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Lost my mojo and confidence? $1/2 NL live tales
Hey guys,
I haven't posted here in years. Back in 2005-2007 I was a 4-tabling 6-max break even player online. At the time I was 18-20 and probably thought I was a much better player than I really was. Anyway, fast forward to now, online is dead in USA (to my knowledge) and I've only played friendly games the last couple years but have always beat my friends handily.
I'm 26 now, just finished grad school and started a new job where I could afford to set aside some of my paycheck each week towards my bankroll and start building up my bankroll playing $1/2 NL live. I only play recreationally a few hours every weekend. I mostly play fairly TAG style, I don't bluff much, I usually let other people make mistakes and try to value bet them or get them to commit their stack. Here were my stats up until tonight:
![](http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4497/wmn1.png)
Then I played tonight and ran into some trouble.
UTG I raised $15 with QQ. Folded to button who reraised to $30. I reraised to $60. He pushed AI and I called for $200 more. He flipped over KK. Is this standard at live-tables? Should I have been less of an idiot and realized I was behind after putting my $60 in? I'm thinking I should have thought "at best I am a coin flip."
Later in the night, I am UTG again with KK. I raise $15 PF and get two callers. Flop comes 4-4-J. I bet $30, next to act calls $30, villain raises to $60, I push AI for $200 more. 2nd to act folds, villain calls AI for $200 more. Villain flips over Q4 and the trips hold up.
Now my stats look like this:
![](http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/8743/mbmw.png)
I know my sample size is incredibly small but I just went from thinking I was a solid player to questioning myself and whether I can hack it. I think the QQ, maybe I should have laid that down, but would anyone in their right mind put the villain on a 4 in the 2nd hand? I don't really tilt. I just told myself him calling $15 PF with Q4 is a losing play and I'll get it back in the longrun.
Sorry for the rant I just had an inflated ego after having 6 winning sessions and now I see how 1 big losing session can really fuck with my $ win rate, etc. Ahhhhhhh!
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