Please help. - Page 2

PokerBob · #11 05-09-2007, 01:54 AM

tom,
you dug me out of a hole last year by sweating me. i will gladly attempt to return the favor. just let me know when.

kahntrutahn · #12 05-09-2007, 02:14 AM

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why not just post hands here and get a variety of opinions?

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I intend to start posting hands again, but if the problem is systemic then posting hands won't pick it up. If for instance I am folding to flop donks to much when in a steal position posting individual hands won't identify it very easily, but someone looking through 100 consecutive hands might go "hmmm, seems like your folding to flop donks to much", and point me towards the problem.
Bad habits creepe into poker playing all the time, i noticed last week that i had been really opening my steal range far to much, and have been taking it back down again That steal range was creeping up from ~37% this time last year to over 42% a week ago. I developed a blind spot to it because of long success and increased comfort in steal situations. Now i'm working on bringing it back down.

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42% is quite alright if you can play postflop... however, it seems your problem is too many tables...

PokerBob · #13 05-09-2007, 02:19 AM

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"Almost all of the situations like this I've seen have come down to site/table/game selection or not focusing when you play i.e. playing 5+ tables ect."

i can say that tom has excellent game selection but imo he plays too many tables.

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I feel confident in my table/seat/site selection, and my MT ratio is 2.8 over my last 27,000 hands (although its 3.7 over my last 10,000).

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i think that given the toughness of today's game, playing more than 400hands/hour puts one at a distinct disadvantage.

donger · #14 05-09-2007, 03:11 AM

My suggestions:

Why not:
A)try dropping down to stakes where the players are borderline retarded? Like 3/6-10/20? Then gradually move back up.

B)Play fewer tables

C)Play shorter sessions (1 hr max)

D)Go play O8/b or something where people play way worse overall than LHE. (Substitute a game you know for O8/b.)

E) Profit!!

Good luck, mang. Also, I'm not sure how much help I'd be, but I would do a hand swap with you. I play mostly lower midstakes (10 and 15).

milesdyson · #15 05-09-2007, 04:21 AM

might be repeating here, but i think if you just try really hard, you'll play winning poker. the struggle is focusing enough to try hard. i suck at it

MrEngenic · #16 05-09-2007, 09:30 AM

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My suggestions:

Why not:
A)try dropping down to stakes where the players are borderline retarded? Like 3/6-10/20?

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I don't know where you play, but on 10/20 (and sometimes 5/10) on party there are usually 2-3 semi-professional mid limit lags/tags at every table. Those guys are not poker gods, but certainly not retarded.

danzasmack · #17 05-09-2007, 10:05 AM

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tom,
you dug me out of a hole last year by sweating me. i will gladly attempt to return the favor. just let me know when.

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Happy Birthday Bob

donger · #18 05-09-2007, 03:07 PM

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My suggestions:

Why not:
A)try dropping down to stakes where the players are borderline retarded? Like 3/6-10/20?

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I don't know where you play, but on 10/20 (and sometimes 5/10) on party there are usually 2-3 semi-professional mid limit lags/tags at every table. Those guys are not poker gods, but certainly not retarded.

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I was talking about the other 3 guys.

surfdoc · #19 05-09-2007, 04:34 PM

I have been through those swings where you feel like everything is going wrong and you don't know what to do. I will sweat you for a bit or look over some hands. I will PM you my aim.

Don't play more than 4 tables when you are struggling.

skilled · #20 05-10-2007, 02:27 AM

take a 2 week break. when your brain sees such a high frequency of losses/badbeats/losing sessions for as long as you have, it can get conditioned to expect a higher frequency of losing showdowns, detracting from your aggressiveness, making you fold more often, etc. give it time to reset.

After your first week of break, you might want to watch a video of someone playing on a hot streak, or a playback of one of your hot streaks. Watch Victor play and get used to seeing a more normal distribution of winning hands and sessions, and the play associated with it.