RodneyC86
Visionary
Silver Level
Because I resigned to being a chronic puss. The own age I received at 25 no and then 10np scarred me lol
Seriously though, I will move up... Eventually. Gimme time k?
akaRobbo
Visionary
Silver Level
Init, 2NL is basically play money.
RodneyC86
Visionary
Silver Level
Moved up to 5NL and played 7k hands in total.
As I was afraid of , first 1000 hands I lost 6 buy ins, first 3 was coolerific and another 3 mostly my own fault.
Then I slowly went into degen mode after another 1k hands of shitty attrition going nowhere fast losing another 2 buyins. Well I wasn't really in the mad tilt type and open shoving shit (never) but I was betting in WAY more scare cards on turn (Aces, Kings, 4 to straight, etc) vs anyone with reggy stats . Sick of checking back a lot of bricked turns and look weak. Also started stealing from button 50+%.
I persisted and was actually almost BE after 4k hands. Getting paid off a bit better for made hands and redline actually stayed relatively flat till end of session
In the end, still down 5 buy ins (EV) so lol but certainly better than -8 BI.
Think for now i'll pin this on higher variance play and push on.
Didn't come equipped with 110 BIs for nothing
Most fun I had with NLHE in a while
As I was afraid of , first 1000 hands I lost 6 buy ins, first 3 was coolerific and another 3 mostly my own fault.
Then I slowly went into degen mode after another 1k hands of shitty attrition going nowhere fast losing another 2 buyins. Well I wasn't really in the mad tilt type and open shoving shit (never) but I was betting in WAY more scare cards on turn (Aces, Kings, 4 to straight, etc) vs anyone with reggy stats . Sick of checking back a lot of bricked turns and look weak. Also started stealing from button 50+%.
I persisted and was actually almost BE after 4k hands. Getting paid off a bit better for made hands and redline actually stayed relatively flat till end of session
In the end, still down 5 buy ins (EV) so lol but certainly better than -8 BI.
Think for now i'll pin this on higher variance play and push on.
Didn't come equipped with 110 BIs for nothing
Most fun I had with NLHE in a while
akaRobbo
Visionary
Silver Level
Moved up to 5NL and played 7k hands in total.
As I was afraid of , first 1000 hands I lost 6 buy ins, first 3 was coolerific and another 3 mostly my own fault.
Then I slowly went into degen mode after another 1k hands of shitty attrition going nowhere fast losing another 2 buyins. Well I wasn't really in the mad tilt type and open shoving shit (never) but I was betting in WAY more scare cards on turn (Aces, Kings, 4 to straight, etc) vs anyone with reggy stats . Sick of checking back a lot of bricked turns and look weak. Also started stealing from button 50+%.
I persisted and was actually almost BE after 4k hands. Getting paid off a bit better for made hands and redline actually stayed relatively flat till end of session
In the end, still down 5 buy ins (EV) so lol but certainly better than -8 BI.
Think for now i'll pin this on higher variance play and push on.
Didn't come equipped with 110 BIs for nothing
Most fun I had with NLHE in a while
Lol.
GL, you'll be crushing 5 in no time. DONT TILT
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Weisssound
Rock Star
Silver Level
it very likely means you're over playing too many speculative hands or making marginal calls.
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Ubercroz
Visionary
Silver Level
I guess it really depends on how many hands you have played, and it also depends on variance.
Being down $30 at 4nl doesn't mean anything in and of itself. You could be on the bad side of variance, getting money in good and losing. Or you could be calling in marginal spots too much, or you could be trying to bluff your way out of hands you shouldn't.
I have had multi buy-in downswings over the course of 15k hands. I would love to just say "thats variance!" But the reality is I looked at those spots and I was playing badly too. I played poorly and I got unlucky when I was ahead. I guess I'm saying you can be a "good" poker player and still be "bad." The important thing is to recognize when you are sliding into bad habits, playing less than your best game, and consciously look to make changes to improve your play.
A2345Razz
Legend
Silver Level
If I was a losing player at 4NL over a large sample, yes, i'd assume I was a poor player.
I might quite poker or join a training site....probably the former.
Poker/Cash games aren't for everyone.
RegHC23
Rock Star
Silver Level
I have really looked back at a lot of my plays and I would say that about 35% of them were of my own fault. I will say that 65% of them I was ahead early and then i get my butt rivered when i clearly had the best hand after the turn. Its tough, I mean i guess my issue and i played a lot of hands since then and my problem has been patience. Sticking to the key plays that I should be making has been an issue here lately for some reason. I went for a good month where i played really solidly and saw a profit, but this month I have tanked it totally. I was down 8 dollars on 4NL and then I just got back to my game and cut that 6 dollars in about 45 minutes. I need to be more patient and remember that the good hands are coming and when they do make them work. If they miss especially at 4NL there is no need to get tricky and cbet on a board that a bad player would hit. I have had better luck lately on 10nl. I think that at that level i have concentrated a lot more and played the way that I have taught myself perfectly and not had any issues.