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Hunterholliday
Rising Star
Bronze Level
hey guys,
sorry about the long post, venting more than anything.
im pretty downtrodden and just need to hear from you guys how you deal with these situations, and I really just want to know if this is something that can actually happen to good poker players? or am i just that bad and need to reevaluate my entire process....my resolve is still here to get good at and become a professional poker player, i just cant believe this happens very often can it?
the situation....
ive got a standing bankroll of 25BI' for 25NL
ive been 4 tabling 25NL for a while and feel confident in my ability to beat the limit. so yesterday i tried taking a shot at .25/.50 and was stacked immediately. it was a crappy bluff that i called out, but he sucked out on me. not relavent i guess but it sets the tone as I just KNEW i could beat that table at least, if not the limit. long story short, I end up losing 8 BI at the .25/.50 BI, all as a result of me seeing the plays and just *knowing* i could take advantage. some of the BI's were suck outs when i got the money in good, but most were just me chasing loose draws in an attempt to catch even a mid pair against several of the maniacs at the table. so before any of you crush me for it, I already know, I obviously am not ready to move up to that level yet haha and in retrospect should not have waited 8 BI's to find that out, i got mesmerized by the carrot on the stick of a table playing super loose and super bad.
the part that im worried about is the extremely bad run i went on AFTER i moved back down to my limit. Im definitly a guy who has evaluated that I go on tilt, but Im also a guy whose 'tilt factor' is almost completely gone after a few minutes to an hour. I stopped playing for 3 hours just to be safe as it was such a big hit to my bankroll. so then I went back to work at 25NL. what happened over the course of the next 8 hours really knocked my confidence down and made me question if i have what it takes.
some of the hands that stacked me
-set on the flop to over pair, got the money in on the turn, rivered a set
-flopped a straight vs villain set, all in on the blank turn, rivered fullhouse
-called out a maniacs jam bluff on the flop, he hits two pair by the river
there were a few more like this but the point is clear....i went on a SUPER bad run and it coincided with a big hit i took to my bankroll after trying to move up. ive looked over the important hands that resulted in most of the losses i took back down at the 25NL games and they are all plays that i got the money in good....just wasnt my day. i will be honest and say that the last 2 buy ins were a result of tilt...but at that point i can say it didnt matter... the difference between 2450$ and 2500 dollars not huge ya know?
the point is that in the course of 1 day I had depleted my entire bankroll, something that had taken me about 6 months to buildup. i feel like i hit the "unlucky lottery" and had the worst possible run of hands ever.
has this happened to any of you? i get having generally bad days/weeks/months. but all of it hitting in the course of a 15 hour session is something i never thought of as being able to happen....can any one attest to this?
any critisms or anecdotes you have will make me feel a lot better about me trying to figure out what happened...thanks in advance
sorry about the long post, venting more than anything.
im pretty downtrodden and just need to hear from you guys how you deal with these situations, and I really just want to know if this is something that can actually happen to good poker players? or am i just that bad and need to reevaluate my entire process....my resolve is still here to get good at and become a professional poker player, i just cant believe this happens very often can it?
the situation....
ive got a standing bankroll of 25BI' for 25NL
ive been 4 tabling 25NL for a while and feel confident in my ability to beat the limit. so yesterday i tried taking a shot at .25/.50 and was stacked immediately. it was a crappy bluff that i called out, but he sucked out on me. not relavent i guess but it sets the tone as I just KNEW i could beat that table at least, if not the limit. long story short, I end up losing 8 BI at the .25/.50 BI, all as a result of me seeing the plays and just *knowing* i could take advantage. some of the BI's were suck outs when i got the money in good, but most were just me chasing loose draws in an attempt to catch even a mid pair against several of the maniacs at the table. so before any of you crush me for it, I already know, I obviously am not ready to move up to that level yet haha and in retrospect should not have waited 8 BI's to find that out, i got mesmerized by the carrot on the stick of a table playing super loose and super bad.
the part that im worried about is the extremely bad run i went on AFTER i moved back down to my limit. Im definitly a guy who has evaluated that I go on tilt, but Im also a guy whose 'tilt factor' is almost completely gone after a few minutes to an hour. I stopped playing for 3 hours just to be safe as it was such a big hit to my bankroll. so then I went back to work at 25NL. what happened over the course of the next 8 hours really knocked my confidence down and made me question if i have what it takes.
some of the hands that stacked me
-set on the flop to over pair, got the money in on the turn, rivered a set
-flopped a straight vs villain set, all in on the blank turn, rivered fullhouse
-called out a maniacs jam bluff on the flop, he hits two pair by the river
there were a few more like this but the point is clear....i went on a SUPER bad run and it coincided with a big hit i took to my bankroll after trying to move up. ive looked over the important hands that resulted in most of the losses i took back down at the 25NL games and they are all plays that i got the money in good....just wasnt my day. i will be honest and say that the last 2 buy ins were a result of tilt...but at that point i can say it didnt matter... the difference between 2450$ and 2500 dollars not huge ya know?
the point is that in the course of 1 day I had depleted my entire bankroll, something that had taken me about 6 months to buildup. i feel like i hit the "unlucky lottery" and had the worst possible run of hands ever.
has this happened to any of you? i get having generally bad days/weeks/months. but all of it hitting in the course of a 15 hour session is something i never thought of as being able to happen....can any one attest to this?
any critisms or anecdotes you have will make me feel a lot better about me trying to figure out what happened...thanks in advance