QUOTE=rhombus Primary issue is whether im getting owned all the time :
Despite working on my game constantly I seem to have stalled over the last 2 months..and am struggling to hold breakeven at the moment in cash games.Things seemed to have toughened up recently especially on Pokerstars. Combine that with some runbad and it gets very frustrating.
So you are not alone in feeling like this Rhom.
I am in the middle of a review for 2014 and am going to set up my own thread to keep focused.
Re the hand posts yes I've just been going back to the replayer and picking up the stats from there. Please feel free to feedback on my hand posts as im not getting any response on my last four or five and quite often im just looking for reassurance that im doing the right thing.
Happy Chrismas everyone.
Merry christmas to you too
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Mine's a vicious circle of run bad play bad tilt bad run bad etc
although easy to analyse when you run bad you play hands you wouldnt normally play so end up in lots more difficult situations and lose even more!!
Also I need to study more and stop being so god damn lazy
2 hands you posted above
AA
Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 8 Players
SB: $67.91 (271.6 bb)
BB: $25 (100 bb)
UTG+2: $24.40 (97.6 bb)
MP1: $15.66 (62.6 bb)
MP2: $24.75 (99 bb) I only have 6 hands on the villain...
Hero (MP3): $25 (100 bb)
CO: $10.78 (43.1 bb)
BTN: $12.44 (49.8 bb)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A
♠ A
♥
2 folds,
MP2 raises to $0.75,
Hero raises to $2.60, 4 folds, MP2 calls $1.85
Flop: ($5.55) J
♥ 7
♣ T
♦ (2 players)
MP2 checks,
Hero bets $3.97, MP2 calls $3.97
Turn: ($13.49) A
♦ (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks !?
River: ($13.49) Q
♣ (2 players)
MP2 bets $6.50,
Hero folds
Bad flop smashes their calling range, and as its only a single rasied pot going to difficut to get lots of value as you will either win small pot or lose big one unless you are playing against a maniac!!!!
Easy to play against passives just bet and wait for them to raise against aggro players difficult to get value and better to pot control, as played easy fold as you said so many Kings in their calling range especially KQ and flopped sets 7s Ts or Js that they didnt want to get AIPF
2nd Hand KK
Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
SB: $25 (100 bb)
BB: $31.34 (125.4 bb)
UTG: $34.34 (137.4 bb)
MP: $9.90 (39.6 bb)
Hero (CO): $26.56 (106.2 bb)
BTN: $25 (100 bb) decent reg villian here 19/13/29 329 hands... i noted he only goes to showdown 20%
Preflop: Hero is CO with K
♠ K
♥
2 folds,
Hero raises to $0.75, BTN calls $0.75,
SB folds, BB calls $0.50
Flop: ($2.35) 8
♣ 8
♥ 6
♦ (3 players)
BB checks,
Hero bets $1.68, BTN calls $1.68,
BB folds
Turn: ($5.71) 3
♦ (2 players)
Hero checks,
BTN bets $3.75, Hero calls $3.75
River: ($13.21) 7
♥ (2 players)
Hero checks,
BTN bets $10.50,
Hero folds
Big bet on the river but not as sure as the AA hand whether to call or Fold
Could have an 8, flopped house with 66, Id rule out 9T, they might float the flop with it but unlikely to lead turn.
The only hands you are beating are 99-QQ which they think they are value betting or possibly a hand like A9 diamonds which they decided to float the flop, lead the turn and blast out when River unlikely to have hit you. Im 60/40 about Folding vs calling, then cry when he turns over 77
