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Strung
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03-24-2005, 02:57 AM
Post subject: My first downswing/tilty session
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 209
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Well I've encountered my first downswing since I started playing about 2 months ago. I only play small limits right now 10-25c blinds and I lost about $20 today. Not big money but it's amazing how wrong things can go sometimes.
It's frusterating to see your AA trips get sucked out by 34o on the river straight, AQ nut flush flop bounced by a river full house. After it happens a few times you start question hands and fold things/play things you shouldn't. It feels like all good hands that you should be raising end up drawing blanks.... The last 4 AK I got ended up catching NOTHING lol. Anyways, I just needed to vent.
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Demiparadigm
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Party 6 max
Posts: 1,602
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Do you have any hand history examples?
You may be missing something.
Although if you are playing .25/.5 limit, 40BBs is not a major downswing.
It will get much worse. 
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Strung
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 209
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no real hand histories, just some really bad beats and me pushing hands I should of folded after the turn or even the river but I couldn't let go for whatever reason.
Update, I won my first pot in about 1.5 hours!
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Chicago_Kid
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Full House
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: People let me tell you about my best friends...
Posts: 1,132
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Had a similar streak tonight at 1/2. The games are really weak, which causes me to get lazy and laggy. Separate from that suckouts are commonplace...5 min ago some CO guy just called my QQ raise from MP with 34 and hit two pair on the flop. In all after 100 hands, my W$SD was 16%.
I'm trying (with mixed success) to stay disciplined, or variance can go through the roof.
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"Been gone so long, forgot how to poker"
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Demiparadigm
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Party 6 max
Posts: 1,602
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Was it s00ted?
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To win in poker you only need to be one step ahead of your opponents. Two steps may be detrimental.
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jmontis
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Full House
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,296
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that's how limit is sometimes, i 2-tabled .50-1 and .25-.50 games earlier and lost about $30. Every hand I played was just dominated, not much you can do about it
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Gatlin Dan
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Flush
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Wild Bill's Backyard
Posts: 504
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by jmontis
that's how limit is sometimes, i 2-tabled .50-1 and .25-.50 games earlier and lost about $30. Every hand I played was just dominated, not much you can do about it
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Except avoiding easily dominated hands. If you constantly being dominated, even in small games, fold ALL of suit hands to a raise except AK.
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Chicago_Kid
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Full House
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: People let me tell you about my best friends...
Posts: 1,132
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Demiparadigm
Was it s00ted?
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Yes...but he called after 4 folds between he and I. Was like a 55% VPIP'er...it happens.
BTW--I got back up for the night...g00t session afterall.
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