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Bentley540
Enthusiast
Silver Level
This is a rant/a desperate cry for help and I apologise in advance!
I started about a month ago, grinding away at the $0.50 turbo SnG's on PS with a $10 BR. The challenge was simple (or so it seemed), to grind my way up to $75, then move up to $1.50. After a shaky start I ended my first few days down at $4. I read endless articles, watched endless videos and after another week or so I flew up to $40.
Between now and two weeks ago I've lost the whole BR, reloaded 4 times, and lost the lot. It's becoming so frustrating, it's really getting me down, to a point where I just feel like forgetting the game even exists. It's not so much about losing money, I accept that's part of the game, it's more bad beats and all my hard work going to waste. Just tonight I was eliminated on the bubble, I had KK on the button, a guy way ahead of me pushed all in with 5,3o to which I called pre flop, and he won with a 3 of a kind. Again, tonight I was out in 6th place, I had 3 aces after the flop, a guy called my all in with 7.4s and came out on top with a flush, despite the flop being a rainbow. Every night for the past week or two it's been bad beat after bad beat after bad beat. What the hell is going on?!
What strategy works best at these stakes? What books shall I read? What videos can I watch? Does a HUD really help?(I've never been keen, as most are too expensive, and I've had a free trial with Holdem manager 2, and u didn't understand it at all!)
I'm getting desperate, I want to eventually turn pro, I want to be the next Sam Trickett, I want to compete in major live tournaments, but all that seems a lightyear away- please help!
I started about a month ago, grinding away at the $0.50 turbo SnG's on PS with a $10 BR. The challenge was simple (or so it seemed), to grind my way up to $75, then move up to $1.50. After a shaky start I ended my first few days down at $4. I read endless articles, watched endless videos and after another week or so I flew up to $40.
Between now and two weeks ago I've lost the whole BR, reloaded 4 times, and lost the lot. It's becoming so frustrating, it's really getting me down, to a point where I just feel like forgetting the game even exists. It's not so much about losing money, I accept that's part of the game, it's more bad beats and all my hard work going to waste. Just tonight I was eliminated on the bubble, I had KK on the button, a guy way ahead of me pushed all in with 5,3o to which I called pre flop, and he won with a 3 of a kind. Again, tonight I was out in 6th place, I had 3 aces after the flop, a guy called my all in with 7.4s and came out on top with a flush, despite the flop being a rainbow. Every night for the past week or two it's been bad beat after bad beat after bad beat. What the hell is going on?!
What strategy works best at these stakes? What books shall I read? What videos can I watch? Does a HUD really help?(I've never been keen, as most are too expensive, and I've had a free trial with Holdem manager 2, and u didn't understand it at all!)
I'm getting desperate, I want to eventually turn pro, I want to be the next Sam Trickett, I want to compete in major live tournaments, but all that seems a lightyear away- please help!