Losing to Bad Beats

I played a session yesterday over about 1500 hands. The bankroll moved up to 171$. Nice.
I was playing really well and only lost to two bad beats.

One of them was really sick. slickchef was the player I got a really nasty bad beat. He was in late position and made it 16c. I thought about that he had AK or so. I had QQ in the SB and decided to push all in knowing I was going to get called. He had a small stack. He called. He showed A6 or A7 suited! I couldnt believe it. He hit his few outer A on the flop.
I wanted to jump from my balcony in on the 7th floor and see what happens. Pretty stupid I idea but I am sure many people would want to see that. Congrats the idiot just did it! He survived. Now I want to push him into a wall and then he is going to tell everyone he tripped. Unbelievable?
I have no idea if the ptr thing is right. However it does represent an idiot of some kind. Maybe you figure it out. I lack the intelligence to waste my time.

Finally Back

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 2329 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 409 out of 2329 (17%)
Pots won at showdown - 55 of 109 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 165

Guess what? I am back at 1c/2c and I am winning. Bankroll is at 165$. I should have lost less and win more. I played good but was done after a 101% donk call.

kitygll got pretty damn lucky against me. He is some idiot. The biggest idiot moves all put together and you have him. I wonder what he expects me to have when I shove my whole stack against his big stack.
He min raised to 4c preflop. I had AA and there is no such thing for me as playing them bad. I went all in. Everyone fold but the min raiser. Big pot, and I was far ahead against his AQ. AQ? minraise? call all in? Seems that is the best that he can play. He made a straight and won the pot. My table where I have my laptop on had to suffer. I slammed my fist on it. Hard. Its painful to lose, but what the hell. That is the best he can play. Continue playing like that. He rarely plays and its all losing according to his ptr.

tomzsc is another player like the one above. Putting it all in when hes light years behind. Maybe even centuries. I dont know. I dont want to know. His ptr profile is just as cool as his game, down almost 2,000$ since October 2008. It goes all down hill.
Everyone folded. I limped on the button with 33 and the blinds played. The flop is 2h3h6. We got it all in here. This hand happened shortly after the one above and I was on tilt. He had 36 for top two pair. I flopped a set and was light years ahead again. I would not have been surprised to see a straight by the river to split the pot or he would catch a 6 to make a better full house. No, I won this time.

less poker but expect more to come

I want to play poker as much as possible. 24/7/365/1. That means all the time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You dont want that. It makes it easier for me to improve my game because I am playing more.
I have not been at the tables much lately. I have been busy doing final exams. And you think the crisis in Libya is bad or the Tsunami/Earthquake/Radioactive chaos? Wait another week and the news will have a new crisis for you. The good news is that I will be getting a three month vacation starting this Saturday. I want to play a whole ton until the 31st, so I can keep that Silver Status and I want to get as much FPP. I forgot about the money. I want that too and add that to my bankroll.

losing 20$ in one pot

In one hand I had QQ and was in the small blind. Great hand, worst position. Someone in late position raised it to 15c and the button called. I made it 65c. That is big. They both called and I wanted to blow up. The flop is A29. I did not like the A but still fired. The first caller folded. The other guy called. He did not call with AK, or AQ, he had a set. He hit his 2 outer nonsense. I blew up on the turn. It was an A. I decided to go all in. Knowing I would be called. It was a terrible play. He had a fullhouse. I wanted quad Aces. I lost the almost 20$ pot and had enough. It was a blow up play, because the guy called the raise to 15c and then all the way to my 65c. Its donking. I can do that to. Now I want him to dig his grave before I shoot him. I gave him the shovel.

I want to play again at the 1c/2c, because of those huge pots. My bankroll and my skill allow me to play there, but why not build up more skill and then get going big at the 2c/5c? That is what I want. I never wanted to play at 2c/5c until I have about 300$. I want to grind myself up there.

Winning

Look at a winner

A quote I came up with: Winning doesnt happen at the end. It has to happen all the time!

Get what you dont want for a while. This will eventually motivate you to learn and do things that will save you from getting what you dont want. Obviously you dont want bad beats, but there is nothing you can do about that. You want to cry, then cry. The good news is you are still a loser. I want to win. You will never see me whine much about any hand that I lose with.

I dont know why, but most people want to call. Understand that this allows you to bet big when you have the best hand. If they have a small hand, they dont want bets and they dont want to call. They want to fold. Give it to them, if you see that opportunity. You want to win the pot. All these small pots will add up to a nice share of additional ammo in your bankroll.

You want to play consistent. This means you raise and bet the same amount. Make it three or four times the BB. Always. Do it with AA and do it with 72. Or other hands you feel comfortable with. If you make it six times the BB when you have AA and four times the BB when you have 78 suited, its boring. Its obvious. Its for losing players. Its for scared players. Its simply bad poker. The winners want you to play like that. Change your style

2c/5c session

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 1518 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 223 out of 1518 (14%)
Pots won at showdown - 31 of 57 (54%)
Pots won without showdown - 121

The 2c/5c tables are fun. My bankroll went to 175$ today. Nice.

