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    Default 5NL all over again

    OK I guess this is my first time posting in the operationsection. I think this will help me to put my thoughts straight. Maybe this would be better for the tiltsection, but I really don't wanna be one of the tilt-losers so I'll keep the whining to the absolute minimum.

    So this is what happened: after playing 5NL for about 40K hands I finally beat it. That's probably a slow grind for the micros, but I really didn't care. I was learning and as long as I was making some money on the way I was content. Now that I look back it surprises me that I was even making money.
    The first quarter of those hands I played absolutely horrible thinking very level 1: Me haz TP Me call shove! I slowly began getting some basic postflop play throught watching alot of spenda's vids, constanly pausing, asking myself what I would do and then checking out if I was 'right'.
    Around the third quarter of the way I suddenly got a strange feeling that I should think about ranges while playing. It was as if some good player was repeately saying it in some way.. Sure I knew about ranges, but I figured: 'that's some of that advanced stuff for later', but when I really started using it I realized what a complete moron you are if you think you're playing poker if you're not thinking about ranges.
    I started thinking about ranges more, posting hands I was having problems with and just tried to study hard. I made it to 10NL and just kept on thinking about the game. I'm not saying I was being Da Pokergod or anything cause i'm clearly not. I still make alot of stupid mistakes, but I know they're mistakes and try to stop making them. Just to show I definitely made progress: when I tried the same thing with other spenda vids I hadn't seen, I scored pretty good.

    Anyway Like you already guessed: I started running pretty bad, with pretty being being an eufemism for 'like a bag of crap'.I really really got tilted when I had to drop back to 5NL and continued to run bad. Normally I think I don't tilt that fast, but since I dropped down I got on übertilt and started spewing alot.

    I do however know I can beat it and I'm sure as hell not gonna give up. And if I can't do it.. well I can always kill myself

    So here I go again, wish me luck



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    This post really helped me get over my tilt. Feel like I'm really playing my A-game again.

    Just made semibig laydown with KK postflop which turned out right (I know the result is irrelevant) and already up about 5 BI's. Hope the pokergods keep me kind cause next week I'm really putting in some work

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    Good luck man. I recently went through the exact same experience. Winning with a crappy winrate, barely moving up, running bad, tilt, spew, dropping stakes, dropping more buy ins. Just keep your head up and sometimes as I am discovering dropping will make you figure out how to actually win correctly instead of barely being break even. Let me know if you ever want to talk poker, sweat micros, or anything like that since I am in the same boat as you.
    [00:29] <daven> dc, why not check turn behind
    [00:30] <DC> daven
    [00:30] <DC> on my hand?
    [00:30] <daven> yep
    [00:30] <DC> because I am drunk
    [00:30] <daven> nice reason
    [00:30] <daven> no further questions
    [00:30] <yaawn> ^^Lol

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    Thx donachello, srr for not responding earlier
    Always nice to hear that you're not alone in the microgrind , I guess you're right about learning something when you drop down, but that was certainly not the case now,cause I really got unlucky this time, but meh don't care about it that much now. It's kinda funny to see how bad everybody is playing only one stake lower (not that 10NL is that good ofcourse).
    Are you also playing 5NL now? What site?

    BTW: up 3BI's after an hour

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    Back up to 200, very easy and without running good so I guess I should stop whining and start studying the game again

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    OK so this is fucking comedygold: went back up to 10NL, everybody plays horrible as always and I loose more than 6 BI's all of them bad luck. Once again have to move down to 5NL.
    Not tilted or anything,just funny. Done playing for today though.

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