Getting Destroyed at NL5 SH - Need Help!

OK, thanks for all of the advice... I'll put it in to practice at NL2 SH and see what happens.

I think my biggest problem is pushing bluffs too far or firing that 3rd barrell when I've not hit my 8+ out draw. Whenever I show down TPGK I seem to be running in to 2 pair or better and another thing is being called all the way to the river just for villain to find just the card they needed... of course then they shove and I'm too much of a donk to let go of my 2nd best holding

pushing bluffs too far ties in with your high aggression frequency,but maybe you should be questioning if you are bluffing too much. Bet sizing may be a problem as well but you'll need to post hands . If you're getting raised on the turn or river you need a good reason to be continuing with the hand , top pair usually isnt a good enough reason especially when draws may have completed .

Originally Posted by Keith_MM

pushing bluffs too far ties in with your high aggression frequency,but maybe you should be questioning if you are bluffing too much. Bet sizing may be a problem as well but you'll need to post hands . If you're getting raised on the turn or river you need a good reason to be continuing with the hand , top pair usually isnt a good enough reason especially when draws may have completed .

You're right about my AF, It's generally when I've got a good Ace, if I don't hit I c-bet as standard, if called I'm often firing a second barrel which in itself is probably ok because I seem to take a lot of pots like that, it's when the second barrel is called and for some stupid donkified reason I fire a 3rd which inevitably is a big ol' bet and then that gets called... oh dear.

On top of that if I have TPTK but there is a draw out there I bet hard so they have the wrong odds, the turn is a blank and I bet big again... The river comes and of course it completes the draw or gives them their Ace or whatever, they shove and I donk call knowing I'm beat... It's silly.

This is the first time I've really analysed my game, in FR I don't make these mistakes, maybe because hand ranges are easier to read and I'm playing less marginal situations.

I've played a few K hands at NL2 today and am up nearly 20 stacks, I've been concentrating on these two rather big leaks and it's paid dividends already.