I had three hands with massive pots that went to the showdown. I won two and lost one. All hands were sick, with some wild brilliance. Everything that you would want in order to play good poker.

The first one was with partychaly. I had KK and was in the small blind. I want to win if I have KK. Everyone folded and it seemed as if the round would go without action. I wanted to limp. I could have gone crazy but chose not to. The player in the big blind was trigger happy. He seems to be a consistent player according to pokertableratings. I had noticed that he always raised preflop to oblivion whenever people limped. So I wanted him to do it again. He did, making it 25c or even 35c to go. Now I shoved and get called instantly. He had AK suited. I had him where I wanted him, drawing to a few outs. He didnt hit. Nice.

The next hand was with sakisM. I had 22 and limped UTG. There was another limper and then sakisM had to raise big time. I know that usually people will show you big hands on the river when they make moves like that. I want to hit with my 22, so I called. The other guy decided to call as well. The flop came down 1024, all off suit. I was first to act and led out quite big. The other guy folded and sakisM called. The turn was an 8 or so. I thought for a while. With an over pair he would have raised unless hes scared of something. Maybe hes slow playing a set. I went for the first option. He wanted to call, so I wanted to shove. He called and showed AA. No more catching and I had the second felt booked for the session. Nice.

The last hand was the sickest with freesu1349. Even my opponent said it was sick a sick play. I was in mid position and there was limpers. I wanted to limp too with my 22. Then freesu1349 raised big to 35c. He got called by one limper and then it was my turn. I decided he had AK or AQ and tried to protect it. My 22 were ahead. So I went all in. It was a rather quick all in. He went into the tank for a while and finally called. The other guy folded.
freesu1349 showed QQ. He had me crushed. Not so nice, because I did not hit.
In the chat he mentioned that he put me on AK. That is what I put him on. I wanted to put this much pressure, because I thought it would be a tough call with anything but QQ, KK, AA. It was even though for him with QQ, because he thought I had AK. This would have been a huge race. I wanted to race against his AK, not against QQ.
Anyways, I am glad to see I am already getting credit here considering its just the second session at the 2c/5c. I want to own these stakes too, so expect more pressure to come.

Its nice. I want this!

Playing at 2c/5c

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 924 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 143 out of 924 (15%)
Pots won at showdown - 17 of 35 (48%)
Pots won without showdown - 71

Bankroll is at 165$. I had a bit of a painful session not catching some bog draws. I was the one seeking the action by betting out and bet both the flop and turn, because I was also the raiser preflop.

I had a few interesting hands where the people knew I was bluffing but with a tiny bit more pressure on them they were going to fold, because they were weak.

Those are spots that I want to explore a bit in the next few sessions at the 2c/5c. I also want to remember the players, because I am preparing to go up against them. I had a good first session even when I lost. I played the poker I want to be playing. That the cards are not coming is not my fault and it is just the way poker goes. When I catch I would be winning bigger pots, instead of losing those semi small ones. Ill master this level with ease since it is not so different from the 1c/2c. The players are a bit better. Just a bit. I want to be much better. I want to be better than you at this game.

Todays session

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 302 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 47 out of 302 (15%)
Pots won at showdown - 5 of 10 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 19

This was a super short session. I ran terrible and played bad. Bankroll dropped to 171$ in just those few hands. I decided to quit immediately.

I wanted to fold several big hands but I was not able to push through. So I lost. The money mainly went to two people I would consider touch players. They play often and a lot. Strong and bet. Just solid poker. I forgot to take their name but I am sure I will mention both of them in a later post when I write about my competition.

short session

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 960 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 140 out of 960 (14%)
Pots won at showdown - 20 of 46 (43%)
Pots won without showdown - 79

My motivation to play poker is as high as before. I played a small session today but it was not a great session. I lost a bit due to bad luck and I was tired and I am busy with a lot of other stuff. Also since I have not played the past few days I tried bluffing a bit more, which ended up costing me here and there. The bankroll is at 176$.

One of my goals is to defend the Silver VIP status, which will be easy. I have 148 points left and still 2 weeks until I have to get that full and I know I wont be able to get to Gold this month anyways, so there is no need to push sessions to the maximum.

However there was one hand I found interesting and I played it with one of my favorite players marcel2311. It was a small pot and I dont remember the action preflop and on the flop. I had a hand like 35os in the BB and I think marcel was in the SB. There was also limpers. I made a straight on the turn, but there was also a flush possibility and marcel bet. I just called and the others folded. The river was another heart. I did not have one. My straight looked beat. The board was something like A3427. marcel checked the river and I decided to bet a decent size into the pot, but it was still small. Maybe a 10c bet. marcel decided to call. He had A2.
Very interesting call. He called to see, not because he thought his 2 pair was good. A call that he had to made to know more about my game. It was also a good bet by my considering I could have been beat easily. I tend to pay off sometimes too. Its good to know in such small pots how the player plays certain hands. He knew I could have had nothing. I like bluffing small pots.
In his spot I think I would have bet the flop with the A to know where everyone is at. If you get called from the guys who limped in position you can be sure your A2 (in general with a low kicker) is not good. Then on the turn when it completes the straight as well as the flush, it is basically and easy check fold. Then again he did have to pair on the turn. I would have seen how much my opponents would bet in the spot and possibly call to try to hit the full house.
But yeah, interesting hand I think.

