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The_Pup
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hi all - I am new to this forum and inevitably am asking a question about my own game. That said, I hope to do my bit here too.
I reckon to be a half decent player (don't we all!) both live and online, but for the past year of online play (10c/25c and $10 SnG) my bankroll follows the same pattern. When things are 'normal' I'll go from say $200 to $250 in a few days - I'm making good decisions based on the maths of situations and the style of other players. Then I hit a bad run and the bankroll plummets to $170 in one day. I grind it back to $220 and it freefalls to £150 ... and so on.
The bad times involve endless suckouts and bad beats, having my bluffs called by pocket 2s, having second best hand, draws not completing etc etc. The latest beat (that prompted this post) was heads-up holding K9o in BB against a decent player, I called a preflop raise. Flop is K93 rainbow. I shove 4 times pot to represent a steal or semi-bluff (A9 or QJ) hoping for a call with AK, AA, QQ etc. Sure, the villain has KK.
I feel my decisions are situationally good and I just don't know where to look in my game to make the good times withstand the bad or reduce the losses when I get sucked out.
Does this sound familiar? Any ideas?
Thanks - The Pup.
I reckon to be a half decent player (don't we all!) both live and online, but for the past year of online play (10c/25c and $10 SnG) my bankroll follows the same pattern. When things are 'normal' I'll go from say $200 to $250 in a few days - I'm making good decisions based on the maths of situations and the style of other players. Then I hit a bad run and the bankroll plummets to $170 in one day. I grind it back to $220 and it freefalls to £150 ... and so on.
The bad times involve endless suckouts and bad beats, having my bluffs called by pocket 2s, having second best hand, draws not completing etc etc. The latest beat (that prompted this post) was heads-up holding K9o in BB against a decent player, I called a preflop raise. Flop is K93 rainbow. I shove 4 times pot to represent a steal or semi-bluff (A9 or QJ) hoping for a call with AK, AA, QQ etc. Sure, the villain has KK.
I feel my decisions are situationally good and I just don't know where to look in my game to make the good times withstand the bad or reduce the losses when I get sucked out.
Does this sound familiar? Any ideas?
Thanks - The Pup.