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Azsharii

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Hi, i have made an introduction thread yesterday telling that i have waste a lot of money on pokerstars by getting bad beats all the time ..
someone told me to do 9 player SnG's.. i like them. Now, i have been reading all night on this forum to get a nice and playable STT strategy that works.
preventing early stage all ins, playing low pocket pair's very carefully just as suited connectors, but again, ..
out of 10 1.50$ SnG's i have been 3th place in 1 of them, outdrawn in every single all in, full house over flush, runner runner 4 of a kind and outdrawn by AK vs AQ couple of times..

I dont know why this keeps happening but i'm really looking forward to a day where i can play solid 'winning' poker tournaments..

Again, if anyone has suggestion on what to play or to do .. you are very welcome ..

Azsharii
 
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You don't know why it keeps happening?

It's called variance..I mean, you really need to try understand how much variance is involved in poker.

Check out my thread, I'm currently on a break even stretch of 1500 games and had a 2500 break even stretch prior to that.

I've literally lost; 50 games in a row without making a single cash and those are in 6max games, not 9man..as you can see even mine isn't "that" bad, there can be much worse.

Entering 100 tournaments doesn't mean if you're a winning playing, that you SHOULD win x-amount. If your lose 100 games, thats just how it goes.
 
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So i guess the fish keep winning by playing 4 9 off suit and j 2 off suit, i'll see how it goes, not giving up tho
 
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You don't know why it keeps happening?

It's called variance..I mean, you really need to try understand how much variance is involved in poker.

Check out my thread, I'm currently on a break even stretch of 1500 games and had a 2500 break even stretch prior to that.

I've literally lost; 50 games in a row without making a single cash and those are in 6max games, not 9man..as you can see even mine isn't "that" bad, there can be much worse.

Entering 100 tournaments doesn't mean if you're a winning playing, that you SHOULD win x-amount. If your lose 100 games, thats just how it goes.

Went all in with 6 9 off suit first hand of a 45 man sng, 3 players called with high pairs and overcards, i win with a flopped straight. for the rest ace deuce wins over kings all the time, well, ty for responding anyway

is that how its supposed to go ?
 
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I get trashed by fish all the time, just got to live with it. I was in the exact same position as you are in now, only difference is I play cash. Thankfully I have improved somewhat and can win often now. Just keep trying and ask for help on here and you are bound to improve, GL at the tables.
 
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I get trashed by fish all the time, just got to live with it. I was in the exact same position as you are in now, only difference is I play cash. Thankfully I have improved somewhat and can win often now. Just keep trying and ask for help on here and you are bound to improve, GL at the tables.

Just starting to think that pokerstars is rigged like many other people think its rigged, i made chromestar in one day and then just boom, well, i'll ask for help when needed, i will find a way to get there and beat thousands of russians like they did to me, no offense tho lol..
 
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So i guess the fish keep winning by playing 4 9 off suit and j 2 off suit, i'll see how it goes, not giving up tho

Define "keep" losing. You're losing sure, but you do realise that any hand pre flop is not a certainty to win? Trust me though; it's not a long term probability.

Went all in with 6 9 off suit first hand of a 45 man sng, 3 players called with high pairs and overcards, i win with a flopped straight. for the rest ace deuce wins over kings all the time, well, ty for responding anyway

is that how its supposed to go ?

Yep. Check out the odds of all hands all-in pre flop; 68off suit has equity still. Just because they all called; doesn't mean your hand is dead.

Just starting to think that pokerstars is rigged like many other people think its rigged, i made chromestar in one day and then just boom, well, i'll ask for help when needed, i will find a way to get there and beat thousands of russians like they did to me, no offense tho lol..

This mentality is what makes you lose. Thinking a site is rigged is laughable. I mean to start with, lets be honest why the hell would they want to rig a game for a micro stake gaming player who pays 10cents in rake? Get a grip.They make millions per year in profits; you honestly think they would rig a game for a micro gaming penny player and risk losing their license and millions of profits all for a few cents? lol.

You thinking making any statues means you run better or should run better? I know super nova elite players who lose money at the tables but still are SNE.

You have played like 10 games, you need to learn varience in the game. If you don't then the only option is to quit playing.
 
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Define "keep" losing. You're losing sure, but you do realise that any hand pre flop is not a certainty to win? Trust me though; it's not a long term probability.



Yep. Check out the odds of all hands all-in pre flop; 68off suit has equity still. Just because they all called; doesn't mean your hand is dead.



This mentality is what makes you lose. Thinking a site is rigged is laughable. I mean to start with, lets be honest why the hell would they want to rig a game for a micro stake gaming player who pays 10cents in rake? Get a grip.They make millions per year in profits; you honestly think they would rig a game for a micro gaming penny player and risk losing their license and millions of profits all for a few cents? lol.

You thinking making any statues means you run better or should run better? I know super nova elite players who lose money at the tables but still are SNE.

You have played like 10 games, you need to learn varience in the game. If you don't then the only option is to quit playing.

Thx for your reply .. i know that the site isnt rigged, i was saying you would almost think it is .. i'll beat the fish one day, lets hope i wont be posting again before i do.
 
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Hi, i have made an introduction thread yesterday telling that i have waste a lot of money on pokerstars by getting bad beats all the time ..
someone told me to do 9 player SnG's.. i like them. Now, i have been reading all night on this forum to get a nice and playable STT strategy that works.
preventing early stage all ins, playing low pocket pair's very carefully just as suited connectors, but again, ..
out of 10 1.50$ SnG's i have been 3th place in 1 of them, outdrawn in every single all in, full house over flush, runner runner 4 of a kind and outdrawn by AK vs AQ couple of times..

Reading a forum for one night is not going to make you a winning player. You still have a very basic strategy by the sounds of it, which is a good start but you're probably way behind a lot of the other players playing the $1.50 SNGs. If you are losing with better hands then it's just variance and you need to play through it, but I think you probably also need to work on your game a lot before you start winning. GL
 
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You're going to have a hard time realizing that you're not the world's most unlucky player if you keep focusing a lot of your attention on hands where opponents won big pots by sucking out on you. Over the long run, when you're say a 3:1 favorite, you wind 3/4 of the time. But if you focus on the 1/4 you lose, you tend to forget the rest, so what's left in your mind is the losses.
 
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Reading a forum for one night is not going to make you a winning player. You still have a very basic strategy by the sounds of it, which is a good start but you're probably way behind a lot of the other players playing the $1.50 SNGs. If you are losing with better hands then it's just variance and you need to play through it, but I think you probably also need to work on your game a lot before you start winning. GL
I'm reading alot on this website, bought a book today at the store, gonna get all the information i can have and learn about my mistakes, while reading the main things i'm going to do is after a tilt quit poker for an hour and do something more relaxing, analyse the bad beats and plays, and just improving my game like everyone says .. any way thx!
 
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On pokerstars only play AA KK AK QQ until the blinds reach 100
 
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Just starting to think that pokerstars is rigged like many other people think its rigged, i made chromestar in one day (!!!??)

On pokerstars only play AA KK AK QQ until the blinds reach 100

Forget about the site and any influence that you may believe it is having on your results.

It isn't.

Once you get past this first stumbling block then you can start to take on some of the very good advice in this thread
 
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Forget about the site and any influence that you may believe it is having on your results.

It isn't.

Once you get past this first stumbling block then you can start to take on some of the very good advice in this thread

Bought a book today that i think is very good, been playing some more and have doubled my bankroll nice and easy .. i'll see where i get by the end of the week, thx for the positive respond!!
 
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