Night session

I ended up playing about 3,000 hands. I forgot to take down the statistics, but it was another profitable session logged bringing the bankroll to 179$.

It great to see the progress I have been making. My bankroll is growing and growing with basically every session. Whenever I lose I really put effort into finding out why. I find playing at the 1c/2c is getting easier and easier. I want to make more money. I think I will move up to the 2c/5c on Pokerstars soon.

There are about 4 or 5 regulars at the 1c/2c that challenge my game here and there but I am not really improving a lot anymore at this level. My game there is at a point where I can only learn how to lose less in big hands. Then again I dont see myself folding a full house or bottom set on the flop when the chips go all in. Ill make it back in no time anyways at the 1c/2c. This is why I will move up and put more money at stake. Maybe there I will start to learn it there and even erase those kinds of mistakes.

I guess the hand where I came to this conclusion was when I had KK vs a guy AA. He was a good player too and he admitted I lost the absolute minimum on that hand. I honor the comment but to be honest I dont want to lose. I called off because I can make it back blablabla. I need to move up and stop that losing until the good players at the stakes I am playing tell me I am losing the minimum.

I think I will also write a blog about who the people are that challenge my game still at the 1c/2c. I enjoyed playing with those guys. Great competition and I hope they move up too when they are ready so we can continue being a bit of a pain in the ass to each other knowing want to be better than the other. My only goal left at 1c/2c is to bring the bankroll to a level where I can afford 24 tabling at the 2c/5c. My buy in there is 12.5$. This means I will need 300$. More on bankroll management: Bankroll Management

Why bad players lose

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 4507 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 691 out of 4507 (15%)
Pots won at showdown - 98 of 154 (63%)
Pots won without showdown - 321

In this session I basically raced all the way to 178$. Then my set ran into a bigger set. We both flopped it. The other guy had an even bigger stack than me.
In another hand I made a straight and someone made a better straight with the same card we had to hit. Disaster strikes. He also had a huge stack and I lost major on this one too and dropped down to 170$. Then I had to take a break. Once I continued played, the felting continued and I finished the session at 176$. I have been having big upswing sessions lately. I hope it continues.

In one hand my KK ran into AA again. I was UTG and made my standard 6c raise. I had one called and the BB Letzdosmtng raised to 22c. I knew he had AA. He had a huge stack and it was intimidating to me. So I decided to call. The flop was complete rubbish and he checked. Remember a few days back where I announced in chat that my opponent had AA and I decided to go all in with my KK on the flop that was checked to me. Not this time. I checked. The turn was a blank. He bet, I called. The same goes for the river. I called him down.
Me and him spoke about the hand. I told him I knew preflop I was beat. He said he is amazed. Usually people go all in with that stuff preflop. I was able to lose the minimum and he even mentioned this. Its such improvements that make you a winning player. Had I moved all in, I was going to lose a lot. This way I lost a lot less. I told him in the chat I was going to fold next time. I doubt it.

After people got their money in really bad spots against me and I won, I decided to laugh at them and see their reaction. That is what bad players deserve. They should feel bad. To be honest, I feel like an idiot. I realized these guys dont even understand anything. They blame their call on the fact that it is only a 1$ pot. In other words, worth nothing. That is why those guys will never play for thousands of dollars. I want to, they do not. Those guys dont even understand that you have to stop losing this 1$. I like their dollars. If they want to throw their dollar away, Ill be there to take it.
These guys also do not understand its not the dollar that made them call. Its their game, that made them call. How will you plug a leak that you dont care/know about? Never. It makes no difference for a blind man if hes in the dark or if the sun is out. He has to know where he is going.
Those guys are sitting at the tables waiting to go broke. Nothing else. Get them. Felt them. Take their dollar. They dont care and come back with another one. And another one. And another one. Great.
I thought about letting one specific player know about this blog. I knew I was going to write about this carelessness. I decided hes not worth it. He doesnt care. "If you want to become rich, you should know the value of 1$". Even 1c. I also told him that in the chat. No, I didnt. I added "and you seem broke". He never replied.

Yes, I also dont care about a dollar. I dont care about 1000$. I dont care about a million $. Money is a nice tool that has the characteristic to make more money.
I am just not willing to give it away. I want 100$. Bigger pots. Higher skill. Tougher competition. Will those guys ever get out of 1c/2c? Maybe when they play High Stakes Poker Home Game Edition 3c/6c.

Midnight session

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 2650 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 440 out of 2650 (16%)
Pots won at showdown - 49 of 96 (51%)
Pots won without showdown - 186

This session was last night (Saturday early morning). It brought the bankroll up to 166$.

