Card dead and unconfident

Frond · #1 03-28-2007, 11:23 PM

Live recreational LHE player here. I play approx 2-3 times a week. Just recently moved up from 3/6 to 4/8 live. Not because I was killing the game but for reasons such as the rake effect, tips. Anyways, for the past 5 or so months I have been so card dead that when I get a good starting hand such as a big PP it surprises me and I get a kind of weak with these hands. I guess I am so used to being so card dead now for this stretch that it has affected my post flop play. I am staying very disciplined through this stretch but it is getting to the point that when I sit down and play I almost expect to be card dead yet again. I guess my confidence has taken a dumper. Wonder what some of you who have gone through these stretches do to stay on your "A" game. I know that some of you are going to say "welcome to poker, this happens to me all the time" but this has been going on for quite a while. I have had 2 pretty good sessions in the last 5 months and it was when I made my first jump to 4/8. Much before that and since the jump it has been dead city. My losing sessions are not huge nor are my winning sessions. Paging the poker shrink

Reef · #2 03-29-2007, 01:34 AM

just remember you're only getting in like 30 hands/hr live. And online, breakeven streaks (for winning players) of like 40k hands is very common.

Frond · #3 03-29-2007, 02:40 AM

Yea, I spoke to a friend about this but I am not playing online any more, just live play. But I did consider that.

bernie · #4 03-29-2007, 05:30 AM

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just remember you're only getting in like 30 hands/hr live. And online, breakeven streaks (for winning players) of like 40k hands is very common.

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Isn't that a comforting thought? You may have more of this to look forward to. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

After 3 months of running like sh*t, it still sucks.

Did you ever read Josh W's post/thread?

Here ya go: Joshs thread

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Frond · #5 03-29-2007, 12:03 PM

Yea, I feel for Josh. My bad starting card down swing has begun to affect my play when I actually get a hand. His is pretty brutal for sure. Theoretically, this could go on for a lot longer. On the upside there are things I can work on during this spell: Chip Shuffling, superstar impressions, and finish the latest Michael Connolly novel.

solucky · #6 03-29-2007, 05:09 PM

I only played live in a 14 day vegas vacation. Played a lot and my friend tooo. In my personal opinion low stakes limit is hard to win tips ,horrible rake, and tipps for the drinks make it more or less a break even game. On the next vacation we play NL or min 10/20 limit.

cdlarmore · #7 03-30-2007, 01:43 PM

I think nearly all of us have been through 10k + hand crap streaks, hope yours doesnt last that long, keep playing correct, and the cards will come, remember at the level your playing, you can open your play range to 30% successfully if you master the postflop warzone of low limit hold em...
GL

Hince · #8 03-30-2007, 05:18 PM

It's easy to win when you are running hot. I think the biggest effect on winrate is how you play when you are losing not when you are winning.

Frond · #9 03-31-2007, 02:33 AM

So far, I have been trying my best to keep it all in perspective, the "long run" of things. The dead run hasn't made me play trash hands at all so I know the discipline is there and I feel it will make me stronger(just like when Obi Wan........). Haven't tilted at all yet and don't intend to.

Hince, that is a great point about win rate when losing. I suppose a lot of players do start playing hands that they know that they shouldn't when a on a bad card streak like this and that can really affect rates. My losses are slow trickles, mostly blinds and a few hands played.

Busted out the ipod for tonights 4 hour session at 4/8 LHE Glad I had it cause I only saw 1 PP the entire night. I can't wait to see what suited connectors actually look like. Only 1 tonight. I really worked extra hard tonight on hand reading and this is one of the things that I get out these sessions.

bernie · #10 03-31-2007, 07:16 AM

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Yea, I feel for Josh. My bad starting card down swing has begun to affect my play when I actually get a hand. His is pretty brutal for sure. Theoretically, this could go on for a lot longer. On the upside there are things I can work on during this spell: Chip Shuffling, superstar impressions, and finish the latest Michael Connolly novel.

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Make sure you read all of Josh's posts in that thread and not just the OP. I found alot of his experiences of what he ran into comforting. Especially given that I'm on a hellacious run right now myself.

Btw...Mine's going on about 3 months now.

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