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[Guruman]

i used to be ok at this game.

apparently i suck these days.

crash and burno busto busto. 2k roll down to $623 and playing a very strict movedown br system (IOW always playing the highest stakes I can afford and moving up and down accordingly). I always reinvest rakeback into my roll. This is the second time a cliff dive like this has foccurred. The first time my roll dropped from 2kish to around $600. I took a week off, thought about the game, read some, and then dove back in. rebuilt to a little more than 2kish and dipped the toe into the 5/T game. Then crasho busto sucko again. My style hasn't changed. I think tilt accounts for less of these results than leakiness does. I play recreationally and I don't know that I have the stomach to rebuild at limit holdem again.

Things I think I know:

I play an aggressive style pf.
I only ever play two tables at a time.
I tend to start tables if there are no 60% vpip ones available. (there usually aren't)
I don't watch tv or porn or anything else while playing.
I screw up the turn alot
I play the river better then my opposition for the most part.
I play an aggressive br plan (bankroll always = 250bb)
The games have gotten much much worse lately.
Rake at 1/2 is killer.
Tight aggressive loses in loose aggressive games.
Tight aggressive wins in loose passive games.
There aren't many loose passive games online at Stars or WPEX these days.
I play better HU than 6 handed.
I probably play better full ringed than 6 handed.
I don't like playing NL.
I could consider a pot limit or split pot type game.
The nearest live 10/20 game is still heavily raked and is about 90 minutes away.
My wife would kill me if I left every weekend to play poker.
I like poker. Alot.
I have no confidence right now.

alright. done. thx. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Guruman]

also, for ref. I dropped 125 bets in 575 hands today. My stats:

vpip: 30.9
pfr: 21.9
total af: 2.51
went to sd: 42
won at sd: 38

sample size 575 hands. suck it up right? yeah, but this has been going on for months now and it's blackening my soul. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[milesdyson]

If you're 2-tabling ~60% VPIP games and losing, I don't know what to say.

Also, rake will crush you playing heads up at low limit (if not at WPEX).

Also, this is subjective as hell: "Tight aggressive loses in loose aggressive games." It's true if you're too tight. But my definition of "loose" is "plays too many hands." So they are in -EV spots, and thus you can take their money.

[Guruman]

i pretty much only play super short handed at wpex. I don't play 1 on 1 tables at stars and when i start tables they fill up quickly.

[milesdyson]

125 bets in 575 hands is sick. You are probably going to showdown too much. You are probably trying way too hard to be a cool LAGTAG.

[johnnyrocket]

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125 bets in 575 hands is sick. You are probably going to showdown too much. You are probably trying way too hard to be a cool LAGTAG. [/quote

starting to dip into 5/10 with only 10 buyins when u arent confident in ur game is not smart at all, i have over 100 buy ins and still play 3/6 and 5/10 limit cuz i crush them and also once i hit 10/20 and 15/30 it gets much harder to 8 table since the games are tougher

I would play lower limits and gain confidence, dabble in the next stake once u have 20 B's minimum

[Guruman]

wtsd over my last 32k hands is 35.7 avg number of players is probly around 4.5ish

[Guruman]

dude I can't beat 1/2 right now. I only played 57 hands at 5/T before running -18bb/100 and getting chased right out.

[Oink]

I have no idea how you handle it mentally to play with 250 BB BRM.

The swings are so sick especially HU. I cant imagine it doesnt affect your mind when you have to change limits that much.

[sethypooh21]

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125 bets in 575 hands is sick. You are probably going to showdown too much. You are probably trying way too hard to be a cool LAGTAG.

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Yeah, 30/20 puts you in a lot of tough spots post flop...especially vs. relatively inscrutable low limit types.

I's suggest trying to tighten up to 27/18/solid at the low limits to rebuild confidence.

I also think you are very wrong about playing TAG in laggy games. If you are playing weakish-tightish TAG, then yes, and given your WTSD, this might be the case.