First day in 2011 without poker

This happens about as often as nuclear bombs are dropped. Not so often. I enjoy playing poker. Today I was just too busy doing this and that. Now I am planning on going out and enjoying my start of the weekend. I had a great week all around.

A good thing about not playing is that you will not lose. Wrong. You miss out on experience. This is costly. I want to play everyday, because there is something to learn in every hand.

I will be at the tables tomorrow for sure. I want to play a big session if the cards are right and I play well. I want to win, remember?

I knew he had it

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 1798 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 243 out of 1798 (13%)
Pots won at showdown - 32 of 63 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 130

Today I also played a good session. I made a few lay downs where I thought I had the best hand but I did not make the call on the river. I wanted to stick to my gut feelings more often today and folded. I also did this with several calls where I ended up having the better hand and taking down the pot. All this and 24 tabling required focus and it is tiring, but so worth learning how to play it good because you just have action all over the place. The bankroll is up to 165$.

Since I lost yesterday to a straighflush, guess what I got today? A straighflush. Nice.

Here is another hand I played. My KK ran into AA. The guy with AA limped UTG and I sit next to him on his left. I decided to make it 24c to go. Everyone folded and he reraised to 46c and had about 1$ behind. That is where I knew he had AA. Nobody but an idiot plays AA in a more obvious way. I just called and hoped for the K on the flop. That did not happen. He checked. What a retard. Here comes my "brilliant" play. I said in the chat that he had AA, I even said I knew he had AA. I went all in with my KK. Of course he called and had AA. I could not suck out and lost. I am the idiot, but a highly educated one.

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Small session

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 744 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 91 out of 744 (12%)
Pots won at showdown - 12 of 19 (63%)
Pots won without showdown - 68

Just a small session I felt like playing. Bankroll is back to 161$ meaning the session earlier is wiped out again.

dawidmbb was there again. Still going at it in full swing. I am starting to get an understanding of what this guy is up to. The thing is I have not been able to see many hands yet. I will have to start paying off. No, I am kidding. Ill have to wait until opportunities come for me. Now hes wild and fun as well as a new challenge.

Sick bad beat

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 1181 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 168 out of 1181 (14%)
Pots won at showdown - 18 of 37 (48%)
Pots won without showdown - 68

Short, but tough session. I noticed a new player at the tables with a lot of aggression. Ill write about him later on in the post. He felted me and it was the last hand I wanted to play for the session. Bankroll is down to 155$.

So I limped with 99 UTG and got raised . I called and the flop was 677h. I check-called the flop. The turn is the 9h. Nice. I decided to slow play and checked. He bet again. I wanted to raise but decided it might just get him off the hook because at this point I put him on an over pair of some sort. The 8h fell on the river. I decided to go all in and get called instantly. He tables 5h6h of hearts for the straight flush. What the hell. Runner-Runner. One outer on the river. He did not have to do anything to get my money. Thats poker. Itll happen to me too someday. Hopefully. If not Ill continue felting. I do not like playing by winning like an idiot. You dont improve. You think you play well. That is not my kind of thing and understanding of how to be a consistent winner.

dawidmbb is a player I have not noticed at the tables. I sure did today. His profile does not impress me at all. His game in certain ways did. He always bet huge and fast. In one hand he was on the button and made a large raise again. I was in the small blind and called with As8s. Not a usual play for me. I wanted to raise at first, because I did not put him on a strong hand. This was my first mistake.
The flop came down 479. I missed and checked. He bet out huge again and I raised it even bigger. Now he reraised. I did not want to but I went all in and he instant called. He had flopped a set of 4s. The all in from me was just stupidity at brilliance. There was no way he was going to fold after he put in the reraise. I blew up and quit the session. Never play like that. Putting the bankroll at risk by flooding pots with unnecessary money is never going to win you anything. It will work once, it will work twice. In the same time you will get felted ten times. Great profiting. Not for you, but for your opponents.

Poker can always be painful. Others go through that pain too. Complaining wont help so you might as well suck it up and continue learning, learning, learning. It is the only way to get better.

Microstakes Mistakes

A lot of people make a lot of mistakes in micro stakes. It might be because the stakes are too low. Maybe they dont know better. Maybe they are not aware of their mistakes. You need to profit from their mistakes by taking advantage to improve your game and become a more profitable player.

Here is a list of mistakes that I think are very common. Small, but they add up.

1) Calling raises out of position
There is only two things that you should do preflop. Fold or Raise. You should fold more often. You often end up check-folding flops that you have not hit and lose them to the in position raiser. This costs you money and you do not learn a thing. Great. Just come in raising and fire a continuation bet. Maybe your opponent will fold and you get to pick up the pot with AQ on a 274 kind of flop. Get the point? You win by being aggressive. Do know when to shut it down, but mix it up so people will not start using position against you to call flops and then you check the turn. People will pick it up, I know I do.

