Once I get past this I can look back and see how I shouldn’t let myself get discouraged because I HAVE OVERCOME.
I finally got his little ***** a**
I get all emotional about this crap on here but on the table I still remain cold and play my strategy because I know it is going to win in the end. I’m still stuck a ton of money though because of that stupid Omaha hand.
ROLL $75
Ok well that’s it then. Closing out the day. When it doesn’t go it doesn’t go.
I started out really well on some SNGS and cash games. Got up to about 120 again. Thought things would carry on and then hit a major downswing that lasted all of the night. Luckily I was able to get some of the money back that I lost to maniacs all in with something like 95% equity at times. Then I had a good shot at having a monster stack in a MTT and the guy boated up vs my straight on the flop. We are still alive but things are going slower than I thought they would.
Here is the current graph.
I can see that I am losing a ton of money in the small blind. So I am doing something severely wrong and am going to study up on small blind play. I completely ignored the small blind before I learned about squeezing and 3 betting from it and I was just folding it always early in my career unless I had something like AK or AA, which is probably actually not a bad strategy at these stakes where being out of position without the nuts is like pinning the tail on the donkey. I’m pretty sure it comes from 3 betting from the small blind a huge amount and having to fold due to people just flatting and firing off bets with whatevs. But we will adjust. I’m learning a lot about my HUD and different things and the downswing is not knocking me out so I feel confident even though I know I **** a lot. Don’t take it as I’m losing heart far from it actually I know I can’t really lose vs this player pool.
And here is a screenshot of a 600 something hand session from today.
Which shows me as running 7bb per 100 but losing 4 dollars. I guess this is due to rake and the MTT which I put 3 dollars into.END OF DAY 4
BANKROLL $73
NET -$15
Like the effort young man. Was in your shoes years ago and remember the pain. Some advice for you whether you wanna hear it or not. Your bankroll management is not realistic and you are risking going broke whether you play well or not. Variance is the first factor and the second is just the fact that the micros are crazy in general. They are gonna call you with garbage constantly and it will hit for them. The trick is not losing stacks on one pair hands while taking their stacks when you beat their top pair and they can’t fold. Constantly winning small pots in position and not getting involved in marginal hands OOP. Almost never bluffing in big pots on turn or river bc they will call and realizing that you have to fold a lot of big hands when they reraise you big on turn or river bc they almost always have it. I had your same stuggles and my winrate actually skyrocketed when I got up to 25nl when a more GTO and creative style works. But i had to change my style drastically to beat 5 and 10nl in the first place and practice dedicated BR management. I mean like 50 buyins at 5 and 10nl. Seriously. Also, you mentioned being bored playing tight at 4 tables and listening to youtube or whatever. Thats when you need to be watching the action and noting and looking to find the player you can stack with one pair and the player that will stack you with one pair. Looking for the fish and following them. Seeing who is tilting because they just got dunked. Etc etc etc. Its not as easy as opening 4 tables and being a decent player anymore. You have to find every angle possible and stay away from tilting which after reading your posts so far i know you are struggling with. Anyways man keep up the good work and keep your head straight and beat the heck outta 5nl for a while and share that with us. Cheers
@KBEERS775 Awesome, thank you for the advice. Yeah I struggle with tilt more than anything. I know this post probably isn’t that interesting considering it’s 5 NL and I’m not yet beating it. I’m going to update probably weekly from now on. Especially after last night really nothing to say except what you just said I’m getting frustrated and going on tilt. I’m definitely going to take in account what you said about playing them because that’s exactly what’s happening. I’m winning a ton of small pots and losing huge pots to small hands when I bluff big then losing huge pots to my good hands when they have something crazy. Thank you.\
I have a strategy question for you in Zone poker is it better to get it in with QQ KK preflop or just fold to jams? It seems no one is really jamming without it being AA like %90 percent of the time.
