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WelshGuy22
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hi guys,
I'm currently on a losing streak of 6 games and I can't seem to win a single hand! I've been playing poker for a few months now, but gave it a break for a couple of months (after Full tilt were shutdown) and have recently started playing on pokerstars.
My win/loss ratio is currently 1/2. Based on 21 games, 7 of which I cashed, 14 of which I didn't cash.
My strategy is currently, to play pretty tight to begin with, but aggressively when I feel I have the best hand.
I tend to always raise to 3x the BB when I have a hand in my tight range (depending on my position and who has bet/raised before me), or 4x if there's one limper, 5x if there's 2...etc.
If there are then, no over cards or if I hit on the flop I tend to bet around 3/4's of the pot size. Or, if I'm last to act and someone seems pretty confident in their hand (and they raised pre flop), I tend to fold most of the time, unless I feel they play pretty aggressively or I feel I have a better hand.
I know this is a pretty basic explanation of my strategy, but if anyone could give me advise on whether my strategy is the problem, or it's just variance, that'd be great!
I've included a couple of example hands I've played lately:
Seat 1: Perral2 (1330 in chips)
Seat 2: bipoc (2550 in chips)
Seat 3: Niurtulotspq (1140 in chips)
Seat 4: ME (1440 in chips)
Seat 5: Sedrik555 (1770 in chips)
Seat 6: yr_kat (1430 in chips)
Seat 7: BiG BaBuChOn (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: Aniraf (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Greatrediska (860 in chips)
BiG BaBuChOn: posts small blind 10
Aniraf: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ME [Kd Ks]
Greatrediska: folds
Perral2: calls 20
bipoc: calls 20
Niurtulotspq: folds
ME: raises 80 to 100
Sedrik555: folds
yr_kat: raises 100 to 200
BiG BaBuChOn: calls 190
Aniraf: folds
Perral2: calls 180
bipoc: calls 180
ME: raises 1240 to 1440 and is all-in
yr_kat: folds
BiG BaBuChOn: raises 40 to 1480 and is all-in
Perral2: folds
bipoc: folds
Uncalled bet (40) returned to BiG BaBuChOn
*** FLOP *** [Ts 3c 3d]
*** TURN *** [Ts 3c 3d] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 3c 3d 6c] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BiG BaBuChOn: shows [Kc Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
ME: shows [Kd Ks] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
BiG BaBuChOn collected 3500 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3500 | Rake 0
Board [Ts 3c 3d 6c 9c]
Seat 1: Perral2 folded before Flop
Seat 2: bipoc folded before Flop
Seat 3: Niurtulotspq folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ME showed [Kd Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 5: Sedrik555 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: yr_kat (button) folded before Flop
Seat 7: BiG BaBuChOn (small blind) showed [Kc Ac] and won (3500) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 8: Aniraf (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Greatrediska folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Naklas (6427 in chips)
Seat 4: ME (2569 in chips)
Seat 5: sickman7 (1800 in chips)
Seat 6: conan1914200 (2704 in chips)
conan1914200: posts small blind 100
Naklas: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ME [Ks Kd]
ME: raises 400 to 600
sickman7: folds
conan1914200: folds
Naklas: raises 5827 to 6427 and is all-in
ME: calls 1969 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (3858) returned to Naklas
*** FLOP *** [Ah 6s 7c]
*** TURN *** [Ah 6s 7c] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 6s 7c Qh] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Naklas: shows [7d Ac] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
ME: shows [Ks Kd] (a pair of Kings)
Naklas collected 5238 from pot
ME finished the tournament in 4th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5238 | Rake 0
Board [Ah 6s 7c Qh 8d]
Seat 2: Naklas (big blind) showed [7d Ac] and won (5238) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 4: ME showed [Ks Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: sickman7 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: conan1914200 (small blind) folded before Flop
Thanks in advance guys!
I'm currently on a losing streak of 6 games and I can't seem to win a single hand! I've been playing poker for a few months now, but gave it a break for a couple of months (after Full tilt were shutdown) and have recently started playing on pokerstars.
My win/loss ratio is currently 1/2. Based on 21 games, 7 of which I cashed, 14 of which I didn't cash.
My strategy is currently, to play pretty tight to begin with, but aggressively when I feel I have the best hand.
I tend to always raise to 3x the BB when I have a hand in my tight range (depending on my position and who has bet/raised before me), or 4x if there's one limper, 5x if there's 2...etc.
If there are then, no over cards or if I hit on the flop I tend to bet around 3/4's of the pot size. Or, if I'm last to act and someone seems pretty confident in their hand (and they raised pre flop), I tend to fold most of the time, unless I feel they play pretty aggressively or I feel I have a better hand.
I know this is a pretty basic explanation of my strategy, but if anyone could give me advise on whether my strategy is the problem, or it's just variance, that'd be great!
I've included a couple of example hands I've played lately:
Seat 1: Perral2 (1330 in chips)
Seat 2: bipoc (2550 in chips)
Seat 3: Niurtulotspq (1140 in chips)
Seat 4: ME (1440 in chips)
Seat 5: Sedrik555 (1770 in chips)
Seat 6: yr_kat (1430 in chips)
Seat 7: BiG BaBuChOn (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: Aniraf (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Greatrediska (860 in chips)
BiG BaBuChOn: posts small blind 10
Aniraf: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ME [Kd Ks]
Greatrediska: folds
Perral2: calls 20
bipoc: calls 20
Niurtulotspq: folds
ME: raises 80 to 100
Sedrik555: folds
yr_kat: raises 100 to 200
BiG BaBuChOn: calls 190
Aniraf: folds
Perral2: calls 180
bipoc: calls 180
ME: raises 1240 to 1440 and is all-in
yr_kat: folds
BiG BaBuChOn: raises 40 to 1480 and is all-in
Perral2: folds
bipoc: folds
Uncalled bet (40) returned to BiG BaBuChOn
*** FLOP *** [Ts 3c 3d]
*** TURN *** [Ts 3c 3d] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 3c 3d 6c] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BiG BaBuChOn: shows [Kc Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
ME: shows [Kd Ks] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
BiG BaBuChOn collected 3500 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3500 | Rake 0
Board [Ts 3c 3d 6c 9c]
Seat 1: Perral2 folded before Flop
Seat 2: bipoc folded before Flop
Seat 3: Niurtulotspq folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ME showed [Kd Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 5: Sedrik555 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: yr_kat (button) folded before Flop
Seat 7: BiG BaBuChOn (small blind) showed [Kc Ac] and won (3500) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 8: Aniraf (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Greatrediska folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Naklas (6427 in chips)
Seat 4: ME (2569 in chips)
Seat 5: sickman7 (1800 in chips)
Seat 6: conan1914200 (2704 in chips)
conan1914200: posts small blind 100
Naklas: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ME [Ks Kd]
ME: raises 400 to 600
sickman7: folds
conan1914200: folds
Naklas: raises 5827 to 6427 and is all-in
ME: calls 1969 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (3858) returned to Naklas
*** FLOP *** [Ah 6s 7c]
*** TURN *** [Ah 6s 7c] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 6s 7c Qh] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Naklas: shows [7d Ac] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
ME: shows [Ks Kd] (a pair of Kings)
Naklas collected 5238 from pot
ME finished the tournament in 4th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5238 | Rake 0
Board [Ah 6s 7c Qh 8d]
Seat 2: Naklas (big blind) showed [7d Ac] and won (5238) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 4: ME showed [Ks Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: sickman7 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: conan1914200 (small blind) folded before Flop
Thanks in advance guys!