bluffinpete

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Edmonton | Alberta | Canada
August 8, 2010, 3:45 pm

I love to hate micro; I am either on a major downswing or I have regressed back to pre-Outanding poker play.  I don't think it is the first...

Decided to play a bit this morning when I was up at a quarter to hell in the morning.  Damn dogs are like having permanent 3 year olds, they are however, the BEST alarm clock on the planet.  This particular clock doesn't care if it is Saturday or Sunday, it goes off at the same time every morning...anyway, I ramble on

My bankroll is quite low when I took my break a couple of weeks ago, I dropped myself down to the 5NL games until I build back up...there are a lot of gamblers at this level, or at least on my two tables this morning...guys shoving on J2o, it was rediculous and I was playing like one of them and losing

I have to say looking back at the hands I lost my 2 buy ins on; I played both in poor position and one was marginal at best. I played the marginal hand like a total jerk-off and deserved to lose my money. I got tilted and didn't believe the rock to my left, it cost me.  The other hand, there were three of us in the hand, I was pinched between some guy who woke up on the BB on his second hand and the rock who recieved a pair of Jakes, immediately following crushing my previous hand with pocket Aces.  WTF, I get 96o and crappier for 100 hands, this nob gets AA, JJ in a row?  AND on my left?  ON THE SAME TABLE?!?  AAAARRRRGGGHHH!

Anyway, it is evident that I am not in the mindset for the game, and I am certainly not getting cards when I am in a position to do something with them.  My biggest win this morning was a 1.38 with against the rock who couldn't put down his cards; I got lucky on the river and hit my trips...

Time for a trip down video lane and refresh the basics...I really stunk it up this morning...no more play until I have got the mindset for it.  I seem to win lots of small pots (blinds or slightly more) but the big ones, I am getting killed on and my win rate on the small pots isn't high enough to counter the big losses.

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  • cliff48
  • I sympathize Pete, I have a very small roll on one site and play 5NL on it. I see multiple limpers on almost every hand. I play my hands for value only at these games. I played a little yesterday and lost one BI with a straight to the A to a flush which came on the river. I think you have to be very selective on the hands you play and not lead with any type of marginal hands cause you will get called and it is very hard to put anyone on a hand. I noticed one guy who had a very large stack who seemed to only play PPs and AQs+ and that only in position. I think these games need to be played for what they are, BINGO. I believe they can be beat by being very selective and of course getting your share of luck. Cliff
  • atta22
  • Sounds like some patience is required :) It will eventually turn around, just don't tilt and realize that your edge against your opponents occurs when you handle downswings/dead cards better than they do.
  • tedd1154
  • I have watched a lot of the videos on outstanding poker (thank you for improving the quality by the way) and for the most part....the advice is common sense...patientce and position....I always do find a nugget that helps but the biggest help is that watching the videos always seems to settle my game down. I also love it when a player gets pissed that somebody calls a 4x raise with a Q 7 suited and lucks out....in the long run....these guys are the ones that give you money...so show em love...not hate.

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downswing, poor play, bad luck, no cards