for you.

Gotta run. Hope this helps some. GL

Are you following correct BRM? How many hands were these losses over?

Keith_MM said:

do you use a hud ? have you got the client set up to save your hand histories. post your hands that you struggled with. Bet until you are raised and then reassess how likely you are to be ahead . if not sure then fold. You aren't likely to be bluff raised at the 2nl.

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Actually you are. Problem is they dont even know they are bluffing. they think they are betting for value when they overshove second pair on the flop.

akaRobbo said:

Are you following correct BRM? How many hands were these losses over?

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Well, he's playing .01/.02. He certainly can't drop down, can he?

Four Dogs said:

Well, he's playing .01/.02. He certainly can't drop down, can he?

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Nope. But just curious as to what he's deposited as lots of people when they start (me included) deposit as little as possible then get worried when they lose half of it quickly. And im not 100% confident OP knows about BRM if he's lost 12.5 BI in 2 days at .02

SwiftHax, we need a few hand histories in order to spot leaks and help.

Without seeing hand histories....it really sounds like to me that you are married to your hand and are unable to fold. Are you being too aggressive? Are you more worried about what you have rather than what your opponent has? What's the texture of the flop look like? Are you shoving too much? How many in the hand with you? It's one thing to be TAG...it's another to call off your stack with an overpair constantly when you're not even considering the flop.

I deposited a bit over $100 which I think is the correct BR. As I said, there are terrible players in Micro. One of the recent hands I played went like that:

I raise my Aces 8BB pre-flop in the cut-off and get one call from the blinds. The flop is 3c 7c and a King. Nothing to be concerned about. I bet 75% of the pot in hopes of taking it down, but get called. The turn is another King. I take another stab at the pot and get check-raised. I decide to call for pot-control. He checks the river which is a blank and I decide to check back. He shows an A7 and I win the pot.

I like the way you played that hand, AK is a possibility for villain so checking the river down is fine. The trouble with 2NL is that there are so many fish who love seeing flops, that they will call pretty much any raise pre-flop, because they only see it as a few cents and look at it as $ instead of BB. So when you're getting dealt big hands people will be playing any connectors or suited cards with you and this will end up putting more bad beats on you.

I just skipped 2NL after playing for a few thousand hands, I can't stand it. 5NL you actually get some respect for raises and there is less limping. Ill never forget a hand I played at 2NL when I first started. AK beaten by 36 off suit.

At microstake, really hard to read because of many fishes- unpredictable and weird moves.
Situation above, youre not making bad decisions, just running bad.
Think of it, why lose a big hand to a big pot.
Goodluck...

Well, I have improved my play gradually and I've been crushing the micros since. Of course I made a couple of bad plays with overpair, when my shortstacked opponent made his gutshot ace to five on the river and I called his shove and lost $0.40 extra which I obviously could've saved. Also a bad beat when going all-in on pre-flop with KK and lost to QQ.

Other than that I've made a nice profit. What I can't forget though is one player in Micros. Cutoff raise to 6BB I'm on the button with AKs, re-raise to 14BB, the deep staked fish calls. Flop is 334 and the aggressor goes all in. I lay the hand and the fish calls, shows 32s against QQ. So yeah, 3-bet pot and he calls with the worst possible hand.