This is exactly why I'm suggesting that you start at 2NL and build up a bankroll slowly. If you lost 5 BI at 2NL, you probably wouldn't be smashing your computer screen in frustration because you wouldn't care as much. It's obvious that you're extremely emotional about the money you're playing with, so you need to move down in stakes.[/QUO
I play live at casinos 1-3 for pots as large as 500-1,000$ at a time.
WHY IN THE ****. WOULD I WASTE MY ****ING TIME. PLAYING FOR A ****ING PENNY?????????? GET REAL BUDDY!
F'ing idiot!
Maybe because you have proven and I do not mean this disrespectfully that even thugh you do a lot of work of the tables and also seem to give it 100% you are not as good as you think you are.
You may of just run super hot for the first few weeks/months and now when variance is kicking in you can't handle it.
If you get the money in on the turn as a 65/35 favorite and still loose that pot you should still be happy that you made the correct play.
You seem to be very results orientated which most people including myself where when they first started. I remember the first 15k or so hands I ever played at 4NL and I was winning at something like 20bb/100 and I thought this is so easy I will be crushing 100NL before I know it.
But when variance doesn't go your way yoju just have to learn to deal with it as this is the type of things that happen when playing poker.
@ Matthew Southall's advice it is probably a good idea as even though you are a live pro who crushes it, online is a real different game and also starting small and learning to deal with coolers and bad beats wont hurt as much at 2NL compared to 100NL.
It will also give you s chance to lean proper bankroll management. Even atart at 5NL if your ego wint let you start at 5NL, but if you are struggling to beat 25NL online then you are not as good as you think. You may be better than a lot of others on this forum but smashing yor computer/laptop after loosing a few pots at 35NL is just rediculous.
You have proper online pros who play day in day out and are some of the biggest at the stakes they are playing and they still even have loosing months now and then.
I actually admire your enthusiasm and love for the game but just start of small and build up from there. If you are financially stable then rather than set you goal to become a ~PRO@ just concentrate on learning more and getting better and learning to cope with bad beats, coolers etc.
I only really play up to 10NL at the moment and 0.20-/0.40 8 game on stars but when you have played a lot of online hands say 500k-1m when the bad beats come you just learn to shrug them off as it is just part of poker.
When a fish hits a 4 outer on the river for his gut shot when you have been betting 70% pot each street rather than get mad just think to yourself oh well that might happen 15 times out of a 100 so in the long run I will profit. The fishes/recreational players are what make us money so just be glad that they are still about.
Maybe chill for a few days and come back with some new goals and start a new thread and post some hands and people will be more than happy to help you out.
Don't give up just yet just set some new goals and start again as it is clear you love the game. Have you ever considered switching to mixed games ? They are so much fun you know ans also vert profitable imo.
So stop stressing yourself out, sort your shit out and try again. Hosw many real life pro's have been busto in their life before they had there sponsorship ? Trust me there willbe loads and they are where they are at now because they didn't just give up at the first hurdle they kept rebuilding roll and learning more and it has obviously paid of for them.
What ever you decide to to GL and keep me updated cos I wanna see you turn things round and well bro
