i want to give up
Posted by ekdh7
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ekdh7
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i want to give up
is this normal? i want to give up
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Sample size is incredibly small and you are running horribly. Just hang in there and it all evens out (even though it seems like it takes forever for things to even out).
Entitlement tilt
Issues with motivation
Not understanding your skill/variance
Result oriented thinking
(Bit harsh but you can start address those problems)
please post some hand histories for the losses so we can get context, your probably playing it bad pre getting it all in in bad positions + poor postflop play rather than running horribly
yeah, i'm still learning, i hadn't even read a poker book until like a few months ago. how do you think i did on this hand? i don't know if i could fold river, or if i should have changed my sizing anywhere along the way. i thought villain had a K because of his early pfr and called cbet on the flop, but i'm pretty newb, too. that sample size was only from my 13,000 recorded hands.
Yatahay Network - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com
CO: $30.53
BTN: $25.30
SB: $25.05
Hero (BB): $25.00
UTG: $38.00
MP: $25.00
SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has As Ac
fold, MP raises to $0.62, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.82, MP calls $1.20
Flop : ($3.74, 2 players) 5h 6c Ks
Hero bets $1.30, MP calls $1.30
Turn : ($6.34, 2 players) 3d
Hero bets $4.18, MP calls $4.18
River : ($14.70, 2 players) 9d
Hero bets $10.05, MP raises to $17.70 and is all-in, Hero calls $7.65 and is all-in
Hero shows As Ac (One Pair, Aces)
MP shows 7d 8d (Straight, Nine High)
MP wins $47.60
on this hand it looks like betting 130-150% pot or so on turn would have been most effective for both value and protection. i should start doing that.
A few questions to ponder: what do you think about your 3 bet size? Who has the most sets and two pairs on this board? Between different preflop sizing and flop sizing what would that do to turn play and SPR on turn and river?
most of those hands went all in pre. i see only at 5nl AK jams are +ev. and my AK is also tainted by the times i thought jamming with 2 overs + a gutshot was good. i've since learned it's usually not. on this hand i was hoping villain had JT or clubs. and i figured if he had 76 the 4 changed nothing, so his # of winning combos hardly gets any bigger. should i have jammed flop? at least by the turn. jam flops seems good now that i look at it. but i figured i'd just let him bet into me and call down. i was going all in anyway, but i think calling lets him bluff too.
Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com
SB: $10.22
BB: $10.15
UTG: $8.62
Hero (MP): $10.80
CO: $10.92
BTN: $10.94
SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has Kd Kh
fold, Hero raises to $0.25, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.15
Flop : ($0.55, 2 players) 8s 5c 9c
BB checks, Hero bets $0.55, BB raises to $1.70, Hero calls $1.15
Turn : ($3.95, 2 players) 4d
BB bets $2.66, Hero calls $2.66
River : ($9.27, 2 players) Td
BB bets $5.54 and is all-in, Hero calls $5.54
BB shows 9d 5d (Two Pair, Nines and Fives)
(Pre 18%, Flop 74%, Turn 82%)
Hero shows Kd Kh (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 82%, Flop 26%, Turn 18%)
BB wins $19.34
Your bet sizing is ensuring that when stacks go in you have the weaker hand. When we make big bets it only strengthens the range that is calling us…. because only strong hands and draws will call.
i think OTT,if he bet,you should consider folding a big hand.Too many 2pair,set,straight.Apparently in my perspective,the vallian bet OTT is a value bet and your kings may got beaten.Even you called,When he shove OTR,definitely a fold.You made a mistake to not willing to fold a monser hand which have huge equity pre,as well as some fantasy read about your opponent holding a draw,which actually he's not.Just too many straight,set,two pair.
i think this is a straight fold on the flop against most players
i'm not sure if 9max is for me. but i don't know, maybe it is. here i raised pre to capitalize on the dead money with KQ. wwyd?
Yatahay Network - $0.25 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com
MP: $14.29
MP+1: $24.58
Hero (MP+2): $25.00
CO: $6.05
BTN: $26.41
SB: $32.31
BB: $21.21
UTG: $24.00
UTG+1: $34.58
SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25, UTG posts penalty blind $0.25, UTG+1 posts penalty blind $0.25
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.85) Hero has Ks Qc
UTG checks, UTG+1 raises to $0.50, MP calls $0.50, MP+1 calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.45, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, MP+1 calls $1.95
Flop : ($6.50, 2 players) 4h 9d Qh
MP+1 checks, Hero bets $3.95, MP+1 calls $3.95
Turn : ($14.40, 2 players) Kc
MP+1 checks, Hero bets $7.90, MP+1 raises to $18.18 and is all-in
I would be folding this hand pre. KQs fine to 3bet.
That is a quite likely outcome and will happen several times a month if you play professionally. We tend to use the statistical term variance to explain the swings. I'm pretty sure there are many videos on variance in poker here. I know of one recent from Sauce123 I can link.
https://www.runitonce.com/poker-training/videos/ben-sulsky-pro-poker-nlhe-live-play/
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