DAY 5
BANKROLL 75
Going back to 4 tabling 5NL strickly, like KBEERS said I will beat this for awhile and let you know. I’ll probably make another most 5 or 6 days from now. Chao.
i love to jam.
just need a little hope in the tank and JAM
dont listen to me its bad ev
Ok so I’m taking a step back and going through my biggest losing hands to see where I’m losing.
Here is proof that there is tricky players in the lower stakes as well. So it’s like a minefield of donks with some tricky players stuck in too.
So here do you find a fold? It’s easy to say oh well you obviously should have folded because AJ and KJ beat you and you don’t have the nuts. But I’m also getting 2:1 odds so I only have to be right one out of two. Clearly I should have folded. I made a note to fold hands to shoves that aren’t nutted. Because they’re tricky players at these levels too obviously. He trapped me pretty good this hand by simply calling the flop. The turn is the worst turn for me obviously. And I think I called because of pot odds. Like KBEERS said turn and river raises = they have it. And here if I fold all JX except KJ and JT I’ll be printing money.
Here is a spot where I double barrel. I am usually double barreling all of my big draws then usually check folding the river if I miss, unless I have a good read or blockers then I will bluff the river. I think mathematically this is sound. Your thoughts?
In this particular hand he ended up flatting and leading river with a jam so I folded.Top pair? Folded. Next.
well none of your winnings or beats came from me tonight
but i am hiding from you anyway
u in 5nl i am in 10nl u in 10nl i am in 5nl
; )
man i just call everything it seems and everytime they have it well 90% of the time
i think in micros 10% they dont have it
and in higher stakes it is 90% they dont have it
I go all in with weak aces (I shove on this dude next to me expecting blinds to fold and EVERYONE called)
Lol I sucked out MAJOR. Just winning like 7 dollars feels good rn.
oh
my
ha
i was wondering okay why am i looking at so many turns (all those whole cards)
then i understood
ohhhh
omaha
In zone yes I would agree with that. I don’t play much zone bc it tightens the field up even more and is a cooler fest. It also takes away from my game strategy at lower limits which is to find weaker players, isolate them by raising it up with any playable hand, and out playing them post flop continuously. Almost anyone can learn a decent preflop game quickly but these games are played horrendously post flop, especially when deep stacked. Holdem is a 5 card game and your variance will go down by not continually playing huge pots with only one pair or ace high. I had my run with fast fold games but after thousands of hands from 5nl up to 200nl on zone it always diminished my winrate. I will play zone time to time for fun or a quick fix, but the nature of the game is big hand over big hand and that tilts me lol so i only play it for fun. My normal days are loading up 9 to 12 tables and playing a tight but extremely aggressive game and constantly looking for weaker players to isolate in position and outplay them or even better easily TILT them. Turning a fish into a maniac can be like printing money if you know how to do it lol. Regular hands against unknowns or regs I’m trying to constantly win small pots by watching the blinds and raising/reraising weak tight players but not stacking off with them. In multiway pots you should be trying to make big hands to stack not only the weaker players but all the TAGFISH that are everywhere now who have a hard time folding their overpair when we hit a set or straight. But, only in position. Calling outta the blinds with 78s seems like a good idea but even the best players lose money in the blinds. Position is king, especially in the micros. The other thing which may not be an option till you build a roll but the 10 dollar and up tourneys on all sites are extremely juicy if you can stand the amount of time needed and the variance. That’s where you can really make a big score. But again bankroll management is key my friend. Good luck.
so that is how you were robbing me blind!
Actually, I have only played Zone. You can’t play 9 to 12 tables of regular games, and if that is all tourney, need more skill for regular cash games.
You can’t stalk the fish in cash games. You may be talking about another site, but not this one.
However, the field is soft enough (until you get to 200nl Zone, where you should be up on your gto vs exploitation), you don’t need to worry about stalking. However, a Fish at cash game table won’t sit long enough when on tilt, because they will run out of cash.
You don’t have enough stats, and you don’t know who the regulars are, with anonymous tables.
Just my opinion.
