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KLa EST
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hello!
I am writing to you hoping you could advise me a bit and ease my soul.
I have a bit strange problem that probably lots of other people also have- I think I'm good at playing poker, but I feel that there is something that I haven't mastered yet, something that keeps me winning in a long run and I just can't figure out what it is.
I have played for several years already, the story is usual- started playing with my friends, then made my first deposit to a poker site (PokerStars) and here I am. Currently I have busted my bankroll of 50 EUR about 10 times straight. I feel really depressed about it, not so much for the money but for the feeling itself, that I'm not able to survive in the field.
First bankrolls I busted making the usual rookie mistakes- playing too high stakes for my bankroll, making too many "optimistic" calls etcetc, but the last ones I feel I can't understand what the problem is. I feel like I'm playing good, solid poker, perhaps few mistakes here and there, that could be avoided by some better player, but in general, I'm still losing in the long run.
I have read poker books, poker forums, other sites for poker strategies, probably have watched every EPT and PCA that is available in YouTube, also cash games like Big Game, yet it seems I'm somehow not able to add all this wisdom to my poker game. And I'm not trying to adapt somebody else's game, more learn from their mistakes and successes, analyze different spots.
I mainly play texas hold'em rebuy MTT-s and both 6-max and 9-max Cash Tables. Sometimes also other games like badugi, razz, 5-card, 2-7 lowball, omaha. The weird part is, that I'm supposed to have the most skill and experience in Hold'em, yet I have never lost money in the other games (of course I don't play them so often and for so long periods as I play hold'em).
Of course bad beats are a big arsenal of my money loss. It seems it's even worse for me than for most of the people (although I think everybody says that). Yesterday I played and lost all-in's TT v AT, KK vs A3, AA vs KK etc. And I lost and lost and lost and lost until half of my bankroll was gone. And if you're going to say, that online poker is rigged, hear this: after that I played with my little brother just for fun and I lost literally ALL of the all-ins he was a huge underdog to: AQ vs Q5, A4 vs 43 and all the else were similar. I'm pretty sure my little bro is not rigged.
And after yesterday I felt so so bad, the worst I have ever felt because of poker.
I know this was a long story and thank you if you took your time to read it through, but my question to you is what should I do next? Is it possible that I'm completely hopeless and should quit playing before I lose any more? I hope you could think of something based on my story Any ideas are welcome.
Thank you in advance!
I am writing to you hoping you could advise me a bit and ease my soul.
I have a bit strange problem that probably lots of other people also have- I think I'm good at playing poker, but I feel that there is something that I haven't mastered yet, something that keeps me winning in a long run and I just can't figure out what it is.
I have played for several years already, the story is usual- started playing with my friends, then made my first deposit to a poker site (PokerStars) and here I am. Currently I have busted my bankroll of 50 EUR about 10 times straight. I feel really depressed about it, not so much for the money but for the feeling itself, that I'm not able to survive in the field.
First bankrolls I busted making the usual rookie mistakes- playing too high stakes for my bankroll, making too many "optimistic" calls etcetc, but the last ones I feel I can't understand what the problem is. I feel like I'm playing good, solid poker, perhaps few mistakes here and there, that could be avoided by some better player, but in general, I'm still losing in the long run.
I have read poker books, poker forums, other sites for poker strategies, probably have watched every EPT and PCA that is available in YouTube, also cash games like Big Game, yet it seems I'm somehow not able to add all this wisdom to my poker game. And I'm not trying to adapt somebody else's game, more learn from their mistakes and successes, analyze different spots.
I mainly play texas hold'em rebuy MTT-s and both 6-max and 9-max Cash Tables. Sometimes also other games like badugi, razz, 5-card, 2-7 lowball, omaha. The weird part is, that I'm supposed to have the most skill and experience in Hold'em, yet I have never lost money in the other games (of course I don't play them so often and for so long periods as I play hold'em).
Of course bad beats are a big arsenal of my money loss. It seems it's even worse for me than for most of the people (although I think everybody says that). Yesterday I played and lost all-in's TT v AT, KK vs A3, AA vs KK etc. And I lost and lost and lost and lost until half of my bankroll was gone. And if you're going to say, that online poker is rigged, hear this: after that I played with my little brother just for fun and I lost literally ALL of the all-ins he was a huge underdog to: AQ vs Q5, A4 vs 43 and all the else were similar. I'm pretty sure my little bro is not rigged.
And after yesterday I felt so so bad, the worst I have ever felt because of poker.
I know this was a long story and thank you if you took your time to read it through, but my question to you is what should I do next? Is it possible that I'm completely hopeless and should quit playing before I lose any more? I hope you could think of something based on my story Any ideas are welcome.
Thank you in advance!