2) Value betting the river
This is not exactly a losing mistake, but you are missing out on making the maximum in hands like AK vs AQ. You have to develop the guts to value bet. You will see often people will fold because their hand is not going to be good. When they call you down, you will often have the best hand and make that sweet little extra. Nice, you have found a fish too. When they have you they will raise and you have the option of folding. Calling would be the mistake, because you end up paying them off. Basically wasting money. You hand is no good, why do you want to put more money in? To see. Stop that. You are playing bad, get used to folding. Stopping the losing is almost like winning.

3) Advantage of position
At the micro stakes position is important in winning the small pots. They add up. So go out there and dare to fire when you have position. Just watch out for the number of players that went to the flop. Its useless when you have nothing and there is five people in the pot. Save that money.
You will see the better players raise often preflop. That is what good players do. They bet. They intimidate. They have stacks. Continuation bets are standard for those players. Reraise them sometimes, they will not have a hand every time and you pick up pots and keep them guessing. This is what you want. Deception.
It gets good when you recognize that your opponent gives up. You pick up the pot by betting. Sometimes people will slow play. Develop a feel for when this happens. You will see that, because they tend to call bets fast or check raising. You have to fold.

4) Trusting your gut
Is my hand good? When you feel that you hesitate calling a bet, usually you are beat. Sometimes when you rewind the action, you will notice that at a certain point you opponent had weakness. This could be indicting a bluff, giving you an opportunity to call and maybe win or step up you game and dare to raise it up. I am not exactly on that kind of level, but I dare to keep on firing when I believe I can get my opponent to fold and push them off.
Listen to you guts. Make folding a habit. A winning habit. You will see it can do wonders to your bankroll. You fold and the hand is over. Next hand starts and no need to worry about that nut flush you just folded, your opponent had the full house. This is a mojor improvement that a lot of player can make in their game. I see it happen everyday at the table. I make the mistakes too, just that I have learned to lose less by folding in some spots.

Big Session, killing everyone and some more

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 3638 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 535 out of 3638 (14%)
Pots won at showdown - 64 of 108 (59%)
Pots won without showdown - 257

Today session was great and pure fun. I was basically winning every large pot. Once I got upset when I flopped a set, but there was three spades on the flop. I decided to go all in. I got called by AK, it was only the A that was a spade. The guy made a huge call. The people in the chat were laughing when he hit his flush on the turn by saying I got outplayed. The donk left the table of course and took the chips. Suck on me once, Ill get you twice. The bankroll literally exploded to 162$. Nice. I wish I could run that good in every session.

Russian Hate

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 1126 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 166 out of 1126 (14%)
Pots won at showdown - 19 of 31 (61%)
Pots won without showdown - 78

The stats of today session are great. I was able to bluff a lot in smaller pots. At the beginning of the session I was losing. Then I was winning again. Then I was donked and bead beat. I hate Russians at the table. I do like their money. They have a lot of passion for donking. Bankroll is down to 144$.

The hand where I terminated the session was against knyaz666
knyaz666. I was in early position and limped with 66. I saw this guy on the button and noticed he would step out with huge raises whenever I limped. This time I was expecting it to happen again. Another limper from middle position. And the Russian on the button steps out and makes it 10c. The punishment for limping. I simply did not give him credit for having a hand. He did that almost every hand with me. He had personal issues with me. He wanted my stack. He was also a huge stack and had position most of the time when I limped. I made it 45c. The middle position folds and to my surprise the button called. Maybe he did have a hand. I stuck to no. The flop comes down 4h5h6. Bingo. I flopped top set and chances are slim that he has 78 for the nuts. I bet out 60c. This was going to be a huge pot. He called. The turn was the 8, not making a flush draw. Did he call 45c reraise preflop with 77? I was not going anywhere. It is more likely he has KK, QQ, JJ. Maybe it was even a set vs set situation. I went all in. I got called. He tabled 7d9d. Funny. I knew he did not have anything but a death wish preflop. The board did not pair and I lost something like an 8.2$ pot. A few hands later he left the table.
Would he have called an all in preflop? I knew he did not have anything. Would he have called an all in on the flop? I think he would have. I do not want to scare him. I do not want him to suck out.

Its strange but I have noticed when I play a certain way and have the best hand and everything when I go all in that if you have been winning a lot and consistent during a session and go all in preflop with AA (as an example) and get called by AK, It does not matter what, just that you have the best and dominate everyone. They will win the hand. He called the preflop raise, he called the flop. My theory is that the software knew I was pretty much going all in this hand and the guy was still in the pot. He needed his rare 4 outer (just more than 10% to win). He possibly would not call an all in on the turn if he did not make his hand. Pokerstars needed me to lose. Yes, I am saying poker softwares are rigged but you can still become a profitable player and turn pro. No doubt. AA vs KK happens so often in online poker, you just do not see this happen very often in real poker. Strange. They earn money in big pots. They want that. Poker gives bad beats. It is normal. I believe that Poker softwares keep track of every hand about how every player is playing it. How much they lost. How much they call off with draws. With all that information you can plan huge pots and maximize profit. People are greedy and this is a loophole and it can be taken advantage of. I will continue playing online poker however, because I enjoy it and do win more than I lose.

