Why can't i beat this limit?

[Goldenad]

This specific question is about razz but really applies to everyone who plays poker. For some reason i absolutely cannot beat the 8/16 razz game on full tilt. In over 2500 hands at 8/16 im -$1066 which is 2.64BB/100 hands. What confuses me is that the players at this limit are not above my skill level. I have played over 2300 hands of 15/30, 1200 hands of 20/40, and 2100 hands of 30/60 and am a winning player at all these levels, averaging 1.59BB/100. Additionally, at 5/10 and below i have played over 10k hands and am averaging well over 3BB/100.

Have any of you experienced a similar situation where you cannot beat a specific limit but have no problem beating the game above that limit? Perhaps I just dont have a big enough sample size but every time i sit at 8/16 i seem to blow through a buyin rather quickly.

Any suggestions as to how to get over this problem? I am sure it is just a mental block but for some reason i cant get over it.

Thanks in advance,
Goldenad

[Buccaneer]

I hear the train a coming......It's coming down the track

[BJK]

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This specific question is about razz but really applies to everyone who plays poker. For some reason i absolutely cannot beat the 8/16 razz game on full tilt. In over 2500 hands at 8/16 im -$1066 which is 2.64BB/100 hands. What confuses me is that the players at this limit are not above my skill level. I have played over 2300 hands of 15/30, 1200 hands of 20/40, and 2100 hands of 30/60 and am a winning player at all these levels, averaging 1.59BB/100. Additionally, at 5/10 and below i have played over 10k hands and am averaging well over 3BB/100.

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Your sample size is not large enough to deduce anything.

[ImprovinNewbie]

small smple size

[AbreuTime]

Move up to where you can win.

[Duck Rabbit]

2500 hands is nothing

[Banks2334]

Is your pattern mapper working properly?

[Gonso]

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In over 2500 hands at 8/16 im -$1066 which is 2.64BB/100 hands. What confuses me is that the players at this limit are not above my skill level. I have played over 2300 hands of 15/30, 1200 hands of 20/40, and 2100 hands of 30/60 and am a winning player at all these levels, averaging 1.59BB/100. Additionally, at 5/10 and below i have played over 10k hands and am averaging well over 3BB/100.

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In all of the above cases, your sample size is way too small to give you an accurate picture of reality. You could easily be a losing (or a winning) player at every one of those levels over time.

There are people that will tell you that even 100k hands aren't enough to get a good sample, which has caused a few arguements here. In any case, 2.5k certainly isn't enough.

Also, moving around from 5/10 - 30/60 is a BR disaster waiting to happen, which is probably the train issue mentioned earlier.