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DeusEx_Machina
Rising Star
Bronze Level
**Cliffs at bottom**
First off, hello to everyone! This will be my first post and I look to make a lot more in the future! I’ve been playing poker since I was around 17 – house games, local shops after hours tourneys and whatnot. Over the past few months I have decided to really buckle down and focus on my game. I was always a winning player in house games so I felt there may be some aptitude there.
I’ve played around 100 hours in live casinos over the past couple of months and am averaging 30-35/hr at 1/2. I feel confident in my live game thus far - still studying my game and learning and staying humble though. Despite this, I seem to be falling short in online play.
I started with a $250 deposit, doubled that really quickly, then busted back down to $200. I’ve been floating between 150-250 now and can’t seem to adjust to change that. It seems like I grind up a few BI’s then bust them in bad beats (usually people catching draws) – rinse and repeat.
I invested in a HUD to further analyze my play (Bovada – Holdem Indicator) and it usually places me as tight aggressive – then will bounce to overplays at times. I’m assuming that is one of my leaks, but I can’t for the life of me figure out exactly what to do about plugging that. I have searched and googled and can’t find anything that gives me an idea on what to do.
I usually bet very aggressively against draws – pot sized bets normally but it seems EVERYONE chases them so over time I win the ones that bust, but since no one seems to fold at these stakes, I seem to lose more often than not. Should I just stop doing this altogether? Or lower my bets?
Anyway, any help/advice would be much appreciated!
Here’s the short version:
Overplaying hands are one of my leaks. There may be others, but I think this is the big one.
I play 25nl 6max mostly - online
My initial deposit isn’t my entire bankroll. I have 100 or so BI’s in all, just still feeling out this online stuff before committing huge.
I don’t really have any examples to give of my play, still working on figuring out all this software – I will try and get a few though if needed.
Does anyone know of any good things to look for to see if I am overplaying? And how to stop that leak?
Thanks again!!!
First off, hello to everyone! This will be my first post and I look to make a lot more in the future! I’ve been playing poker since I was around 17 – house games, local shops after hours tourneys and whatnot. Over the past few months I have decided to really buckle down and focus on my game. I was always a winning player in house games so I felt there may be some aptitude there.
I’ve played around 100 hours in live casinos over the past couple of months and am averaging 30-35/hr at 1/2. I feel confident in my live game thus far - still studying my game and learning and staying humble though. Despite this, I seem to be falling short in online play.
I started with a $250 deposit, doubled that really quickly, then busted back down to $200. I’ve been floating between 150-250 now and can’t seem to adjust to change that. It seems like I grind up a few BI’s then bust them in bad beats (usually people catching draws) – rinse and repeat.
I invested in a HUD to further analyze my play (Bovada – Holdem Indicator) and it usually places me as tight aggressive – then will bounce to overplays at times. I’m assuming that is one of my leaks, but I can’t for the life of me figure out exactly what to do about plugging that. I have searched and googled and can’t find anything that gives me an idea on what to do.
I usually bet very aggressively against draws – pot sized bets normally but it seems EVERYONE chases them so over time I win the ones that bust, but since no one seems to fold at these stakes, I seem to lose more often than not. Should I just stop doing this altogether? Or lower my bets?
Anyway, any help/advice would be much appreciated!
Here’s the short version:
Overplaying hands are one of my leaks. There may be others, but I think this is the big one.
I play 25nl 6max mostly - online
My initial deposit isn’t my entire bankroll. I have 100 or so BI’s in all, just still feeling out this online stuff before committing huge.
I don’t really have any examples to give of my play, still working on figuring out all this software – I will try and get a few though if needed.
Does anyone know of any good things to look for to see if I am overplaying? And how to stop that leak?
Thanks again!!!
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