Poor Me - I suck at poker

djgolfcan

Poker is a game where you can make no mistakes and still lose. It sucks, but you have to find a way to deal with it. I post a lot of bad beat hands but truthfully, they don't affect the way I play. Posting them is a kind of therapy and I've forgotten about the hand even before posting it.

It is akin to a baseball player who is a .300 hitter. Those numbers will get you in the hall of fame, but that means he didn't get a hit more than two out of every three at bats. If a poker player cashes in 30% of their tournies, they would be considered the greatest ever. That means 7 out of 10 times, they are not making any money.

You will fail more times than you don't.

yavvy

ya intellectually speaking I know this - but how hard it is to stay un-tiltifyed when you have been working hard, thinking, making moves and some goon playing A6os trumps your kinks ..

but I'm still enjoying the evening out ! still a laugh with the guys - I just never had such cause to be on tilt before - Ill be back .. some day..... I think

ottawaplayer

yavvy;337437 wroteya intellectually speaking I know this - but how hard it is to stay un-tiltifyed when you have been working hard, thinking, making moves and some goon playing A6os trumps your kinks ..

Provide more info on your KK hand...Position, how many players pre, stack sizes... did you re-raise and isolate preflop?...

yavvy

ottawaplayer;337464 wroteProvide more info on your KK hand...Position, how many players pre, stack sizes... did you re-raise and isolate preflop?...

That hand wasnt a big deal just an example of how amazing my luck is right now

Cant remember cause I am still sulking.
Something like this
Cash game 10/20c blind -
I have $5-ish
Goon has $20 ish

P1 - SB 10c
ME - BB 20c Kh - Kd
P2 - fold
Goon - call
P4 - call
P5-Call
---
P1 - Call
Me - Raise $1.50
Goon - Call
P4 - fold
P5 call

Flop
As - 4s - 7h
Goon - bet $1
P5 - Fold
Me - Call

Turn
10c ( I think )
Goon Bet $5
Me Fold - swearing

Goon Shows A-6 os

Next hand I played My Jh - 10h gets busted ( all in pre ) to K-10
guy caught a K

compuease

two things I notice, plying short stacked and not topping up... 2nd, j10 is a drawing hand, not an allin pre hand...

yavvy

re: not topping up - thats just more money for me too loose right now.
re: J10s other than the Kings best had I had seen in an hour and I was ready to Double or go home

But yeah I get it -

Popkorn

When you say RL, I'm assuming you mean 'real life' poker. Are these games you are playing in just casual home games at someone's house with no rake, or at underground clubs, or at casinos?

yavvy

Oh just a home game (we play in an empty space over a cafe) - no rake we give $2 towards cleaning and power
its all just regular guys no high level players - 1 or 2 really solid players that take money from the casino every time they go but the rest of us are just slobs having a good time.

Popkorn

My advice, a lot of the reason why you might think you're not good at poker is because of the type of game you're playing (lots of variance), you're playing with mostly recreational and amateur players where pretty much the easiest way of exploiting them is to play super boring abc tight nitty poker.

If you want to develop your game more, you will need to build a separate poker bankroll, and work your way up. The games you're playing in, if you're with a bunch of friends and you become super serious and winning all the time, they will eventually stop playing with you. Which is why you should start hitting online tables more or b&m casinos.

yavvy

Yeah, its difficult because while I want to continue to develop my Poker skillz and be the best I can, this isn't my goal in life and I'm not interested in pumping lots on time on-line nor is going to the casino on a regular basis an option.

yavvy

** another riveting update**

Ok so I played last night and I played pretty damm well. we played a $20+1R no limit Omaha Tourney. I won (turns out pretty easy in the end) and took home my first pot since like August.
The most pleasing thing was that I felt my game was really improved -between reading articles online, thinking about my games, listening to your advice and watching some training vids - I absolutely gained an edge.

Need to be cautious because I had an amazing run of cards and only once did a guy suck
out on the river. I caught the straight I was chasing in one hand on the river too which was pleasing. Its easier to play when your dealt lots of premium hands that connect with the flop.

However I feel like whether I had good/bad/medium hands I was playing them well maximizing winnings and minimizing losses. I managed to lay down trip aces to a FH.

Its a great feeling when work and effort pay off... I feel like my game has been getting better over the last few weeks but the cards were shit. We will have to see if my play is strictly related to the cards I am dealt (in which case Im a delusional fool) or if I can continue to play with an edge over my buddies

yay me

** also play on PS has been solid but not very profitable break even maybe **

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