Playing with confidence...but when you lose it
I havent been able to find a solution here. I'm hoping that someone has gone through this and can give some advice.
The summer was incredible, I had 3 MTT wins, and was on fire. Practically unbeatable in a single table SitNGo and doing well in cash ring games.
My confidence was at an all time high....
I was able to make some incredible reads post flop (very important when you play 40% of hands)_ I was playing into my image (maniac) very well.
Then it snapped... primarily when I moved to online ring games. I did well initially but fell off a cliff near the 20K hand mark.
No longer was I playing my game, I became weak tight.
I am looking for hands that beat me, skeletons around every corner, playing defensive rather then offensive. I am looking to avoid losing chips rather then gaioning chips.
Now I have to rebuild, anyone have some ideas how to straighten this ship?
The summer was incredible, I had 3 MTT wins, and was on fire. Practically unbeatable in a single table SitNGo and doing well in cash ring games.
My confidence was at an all time high....
I was able to make some incredible reads post flop (very important when you play 40% of hands)_ I was playing into my image (maniac) very well.
Then it snapped... primarily when I moved to online ring games. I did well initially but fell off a cliff near the 20K hand mark.
No longer was I playing my game, I became weak tight.
I am looking for hands that beat me, skeletons around every corner, playing defensive rather then offensive. I am looking to avoid losing chips rather then gaioning chips.
Now I have to rebuild, anyone have some ideas how to straighten this ship?
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I was still profitable playing the nuts just because in LLHE you'll always get a caller.
It's all psychology. You've made money and established a reputation (and ego). You don't want to fail.
You've got to embrace the chaos. Variance happens.
I use the same strategy when my pocket aces get cracked by J7 suited rivering a flush.
<mutter>serenity now</mutter>
It's not my fault you walked into aces...
1/ re-open the Garnet Lounge. Invite me to a tourney. Kick my butt. Boom! Confidence restored.
2/ stop raising with 42s
3/ drop down to lower stakes. use pokertracker (dammit) to see where you're making mistakes. once you are confident you are playing well, move back up.
Garnet Lounge has been relocated, Im sure youll get invited soon.
I have stopped raising with 42s, hence the problem. I dont have alot of confidence to play cards like this right now. Which is a huge part of my game plan.
Sound advice. Wolff said the same thing...
The transition was from $10 SnG, to $20, $30, $40 and $50
To 1/2NL to 2/4 to 3/6NL
I am back to the $10 sitngoes....
and will build from there
Focus on this hand, this evening, or this week as the start of a winning streak. Easy to say, hard to do.
The one thing you have to be cognizant of is that online people can easily label your playing style by attaching notes and colours to profile. This makes it much easier to remember the guy who was playing loose – even a few weeks down the road. When you play a lot you find a lot of ppl have you labeled. Naturally, they will use this against you.
Best thing to do is keep your game changing. And also change your actual game. Move tables in Ring Games after you have used your “loose†style to gain some chips. Get out before someone has the opportunity to lay their trap.
Also, if you recognize other players at your SNG tables, try playing tight for the first few blind levels. If they have you labeled as a loose table and your play turns mega tight you will be a very difficult person to read in the later rounds once the blinds increase.
I played against you in my first every KW tourney at Bristol. I had just came off 6 months of only limit poker. You were quite the shock to my system. But after getting comfortable with your style I knew to avoid you when I felt I would get out played post-flop. But then I run into you again a few months down the road and your playing tight. That made it very hard to read any play you made. When you make your opponents confused as to which “hat†you are wearing that night, or that hand you have a huge advantage.
Just my two cents.
I personally like the white visor.. goes well with his MP3 player.
Mark
Buddy... it's gotten worse.. I showed Catherine how to use it... sigh...
Mark
aww come on admit it...
The complete works of John Mayer goes acoustic was on your MP3 way before Catherine...
Thanks for the compliment, Bristols are funny... you have to play differently depending on the table assignments.
Considering my maniacal image, it typically pays to be very tight at Bristol.
All your comments made sense as well, I was having great success in SnG's and have gone back that way.
Who's John Mayer?
Mark