In the last week of January, I've dropped 10 BIs for $1000.
January went from being a +$1200 month, to a +$200 month and because I was making withdrawls here and there, this downswing has cost me 1/3rd of my BR. FINALLY today I was able to win a big pot when, for the first time all week, my hand held up. So I was feeling pretty good today.......until this FUCKING shit happened.




PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)

MP1 ($95.50)
MP2 ($59.30)
MP3 ($64.55)
CO ($89.65)
Button ($58)
SB ($133.45)
BB ($66.40)
Hero ($65.50)
UTG+1 ($90.50)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero calls $1, 3 folds, MP3 raises to $2, 3 folds, BB calls $1, Hero raises to $10, MP3 folds, BB calls $8.

Flop: ($22.50) , , (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $15, BB calls $15.

Turn: ($52.50) (2 players)
BB bets $30, Hero raises to $40.5, BB calls $10.50.

River: ($133.50) (2 players)

Final Pot: $133.50

Results in white below:
BB has Qd Kh (one pair, kings).
Hero has Qs Qh (one pair, queens).
Outcome: BB wins $133.50.

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wow thats tough, unlucky just keep riding it out ull win it back.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)

BB ($384.90)
UTG ($114.10)
UTG+1 ($108.65)
MP1 ($97.50)
MP2 ($87.15)
MP3 ($77.60)
CO ($100)
Button ($196.60)
Hero ($68.15)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
4 folds, MP3 calls $1, CO calls $1, 1 fold, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($4) , , (4 players)
Hero bets $2, BB calls $2, MP3 calls $2, CO folds.

Turn: ($10) (3 players)
Hero bets $6, BB calls $6, MP3 folds.

River: ($22) (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $8, Hero calls $8.

Final Pot: $38

Results in white below:
Hero has 7d Qd (flush, queen high).
BB has 5d 2s (straight flush, six high).
Outcome: BB wins $38.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (7 handed)

Hero ($107.05)
BB ($217.10)
UTG ($100)
MP1 ($48)
MP2 ($33.50)
CO ($97.50)
Button ($35.35)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
4 folds, Button raises to $3, Hero raises to $12, 1 fold, Button calls $9.

Flop: ($25) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $24, Button calls $23.35 (All-In).

Turn: ($72.35) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($72.35) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $72.35

Results in white below:
Hero has Qd Qc (one pair, queens).
Button has Kd Ks (three of a kind, kings).
Outcome: Button wins $71.70. Hero wins $0.64.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed)

Hero ($47.25)
Button ($236.20)
SB ($128)
BB ($90)
UTG ($361.55)
UTG+1 ($36)
MP1 ($101.50)
MP2 ($100)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , .
3 folds, MP2 calls $1, Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, SB calls $2.50, 1 fold, MP2 calls $2.

Flop: ($10) , , (3 players)
SB bets $6, MP2 calls $6, Hero raises to $18, SB folds, MP2 raises to $97, Hero calls $26.25 (All-In).

Turn: ($157.25) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($157.25) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $157.25

Results in white below:
MP2 has 2d 2s (three of a kind, twos).
Hero has Ad Ah (one pair, aces).
Outcome: MP2 wins $157.25.

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1st QQ hand: tough luck, good turn push
flush hand: LOL... sucks
other QQ hand: tough luck, you go broke against a guy with $35 in a re raised pot with QQ no matter the flop
AA hand: im raising to $5 here. i use 4bb+1bb/limper.

If you had the choice to overbet or underbet with aces, i would definantly overbet.

you are a good player McJ, absolutely the MOST IMPROVED player since you started posting that i have seen, so hang the fuck in there.

however, I have some advice. If you are going to play ring games, there is absolutely no reason at all for you to be playing on pokerstars. do you have any idea how much you pay in rake?

My advice is to move to either UB or Full tilt and get a rackback deal, you should get around 30%. Rakeback makes running bad hurt soooooo much less.

when i was playing on full tilt it saved me about $1000ish a month.

think about it, GL

Thanks TA. I appreciate the encouragement and could really use it right now.
And maybe you're on to something. I was thinking of moving to a different site anyways just to shake things up a bit. Earning some extra cash could definitely help right now so that just makes the move that much more appealing.

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Agree about the AA hand, raise it to $5.

Definitely move to a site that gets you rakeback. I wouldn't play on stars at all if it wasn't for the great tournament and SNG selection. I play ring games on AP with rakeback, but you have to wait for a SNG and small selection of tournaments.

You thought the AA was bad, check out how bad I donked this one! I thought I'd try mixing up my play a little since nothing seems to be working but once the turn came I froze. The losses are starting to effect me.





PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)

MP1 ($86.75)
MP2 ($52)
MP3 ($70.05)
CO ($106.45)
Button ($128.90)
SB ($96)
BB ($117.50)
Hero ($116.80)
UTG+1 ($44.95)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero calls $1, UTG+1 calls $1, 4 folds, Button calls $1, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($5) , , (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $3, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, Hero calls $3.

Turn: ($11) (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $4, Hero calls $4.

River: ($19) (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks.

Final Pot: $19

Results in white below:
Hero has 8d 8h (three of a kind, eights).
UTG+1 has 9s 9h (straight, nine high).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins $19.

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i cannot play much worse myself, your not the only one

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