.......for about 3500 hands


I have just dropped 60 BB over my last 300 hands. (-20 BB/100 for those keeping score at home)

This has been just fucking brutal.

Have I forgotten how to play poker or is this just an inevitable bad run?

I am so messed up right now I have no idea what to do anymore.

Some words of encouragement are sorely needed.

that is nothing man. no worries. you are the man. you own these bitches.

Ant, I've got great news..........








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J/K, I'm sure you know this but.....small sample size , so it can just be a bad run, also... not that there's a huge jump between levels but there's a chance you might be encountering a FEW (not many) better players at your new level that you might not be able to run over as easily. Are they from suckouts, are you not believing you might be beat in hands but calling anyway, etc.? Running bad is a explanation also...check the last page or 2 of the "things that make you go F...." thread, I think it has something to do with the way the planets are aligned right now or something . I was down 75bb within a few sessions on UB...nothing was holding up....KK,QQ and make up almost half of that on that site just to give you an idea...damn river cards. Do what Marm does occasionally take a handfull of your brutal hits and spam the strategy section.

If you're that banged up and you think it's going to affect you, take a little time off till your head clears don't play if you're in the dumps right now. I'm sure others here will have more good advice here to offer... Those are just a few ideas to throw out to you

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Nah you suck, quit now.

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whenever i have a bad swing.. i just repeat these words..

"remember who ur playing against.. fish.. not pros... FISH!"

perserverence my friend.

I'm going to stop referring to them as fish anymore, they are now salmon.

Whats the difference I hear you cry?
Fish swim around and around, Salmon swim upstream against the tide trying to get lucky.

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From truit to salmon, nice upgrade

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I AM a good poker player. I AM a good poker player. I AM a good poker player.

There. That feels much better. Just what the Dr. ordered.


In all honesty this has been a run with some very marginal cards. Some hands I may have taken a bit too far, trying to force things. Tough to resist that temptation.

When I have had a hand, I've run into a monster...example: AK preflop, raised, cold called by button. Flop KKQ. Raising war.....he shows down KQ. I probably should have slowed down at some point, but I just refused to believe I was beat with my best hand in days.

Another time I flopped trips and lost to a straight on river......my own fault for slowplaying the flop. I could have made it two to the guy who drew out on me on a gutshot, but he was such a fish he was calling two anyway.

The hand Pok posted earlier with a wk pr and 4 players is very indiciative ofthe types of spots I've been in a lot lately. I have been playing my marginal hands to weakly, and overplaying my good ones in the face of resistance. I think it's all a prouct of the swing getting into my head.

I need to start fresh and forget about this past week.

This run has knocked me down to 1.5 BB/100 at 25/.50 after running about 10BB/100 for first 1000 at level.

Overall its taken me from 7 to 4.5.

The next good run is right around the corner.

Deal the cards.