Leaving the table after sucking out huge and pretty much trying to donate chips it rude. You wont be able to do anything about this. Just scream at your screen "You fucking pussy!" Then get over it and hope they come back another day. Those people realized how stupid their play is. There is no way to justify bad playing unless you admit to being slightly retarded. I hate looking stupid. That is why I put the time in to make you look stupid. I figure you out as if you were naked, and if you dont make it (to the suckout), I will take it (your chips). Eat that, chew some balls, swallow some cum. I will find out sooner or later Russian and until then continue losing. Do not question your playing skills.

The cards turned

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 1030 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 171 out of 1030 (16%)
Pots won at showdown - 28 of 43 (65%)
Pots won without showdown - 58

I could not help but play a Sunday good night session. It went amazing and it was only just over 1,000 hands. Easy. The bankroll zoomed up to 148$.
I was basically just felting people all over the place. One time I got sucked out on the river when I had KK in middle position and I got the small blind to call. He flopped top pair which was Q and fired. I could have put him all in here. I did not do that. I chose to slowplay. Its for idiots. There is no such thing as slow playing unless you have the nuts. Everything else can and will get sucked out on so dont be idiots, fire, fire and fire some more as long as you have the best hand. You want them to fold or call. You dont want them to raise. You want them crushed. He bet in all three streets. He hit his J for 2 pair. Ill burn it into my arm. "slowplayers, are payers and no brainers".
Besides this hand nothing wild was happening. Just me doing my thing. Crushing people with the best hand. I was the raiser with KcQc. I flopped a flush draw. The nut flush draw. The flop had an Ac, but after it was checked to me I bet. What else? I get raised, but there is not way im folding, so I just called. The turn went check, check. I had not hit. I was going to bet, but realized he was flushing and checked behind hoping we would both hit. The river was a club. He instant shipped his stack of 2.5$ into a 50cent pot. Nice. I should have pretended as if I had a hard decision with the nuts. I instant called and took down that nice pot. Must suck being such a freak, who plays nothing but his hand and does not even understand what his opponents holing could be. Nice. Those are the guys you want to play with all day long. Take them to an ATM.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 1205 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 177 out of 1205 (14%)
Pots won at showdown - 25 of 54 (46%)
Pots won without showdown - 80

Another super card dead session with hidden suckouts where I ended up paying. Bankroll dropped to 138$. I will take a break from poker on Monday and see how I feel on Tuesday. Maybe a 1,000 hands session. As card dead as I am I might as well do something else instead of being a try hard fool.
I am going to put together some goals that I would like to get to and a list of things that I think require improvement in my game. I know for sure I will be staying at the 1c/2c blinds until my bankroll is at least 312.5$

Gonso16, this one is for you

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 6725 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 980 out of 6725 (14%)
Pots won at showdown - 129 of 241 (53%)
Pots won without showdown - 434

I played an all nighter session. It was one of the worse session I had in a long time. Never have I been this card dead. Never have I been sucked out on this often, when I pushed it all in and I was ahead. I never caught when I was racing. this was for about 5,500 hands or so and the bankroll dropped down to 133$ in between. Once the cards turned I was felting fast bringing the bankroll up to 145$ and then eventually ending the session at 142$.

gonso16 had two hands against me. He wanted to know both hands and I guess I am a fair player. I lied to him at the table, because I did not want him to be sure.

gonso16 never told me what he had. In the hand above I think he had AQ or AK. He folded on the turn. Usually if he had an over pair we would have raised the flop to see if his hand is good. If you call that flop with an over pair, you will have to call the bet on the turn too.

In the second hand I think he actually did have an over pair, but I could not get the felting action I needed. These hands took place within 2 minutes or so and I think the first hand influenced the action on the second one. Leading to me shoving all in on the flop. I should have slowplayed. Wait, I do not slowplay. The only thing I would accomplish with slowplaying is letting him hit the card for his overpair and my set gets very small. I do not want that.

With neither hand I can remember the action properly. Maybe he was just bluffing in the second hand. To be honest I dont care. I was hoping to get called and if he folds he cant win the pot anymore and my goal of winning is accomplished without the risk of resucking.

From his profile on pokertableratings.com my guess is if he had his overpairs or the difficult fold he was pretending to make, he was going to call. Consistent losing players dont fold overpairs enough.

