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Obviously I spoke too soon here. Things started out as good as could go and, as usual, wound up in the absolutely worst case scenario possible. Once again, for about the third time I've tried to move up on there, WPN handed me beat, after beat, after beat, after beat, before finally, I chased a couple of times and lost a couple of big pots. At one point I was running 5 BI's under EV after just 2,750 hands. Guys - Beat, after beat, after beat, after beat. Every single time I've ever put money on WPN, it starts out with me hitting every single card imaginable. Beautiful plays, a beat once in a while but the kind of stuff you see in poker when it's played by others. Me? Beat...after beat....after beat....after beat. Before finally, I assume that 10's full of Aces is good enough to stack off with - it's not. A guy who threw away $15 to the rest of the table had aces full of tens. This went on for about 8 hours straight before this hand:
Winning Poker Network - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
MP+1: 196.5 BB
MP+2: 73 BB
CO: 180 BB
BTN: 105 BB
Hero (SB): 171.5 BB
BB: 76.5 BB
UTG: 104 BB
UTG+1: 164 BB
MP: 41 BB
Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q Q
fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, fold, CO calls 8 BB
Flop: (23 BB, 2 players) 2 6 K
Hero bets 16 BB, CO raises to 32 BB, Hero raises to 160.5 BB and is all-in, CO calls 128.5 BB
Turn: (344 BB, 2 players) 5
River: (344 BB, 2 players) 5
CO shows K J (Two Pair, Kings and Fives)
(Pre 29%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Fives)
(Pre 71%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
CO wins 327 BB
5 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.
Total product of tilt. Just couldn't take it anymore. I was actually in not that bad of shape before this (looking back on it now). I have no idea why I shoved here. Probably because this guy also spent four hours dumping money to the rest of the table while I took four bad beats. That not crying like a baby thing isn't working out well because I have to be honest: I really can't remember any night of ever looking back and saying "wow, I got lucky there...whew". I never catch a bad beat in my direction.
I don't know what to say. I see other people's graphs showing a nonstop upward climb and yet I can NEVER accomplish that since I hit a run of beat, after beat, after beat every few thousand hands. I'm sorry guys, this game has been a total waste of time for me so far. No wonder the micros are so frustrating - No matter what you do, guys playing 64/5/3 will sit there with $8.42 in their stack while guys playing 22/20/6 will be like me: Basically out of poker because they just can't take it anymore. I've never seen a game where you can be rewarded absolutely ZERO for months and months and months of effort. I guess this is the only one.
I couldn't imagine a person being more patient. People say "don't worry about results! Get out of your head!" Guys - 12 hours straight of watching three day's winnings just go away for NO reason other than I outplayed someone? I sat there for all twelve hours, until the last hand there, like a stone. Not a flinch, great attitude, just taking BEAT after BEAT after BEAT like this one:
Winning Poker Network - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: 40 BB
BTN: 163 BB
SB: 103.5 BB
Hero (BB): 101.5 BB
UTG: 104 BB
MP: 129 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 5
fold, fold, CO raises to 6 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 5 BB
Flop: (12.5 BB, 2 players) A J 3
Hero checks, CO bets 34 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 34 BB
Turn: (80.5 BB, 2 players) 8
River: (80.5 BB, 2 players) Q
CO shows Q Q (Three of a Kind, Queens)
(Pre 67%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A 5 (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 33%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
CO wins 76.5 BB
1 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.
I mean, twelve hours of that?
Winning Poker Network - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (CO): 100 BB
BTN: 101 BB
SB: 69.5 BB
BB: 43 BB
UTG: 146 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A A
UTG calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 3 BB, fold
Flop: (9.5 BB, 2 players) 5 2 A
BB bets 10 BB, Hero raises to 96 BB and is all-in, BB calls 29 BB and is all-in
Turn: (87.5 BB, 2 players) 4
River: (87.5 BB, 2 players) J
Hero shows A A (Three of a Kind, Aces)
(Pre 82%, Flop 71%, Turn 78%)
BB shows 8 9 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 18%, Flop 29%, Turn 22%)
BB wins 83.5 BB
1 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.
Winning Poker Network - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: 60 BB
Hero (BTN): 199 BB
SB: 93 BB
BB: 43.5 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 101.5 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q Q
fold, MP raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 12 BB, fold, fold, fold, CO raises to 60 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 48 BB
Flop: (124.5 BB, 2 players) 4 T 2
Turn: (124.5 BB, 2 players) 5
River: (124.5 BB, 2 players) T
CO shows T K (Three of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 28%, Flop 25%, Turn 11%)
Hero shows Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Tens)
(Pre 72%, Flop 75%, Turn 89%)
CO wins 118.5 BB
2 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.
I could post at least a dozen like that and worse.
Winning Poker Network - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: 113 BB
BTN: 131 BB
SB: 121 BB
Hero (BB): 118.5 BB
UTG: 236 BB
MP: 108 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T T
fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, SB raises to 10 BB, Hero calls 9 BB, fold
Flop: (23 BB, 2 players) K Q A
SB bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB
Turn: (43 BB, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero checks
River: (43 BB, 2 players) K
SB bets 51 BB, Hero raises to 98.5 BB and is all-in, SB calls 47.5 BB
SB shows A A (Full House, Aces full of Kings)
(Pre 81%, Flop 87%, Turn 93%)
Hero shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Kings)
(Pre 19%, Flop 13%, Turn 7%)
SB wins 228 BB
4 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.
How can anyone ever make any money at the micros? Between the rake, the blinds, and these kinds of beats, I just don't get it. I spent 25 hours working all to watch every single penny x 3 go right down the drain for absolutely no reason other than some guy got lucky.
I've fucking had it with this. Just once I'd like to NOT hit a ridiculous run of beats on this site. Once. I mean, I'm not a zen master. After enough hands like that, you're going to spew once in a while. Think I could EVER get lucky and get bailed out? I know you won't believe me but no. I would say in maybe the 50k hands I've ever played I can't recall one instance (I'm sure there's one or two for a few pennies at 2nl) where I made a bad move, was way behind, and got really lucky to win the pot. NEVER. Villain? You see them above...
I'm 32 years old. I can't waste this amount of time playing a game where you take one step forward and four steps back simply because the game requires that bad players keep enough interest to keep sitting down to the tables. Maybe this game's not for me. I like that when you outplay a guy, you win. At least sometimes. Once in a while. A handful of times. Maybe.
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