What is going on ?
Hey there!
I hope you're doing well.
I wanted to share something with you.
Although I'm not a winning player just yet, I don't want to complain about it. However, something strange has been happening since January 1st, 2024, and I can't quite put my finger on it.
I've been playing poker for years, so I have a good understanding of the game. Last year, around October, I made the decision to take poker more seriously. I started studying and playing almost every day for at least 7 hours.
Things were going great for a few months. I had some deep runs, made it to final tables, and managed to significantly increase my bankroll. But now that 2024 has arrived and I've started playing on January 1st, I feel completely lost. It's hard to explain, but I just can't seem to make any progress.
I'm having trouble connecting my cards with the community cards. Whenever I do, I usually end up with a draw that never gets completed. Or, if I do connect with a strong hand like top pair with a good kicker, a set, or two pair, my opponent always seems to have a draw that they immediately hit on the next street. For example, when I 3-bet with AKs, the flop comes 1098 with different suits. Or when I have AJ on the small blind with only 10 big blinds left and obviously need to shove to the big blind with 35 big blinds, they always wake up with a top range hand. It's frustrating because my pocket pairs always seem to lose as well.Just today and yestreday i recive KK nine times and i win just one of them ..2 times it was vs AA but 6x they cracked.
I don't mean to complain or sound weak, but this has been happening to me for the past two months and I'm really struggling to cope with it. What steps should I take?
And not just crying here thinkink that im the best player who should win everything but it seems really unnatural to me that something like that happening for such a long time ..
Im also watching a alot of people streaming poker and what i see on their deskop and what i going on on mine seems like different game to me.
Also have plenty of photos and videos if anyone would like too see..
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So many rivers that should have been folded.
ok so after some time off i decide that is time to try my luck again .. But guess what
This is just a quick example from last couple of days and those are mostly big pots and i dont even bother screenshoting all stupid spots im in..
I do understand very well that i cant win all of my hands even when im ahead and im fine whit that ,but that i can keep losing spot when im 70/30 tournament after tournament .
If anyone would like to see my hand history more detailed im more than happy to share it ..
Maybe im just not for online poker ?
The website just doesn't like you. Play on a website that wants you to win
Please show an ev and bb / 100 graph and not nit picked hands
I had the same problem with online MTTs. i was something like 7mil chips below EV, to the point where i quit for a significant period of time.
take my advice, spend some time studying 100bb poker and switch to cash. it's not as thrilling but the variance is way less soul destroying and you can make a nice consistent income from it
I had the same problem with online MTTs. i was something like 7mil chips below EV, to the point where i quit for a significant period of time.
take my advice, spend some time studying 100bb poker and switch to cash. it's not as thrilling but the variance is way less soul destroying and you can make a
Thank you for the advice ..
Judging by the way you played those hands you may actually be the worst poker player I've ever seen.
I'll explain why: if your equity is 87% pre and you lose it doesn't matter: you suck. I'll tell you one story; one that regs wouldn't want you to know, but the true way to win at poker is developping a "sense of winning". Forget everything you know about poker. Next time you're dealt AA try to visualize the flop before it comes: if the flop's bad then fold pre.
I know it sounds crazy but this is how literally every HS player wins: they have developped the ability to know what will come and act accordingly.
You'd also do well trying to imagine your opponent's cards but that requires years -probably decades- of training and it's well above my paygrade.
Judging by the way you played those hands you may actually be the worst poker player I've ever seen.
I'll explain why: if your equity is 87% pre and you lose it doesn't matter: you suck. I'll tell you one story; one that regs wouldn't want you to know, but the true way to win at poker is developping
LOL
Charlie Carrel says something similar. You need to think positive, if you don't think positively you will never flop a set.
But positivity is not always about flopping good. Positivity helps you with bluffing too. You need to visualize the opponent folding, if you do it very well he will 100% fold.
Of course if you buy Charlie's course about live tells you will gain the skill of soul reading people. That's super important for exploitative poker.
That's the truth behind the game, depressed people will never ever win. You need to be a sigma male
Next time you're dealt AA try to visualize the flop before it comes: if the flop's bad then fold pre.
I know it sounds crazy but this is how literally every HS player wins: they have developped the ability to know what will come and act accordingly.
people will laugh thinking you are joking but this is real. It's why I tell ppl AA doesnt win every time even when you get it all in preflop so to avoid that you fold preflop once in a while with a randomizer
people will laugh thinking you are joking but this is real. It's why I tell ppl AA doesnt win every time even when you get it all in preflop so to avoid that you fold preflop once in a while with a randomizer
But how do you know the times you fold with the randomizer will be the times you would have lost?
This is getting ridiculous..