Winning is impossible

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 4558 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 642 out of 4558 (14%)
Pots won at showdown - 96 of 168 (57%)
Pots won without showdown - 287

Bankroll down to 143$. I played well the entire session, but I was never really able to win. When I gambled with nut flush draws I never hit. Everyone was hitting everything against me. Runner-runner. 1 outer. Draws. Eventually I ended the session when my KK ran into AA. I was not going to win today and I did not want to start losing like hell.

marcel2311 was the main guy who I noticed kept constantly giving me beats. I had the best by far in some of our bigger pots. I knew I was ahead and bet and raised accordingly. I like to get a lot in when I have the best. This made some pots swell up and he was usually able to hit the river and made bets out of position. The hands all felt like they were no good on the river but I ended up paying off. Every time. It sucked. He did not have to play well at all. Just call me with anything and on the river eventually hit the best.
He is an experienced player from Germany (pssst I am German too!), but was only a losing player until he joined the 1c/2c blinds. I respect his game. It is tough, but I think I would win heads up. I offered it but never got a reply.
One hand we played was strange. After someone limped UTG, he made it 8c to go. I had KK in position, usually I would reraise but I was irritated by the bigger raise. I called. UTG called too. The flop was something like J84. UTG checked, marcel bet big into the pot. I could have reraised but decided to call again and see how the action continues. UTG called as well. The turn was an 8. It paired the second pair on the board. The pot was about 75c by now. UTG and marcel checked. I needed to see if my KK was good and bet 45c. I thought that there was a chance that UTG might have flopped a set. He folded. After long consideration even marcel folded. I think he folded AA. I asked, he said 1010. He did not talk the whole time. He replies to when I told him what I put him on. He just said 1010. He needed me to believe my read was wrong. Donks will give you an answer like "No" or "who knows". He is not a donk, but I will win heads up. If you are better, I am determined to change that.

Folding a full house

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 5978 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 933 out of 5978 (15%)
Pots won at showdown - 124 of 229 (54%)
Pots won without showdown - 443

Today I was 24 tabling. It went well and the bankroll is up to 153$. I have been playing very well and I hope the card keep falling my way too.

Folding a full house is painful. Today was the first time where I remember folding a full house, where the possibility of being beat was actually not even that high.

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xpch22 made a raise preflop to 11 cent. Maybe 12, but it was bigger than a normal raise. It set off alarm bells. I just called preflop. I checked the flop and was faced with a bet. I thought he might have AQ and I would be able to bluff at the pot. I called and the turn is my gold card. To be honest I missed out on seeing this, because of my multi-tabling. I always bet out when I know I have the best hand. It went check, check. The Q came on the river. Now I was that I had a full house and I bet quite a bit into the pot. xpch22 shoved. He had a huge stack and this was a huge call. I asked in the chat if he has QQ. He said who knows. I replied with "I know" and folded. If he was honest, he had it. He told me in the chat.

I knew he had a big hand preflop. I knew on the flop that I could bluff him off it. I actually had the best hand on the turn, missing out the bet to win it. He shoved without knowing where I am at. He did not like my call on the flop, he did like the river. At least that is what I think. Maybe he flopped quads, but I think that would have been checked on the flop. If this was the case, the Q saved me and not made him suck out on me.
The little chat he was giving gave it away. I knew I was beat. It did not matter to me if he had QQ or KK for the quads. My 22 was no good. I did not like folding, but my guts told me it would be a bad call. I stuck to it.

These are the kind of folds I am looking for. I want to be able to fold those kind of hands. It is hard. Guess what? It is doable. This is why I want to keep playing at those stakes for another while. I need to learn more.

Towards the end of the session I doubled up some guy twice. The first time I got AcKc and got called by one of the blinds. The flop came down 8c7c5. I got check raised and decided I wanted to race and shoved all in because he did not really have much of a stack left.. He flopped top two pair and I could not catch. This was the first double up for him from about 1.25$ to 2.5$. A few hands after that we are in the same positions, I am middle position with 55 and he was one of the blinds. I limped and he made a bigger than normal raise and I called. the flop came down 852, all off suit. He checks and of course I bet. I got called. I knew he was slow playing. I thought it was some over pair to the board. The turn is a blank and he checks again. I decided I want to felt him and went all in. A huge all in. He called and hows 88, for the better set. After that hand he had over 5$ stack. Bad ending because I was up to 158$ before this mess started.
I do not regret either play, both pretty standard to race with the AK flush draw and who could know that hes slow playing 88 in this spot. He would have done the same with AA and I was going to double up. I guess it was a mixture of tilt, because he called my AcKc raise with 78os and then the fact that I actually did have a huge hand the second time I doubled him up.

Bankroll Management

Having a good bankroll management will be an essential key to your survival in poker.

Let me explain what bankroll management means in graphics:

Imagine you have a 5cm wide and 5 meters long wooden board in front of you. You want to get to the other side. Easy. Even your kid who has just learnt to walk can do it. Do it again.

Fear will stop you from getting to the other side. You do not feel comfortable. This is the same in poker once the stakes get too much for the bankroll. The bankroll is basically the environmental setting around you. Yes, there are better players at the table. Yes, the blinds are bigger. Things change and you need a bankroll that can afford to lose while you are adjusting to those new things. Do things wrong. Lose. Learn. Improve. Never lose the bankroll.

 

I learned on pokerstrategy.com at the very beginning that 25 maximum buy ins is a healthy bankroll management.

This means when you are playing 1c/2c blinds a maximum buy in can be considered 100 big blinds, so 2$. I buy in for 250 big blinds at 5$, because Pokerstars lets you and I don't want people to have a bigger stack than me. That is one buy in, so at 50$ you have a very healthy bankroll for 1c/2c. This however does not mean you can move up to the 2c/5c game. Here you want to buy in for 5$. Pokerstars lets you buy in for 12.5$. Suddenly you need a bankroll of 125$ to make you feel as comfortable as the 1c/2c with 50$. Now it is up to you, can you improve your game here too to continue growing you bankroll?

