August 31, 2010
I'm not giving up, I WILL win again!
I'm still really struggling! I feel dejected, defeatist, a little paranoid and utterly isolated in a sea of players working hard, studying well and improving while I'm caught in a rip tide and heading out to sea.
I keep looking at the game and wondering if I'm not studying hard enough, not reading the players properly, tilting or spewing.
Asking myself whether I have some fundamental flaws in my approach?
I hate writing things off as coolers, but I really can't see any other way to handle them.
Here is the top 4 losing hands from this week. Not cherry picked, just the top 4 big pots that I lost from the last 2k hands.
The rest of the bunch are much the same.
Full Tilt Poker $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 898749
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SB: $1.91
BB: $0.81
UTG: $2.55
MP: $2.00
CO: $2.62
Hero (BTN): $2.02
Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is BTN with 5
5
1 fold, MP raises to $0.06, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.06, 1 fold, BB calls $0.04
Flop: ($0.19) Q
5
7
(3 players)
BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $0.19, BB folds, MP raises to $0.50, Hero raises to $1.96 all in
Hiding the rest of this hand, you know I lost, how I lost is irrelevant after the money went in.
This hand I will show results. I knew he was chasing a flush draw, and my read was correct.
I could have re-raised the turn, i don't think he was folding,
Full Tilt Poker $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 898755
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BB: $3.43
UTG: $3.16
MP: $1.51
CO: $2.60
Hero (BTN): $2.00
SB: $1.93
Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is BTN with Q
J
1 fold, MP calls $0.02, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.09, 2 folds, MP calls $0.07
Flop: ($0.21) 5
J
9
(2 players)
MP bets $0.21, Hero calls $0.21
Turn: ($0.63) 6
(2 players)
MP bets $0.63, Hero calls $0.63
River: ($1.89) 9
(2 players)
MP bets $0.58 all in, Hero calls $0.58
Final Pot: $3.05
MP shows Q
9
(three of a kind, Nines)
Hero mucks Q
J
MP wins $2.85
(Rake: $0.20)
In this next hand villain is 14/10 over 87 hands.
When he calls the flop and bets the turn and the river, I think my kicker is no good. We didn't get to showdown but I'm certain I was beat
Full Tilt Poker $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 896003
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Hero (SB): $2.00
BB: $2.40
UTG: $2.21
MP: $1.84
CO: $2.06
BTN: $2.00
Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is SB with T
Q
UTG raises to $0.08, MP calls $0.08, CO calls $0.08, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.07, 1 fold
Flop: ($0.34) 2
3
Q
(4 players)
Hero bets $0.34, UTG calls $0.34, MP folds, CO folds
Turn: ($1.02) 9
(2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.64, Hero calls $0.64
River: ($2.30) 7
(2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $1.15 all in, Hero folds
Final Pot: $2.30
UTG wins $2.15
(Rake: $0.15)
Another laydown, Baluga theorem
villain is 38/23 over 57 hands.
Full Tilt Poker $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 898767
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SB: $2.98
BB: $0.68
UTG: $2.16
CO: $5.97
Hero (BTN): $2.00
Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is BTN with K
A
1 fold, CO raises to $0.06, Hero raises to $0.21, 2 folds, CO calls $0.15
Flop: ($0.45) A
T
J
(2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $0.24, CO calls $0.24
Turn: ($0.93) 9
(2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $0.50, CO raises to $1.50, Hero folds
Final Pot: $1.93
CO wins $1.81
(Rake: $0.12)
I've been losing heavily for a long time now, but I really don't think like I'm playing as badly as my results seem to suggest.

2 Comments:
TtheAntlers posted on September 01, 2010 at 00:14 AM
Keep your head up dude. Variance is a bitch, but things always turn around eventually
orestto posted on September 01, 2010 at 05:03 AM
I haven't played NL in a while but I can't see how playing QTo from the SB vs UTG open and two callers could be profitable. Also if you think he's chasing the flush in that QJ hand shove the turn. GL next month!
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