so I haven't quite put in the 100k hands into poker yet
but for you full ring players

have u had this happen in 1 week?
-200bb in 5 hours
-50bb in 1hr
-50bb in 30 mins?

That is really not good... Tilting?

yeah i'm not exactly sure what happened that 200bb session. Definitely some tiltage. But these 2 50bb swings are pretty sickening. ugh.

50 bb is nothing... how many tables do you play at once?

50bb is nothing? Iono, isn't that kind of quick for just 20 mins or 1 hour?
3 - that's the max they let u play at wpex =(

Meh dude, that's 17 bb/table... It's quite a bit for full limit, but it's still not unheard of.

- Zach

It's not good, but it's not unbelievably bad.

I posted the other day about 3 consequtive hands at 5/10 that were worth an assload. I lost about 25bets in those 3 hands alone.


200 bets in 5 hours is really not good though. Ive NEVER had a 200 big bet downswing, nevermind in 5 hours.

ya...I took some big hits to my broll so I guess the stress is getting to me now?

When i first started out, every time i took a bad beat I'd just let out a sigh and tell myself at least I have them in my pocket longterm.

But that isn't doing it anymore.

Although right now, as i'm battling my way back from a -50bb deficit, I suddenly got cheery. Dunno why.




Hey abba - the few times I took stabs at 5/10 limit, I've seen numerous plays where ppl will limp w/JJ and not 3bet when raised pf. Is 5/10 really that tricky?

No.

Yes to the section that has been highlighted. Esepcially the 50bb in one hour if one is multi-tabeling.

you'll get out of it no worries! (Hopefully it wasn't do to tilting )

About Tilting I look at it as "time" lets say one averages about $25 an hour and then Tilts and loses $100 do to "TILT" its not necessarily losing "$100" Its actually going to be a WASTE OF TIME! Since its going to take the player 4 Hrs to re-cooperate! Just my 2 Cents GL 2 U

Also seems to me that your possibly not having correct bankroll mngt. Since 50BB seems painfull to you... Most people do the 300bb yet others 500bb I personally do 1000bb since I like a nice little cushion.

Also Have you invested in PokerTracker? And have you attempted to look through your hand historys? Take notes on players periodically? How about trying moving down a few levels to build some confidence?

Well GL 2 U hope things turn around

ty

i'm happy to say that

1st session of -50bb - it took me a 5 hour session to fight it and break virtually even (without rake)
2nd session - I fought it back and with rake back broke even.


As for the -200bb session, with rake back (i'm playing at WPX), I have basicallyi broken even for the week. Sooooo much work. At least I'm not broke though.

Funny, the one thing that makes me want to play poker more than ever is the act of recovering from a losing session. But I also feel my limit hold'em has improved again, re-read SSHE.

Ty for the posts guys.

Btw abba, what's your opinion on most 5/10 games? (see other post here)

The example you gave isnt "tricky". It's just an example of shitty play.

I guess it's tricky too. But so is raising with no pair no draw in a huge pot against multiple aggressors. They'd never see THAT one coming!


The quality of the 5/10 games varies. There isnt a huge difference between 3/6 and 5/10 typically though. There's a much bigger jump when you move up to 10/20.

heh, I thought so!

what about this play though:

calling a raise rather than re-raising w/premium hands, AK, JJ+ ??

That's happened to me a few times so I've been more cautious when I've tried out the 5/10 games.

Dont give them too much credit just because they play 5/10.

I wouldnt worry about people cold calling with hands that should be 3bet.
I'd worry about people who 3bet your blind steals with less than premium hands.

200 BB in 5 hours is not good at all. something you might want to learn is to leave when you are losing a lot. i dont think i wil ever be in for 200 BB because i would have left at 80 or 100 at most. i am guessing that when you were down 100 you probably were playing to get even which is probably meant you were chasing a lot of draws you shouldn't have been.

another thing is if i had a week like you have been having i might take a little break and come back in a couple of weeks.

i am just curious about the 1000 BB br thing. why would you really ever need that much? isnt that a little much, cause that means you have $2000 just to play 1-2. also it would take forever to move up in limits. is there another reason for this much of a cushion?