toots babos
ex-tornament grinder
Bronze Level
just wondering peoples thoughts on how to deal with the swings of the game.
i've had a pretty sweet run this past month and have been quite happy with that however now it seems to have all gone tits up as they say.
i find myself getting it in good with the over pair v under pair situation and have come out as the loser and have also got it in with the likes of AK v AQ, AQ v QK, QK v JK etc etc situations and also coming out behind. There are also those games where you are a shortstack yourself pick up a hand that you can not pass up 77+ AT+ etc etc only to be absolutely dominated yourself and not dish out the beat.
I'm not on about 2 or 3 games but more like 100+ games which is all adding up to around an $80 loss which i can shake off easily but it seems my confidence/mood seems to be taking the hardest hit especially when these situations come at crucial times which can either set you up for a super deep run or in some cases stick you in a chiplead position in a sit and go where just 1 win turns it all around.
does any one have any suggestions of how to handle this situation? i feel although i should just plug away and take it but what if a few weeks down the line i'm $200+ down and still everything feels the same?
whilst writing this out here is just one example:
pokerstars Hand #128437512563: Tournament #1096685025, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2015/01/11 9:44:00 WET [2015/01/11 4:44:00 ET]
Table '1096685025 23' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Miss-PokerA (3100 in chips)
Seat 2: MOMisGAY (4580 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: pokerpaul8 (4659 in chips)
Seat 4: toots babos (4060 in chips)
Seat 5: JokepStar (6277 in chips)
Seat 6: MiniMaxRM4 (3656 in chips)
Seat 7: LA CORVO (2955 in chips)
Seat 8: carlos1918a (1921 in chips)
Seat 9: Zavulon III (8438 in chips)
MiniMaxRM4: posts small blind 25
LA CORVO: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toots babos [Kc Kh]
carlos1918a: folds
Zavulon III: folds
Miss-PokerA: folds
MOMisGAY: folds
pokerpaul8: calls 50
toots babos: raises 160 to 210
JokepStar: raises 340 to 550
MiniMaxRM4: folds
LA CORVO: folds
pokerpaul8: calls 500
toots babos: raises 895 to 1445
JokepStar: raises 4832 to 6277 and is all-in
pokerpaul8: folds
toots babos: calls 2615 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2217) returned to JokepStar
*** FLOP *** [5c Jh 4c]
*** TURN *** [5c Jh 4c] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [5c Jh 4c Qh] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
toots babos: shows [Kc Kh] (a pair of Kings)
JokepStar: shows [Qc Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
JokepStar collected 8745 from pot
toots babos finished the tournament in 281st place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8745 | Rake 0
Board [5c Jh 4c Qh 6s]
Seat 1: Miss-PokerA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: MOMisGAY folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pokerpaul8 folded before Flop
Seat 4: toots babos showed [Kc Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: JokepStar (button) showed [Qc Qs] and won (8745) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 6: MiniMaxRM4 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: LA CORVO (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: carlos1918a folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Zavulon III folded before Flop (didn't bet)
i've had a pretty sweet run this past month and have been quite happy with that however now it seems to have all gone tits up as they say.
i find myself getting it in good with the over pair v under pair situation and have come out as the loser and have also got it in with the likes of AK v AQ, AQ v QK, QK v JK etc etc situations and also coming out behind. There are also those games where you are a shortstack yourself pick up a hand that you can not pass up 77+ AT+ etc etc only to be absolutely dominated yourself and not dish out the beat.
I'm not on about 2 or 3 games but more like 100+ games which is all adding up to around an $80 loss which i can shake off easily but it seems my confidence/mood seems to be taking the hardest hit especially when these situations come at crucial times which can either set you up for a super deep run or in some cases stick you in a chiplead position in a sit and go where just 1 win turns it all around.
does any one have any suggestions of how to handle this situation? i feel although i should just plug away and take it but what if a few weeks down the line i'm $200+ down and still everything feels the same?
whilst writing this out here is just one example:
pokerstars Hand #128437512563: Tournament #1096685025, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2015/01/11 9:44:00 WET [2015/01/11 4:44:00 ET]
Table '1096685025 23' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Miss-PokerA (3100 in chips)
Seat 2: MOMisGAY (4580 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: pokerpaul8 (4659 in chips)
Seat 4: toots babos (4060 in chips)
Seat 5: JokepStar (6277 in chips)
Seat 6: MiniMaxRM4 (3656 in chips)
Seat 7: LA CORVO (2955 in chips)
Seat 8: carlos1918a (1921 in chips)
Seat 9: Zavulon III (8438 in chips)
MiniMaxRM4: posts small blind 25
LA CORVO: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toots babos [Kc Kh]
carlos1918a: folds
Zavulon III: folds
Miss-PokerA: folds
MOMisGAY: folds
pokerpaul8: calls 50
toots babos: raises 160 to 210
JokepStar: raises 340 to 550
MiniMaxRM4: folds
LA CORVO: folds
pokerpaul8: calls 500
toots babos: raises 895 to 1445
JokepStar: raises 4832 to 6277 and is all-in
pokerpaul8: folds
toots babos: calls 2615 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2217) returned to JokepStar
*** FLOP *** [5c Jh 4c]
*** TURN *** [5c Jh 4c] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [5c Jh 4c Qh] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
toots babos: shows [Kc Kh] (a pair of Kings)
JokepStar: shows [Qc Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
JokepStar collected 8745 from pot
toots babos finished the tournament in 281st place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8745 | Rake 0
Board [5c Jh 4c Qh 6s]
Seat 1: Miss-PokerA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: MOMisGAY folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pokerpaul8 folded before Flop
Seat 4: toots babos showed [Kc Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: JokepStar (button) showed [Qc Qs] and won (8745) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 6: MiniMaxRM4 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: LA CORVO (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: carlos1918a folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Zavulon III folded before Flop (didn't bet)