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Conorsr
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hi so I recently started playing online poker and have tried to adopt as much strategy as possible by reading forums etc, understanding position, hand ranges, SPR, pot odds, equity (raw and realised), cbetting, 3betting bankroll etc and feel as though I have a decent general understanding of how to play.
However I seem to be continually loosing and am open to the fact that I most likely have many leaks in my game and a need for a lot of improvement.
When playing micro stakes whether it’s 5/10/25NL, I find that over an average of 50 hands I will fold 35 and with the 15 I play, 7 of them will not see the flop because everyone folds to a 3BB raise so I win like 15c, 5 of them will miss the flop or get mid/bottom pair which I fold to a raise or occasionally cbet if I was the PFR then fold if my hand doesn’t improve on the turn/river and the other 2 hands I will win by hitting the flop and betting for value or cold calling to induce a bluff if I have the nuts/ making a flush draw etc.
Anyone got any advice for me I’m trying to understand why I’m continually loosing even though I’m applying a lot of proper strategy.
Sometimes I do make mistakes due to tilt or loose to bad beats and making possibly silly decisions like calling a shove with AKo or AQs or double/triple barreling IP in an attempt to steal the pot or value bet with TPMK
but a lot of it seems to be micro players who will shove all in with A5o or KJo when I have pocket kings and aces or call through to the river with 73o and hit a set on the turn and river even though I have Top two pair.
This is a rough example of a 10NL session over 3 hours:
Start at $10 fold a few orbits and loose $1 roughly to blinds then open raise a few appropriate hands which all get folded and I win 15c off each hand so back to $10
Open raise a few hands/ call a few open raises and miss the flop and fold to a raise or I cbet a couple IP to steal the pot/ get value if I have draw cards and then miss on turn/river
So down to roughly $7
Fold another couple orbits then open raise and hit on the flop, bet for value and everyone folds , winning roughly $1 each time to back up to $10
3bet a decent hand get a call, then check call to induce bluff or raise for value through to the river and win a couple of pots with house, straight, flush etc when opponent has top pair or two pair etc
Up to $13
I will go sit between roughly $7-15 for the 3 hours then gradually go down possibly because I loosen up my range, cbet semi bluff to much, fold when I know I’m beat, then I will loose big to a bad beat or someone UTG shoving to my 3bet when they have A50 and I have KK and they make a set of 5s
I know I make some mistakes but I think overall they can’t explain what’s going on because I am disciplined, I fold when I don’t have the right odds 80% of the time I play the right hands for each position etc I’m thinking there’s some fundamental flaws happening or is it just variance?? I’m very confused and it’s disheartening
Any advice would be great thank You
However I seem to be continually loosing and am open to the fact that I most likely have many leaks in my game and a need for a lot of improvement.
When playing micro stakes whether it’s 5/10/25NL, I find that over an average of 50 hands I will fold 35 and with the 15 I play, 7 of them will not see the flop because everyone folds to a 3BB raise so I win like 15c, 5 of them will miss the flop or get mid/bottom pair which I fold to a raise or occasionally cbet if I was the PFR then fold if my hand doesn’t improve on the turn/river and the other 2 hands I will win by hitting the flop and betting for value or cold calling to induce a bluff if I have the nuts/ making a flush draw etc.
Anyone got any advice for me I’m trying to understand why I’m continually loosing even though I’m applying a lot of proper strategy.
Sometimes I do make mistakes due to tilt or loose to bad beats and making possibly silly decisions like calling a shove with AKo or AQs or double/triple barreling IP in an attempt to steal the pot or value bet with TPMK
but a lot of it seems to be micro players who will shove all in with A5o or KJo when I have pocket kings and aces or call through to the river with 73o and hit a set on the turn and river even though I have Top two pair.
This is a rough example of a 10NL session over 3 hours:
Start at $10 fold a few orbits and loose $1 roughly to blinds then open raise a few appropriate hands which all get folded and I win 15c off each hand so back to $10
Open raise a few hands/ call a few open raises and miss the flop and fold to a raise or I cbet a couple IP to steal the pot/ get value if I have draw cards and then miss on turn/river
So down to roughly $7
Fold another couple orbits then open raise and hit on the flop, bet for value and everyone folds , winning roughly $1 each time to back up to $10
3bet a decent hand get a call, then check call to induce bluff or raise for value through to the river and win a couple of pots with house, straight, flush etc when opponent has top pair or two pair etc
Up to $13
I will go sit between roughly $7-15 for the 3 hours then gradually go down possibly because I loosen up my range, cbet semi bluff to much, fold when I know I’m beat, then I will loose big to a bad beat or someone UTG shoving to my 3bet when they have A50 and I have KK and they make a set of 5s
I know I make some mistakes but I think overall they can’t explain what’s going on because I am disciplined, I fold when I don’t have the right odds 80% of the time I play the right hands for each position etc I’m thinking there’s some fundamental flaws happening or is it just variance?? I’m very confused and it’s disheartening
Any advice would be great thank You