 

My experience was that I had to move down quite often. It's easy when you are in that transition stage moving to higher blinds. You understand that you have to move up and down to get you game to the level so that you can beat the competition. It was hard going from 10c/25c to 5c/10c to 2c/5c to 1c/2c. It was killing my passion for poker. It was painful. It was frustrating. It made me play bad. From 950$ to 28$. I still had my bankroll. Believe me, on the way down I ignored bankroll management rules and it was an even worse experience. 5 tabling with 28$ left in my account and 5$ per table was actually not ignoring my bankroll management. Maybe it was even the first time in a long time I was exercising bankroll management. This is where I turned around.

Multiltabling

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 1726 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 273 out of 1726 (15%)
Pots won at showdown - 47 of 73 (64%)
Pots won without showdown - 110

After a day of pausing due to bad internet connection I got to play a good session bringing my bankroll up to 141$. No surprising hands and just donks doing their donking.

Multi-tabling is the best. You need to get an understanding of how to keep track with all the hands and keep an eye on your opponents. Especially the big stacks and frequent players. You can take notes if it helps you, but I dont do that.
The great thing about multi-tabling is that it does not give you that need to play every hand. It gets easy not limping with 62 suited in position or calling a raise preflop. You get a lot more big hands and this will also get you into the habit of raising preflop, which is very important. Always showing strength will allow you to win pots. Never add more than 2 tables at a time and master the new level before jumping up too far, just to go down to fewer tables or limits again. This will happen play and rewind style, over and over again until you skill is good and not you bankroll big eough.
I multi-tabled 21 tables today. I used to multi-table 15 tables, but this was with mouse and that was very difficult at times when there were hard decisions. It always forced me to time out. Since I was shown short cut easy everything is fast and easier. I believe I can play 24 tables and I am close with 21.
However, multi-tabling is dangerous too when you play too many tables and have a hard time following the action. I recommend do not try it. You will feel it within minutes when you are tilting. Your bankroll will disappear faster than you can go all in with AA, because you will have the need to do this with 72os under the gun, if possible in every single table you are at.

Shortest session ever

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 23 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 7 out of 23 (30%)
Pots won at showdown - 3 of 3 (100%)
Pots won without showdown - 3

Within those 23 hands I had AA and KK. The wild hand was the KK. UTG min raised, I dont like this especially when I have a big hand like that. I reraised him big. Everyone folded and I was thinking about what I would do if he reraised again. When the action came back to him that is exactly what he did. I thought about folding KK for a second but decided to call. The flop was 987 or so and he instant pushed. I instant called believing it was a bad call. He had AJ. Interesting play but the pot was huge, something like 9$. I think hes a confirmed retard. He wasnt able to catch his A. In fact I improved to a set on the turn meaning I was going to win even if he had AA. I ended the session because of connection problems and the bankroll at 135$. Looking forward to playing once I see that the connection can keep up.

All nighter session 20 tabling

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 3116 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 500 out of 3116 (16%)
Pots won at showdown - 56 of 123 (45%)
Pots won without showdown - 225

Nothing special happened. Bankroll back up to 131$.

This session I 20 tabled. The short cut keys are kick ass. They make life so much easier. I never timed out 20 tabling and I think I could have put up even more tables, but my bankroll was basically spread out and I had 15$ left to use. I need that money so I dont have to worry about falling below my 5$ max buy in. I used to always end up losing money playing that many tables, but this time I took a decent profit from the tables.

I am not moving up in blinds. I think I will build myself a massive bankroll in the 1/2 cent. There is a lot still to be learned. I need to fold more often and be more aggressive in position.

Guantanamo and Holocaust in one

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 4066 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 648 out of 4066 (15%)
Pots won at showdown - 78 of 176 (44%)
Pots won without showdown - 286

Down to 124$ with the bankroll.

I was not able to get anything going. There are days like these and its just better to be patient and not force for things to happen. That will not work. Been there, done that. Time to try new things. The only thing that did happen was I felted a Platinum VIP. Nice.

During the session I got three bad beats within just 2 or 3 minutes. Tough. The shittiest was when UTG limped. Everyone folded and I decide to move all in with KK in the SB. I got called from the BB as well as from the UTG limper. My KK vs JJ vs 88. The flop brought the J and I did not catch up anymore. After all these bad beats in just a few minutes I had J10 in the BB and checked. The flop gave me and open ended straight draw and I decided it was my time to suck and shipped. I got called and of course I did not hit and lost.

bad beats remind me of Guantanamo. Its torture and you admit to something you are not. I am a donk for blowing up and shipping with J10. Its hard winning. I was donating. From now on I will picture the Holocaust when I am tilting. Never again. Guantanamo and Holocaust. I would love to water board those guys. I would put them in gas chambers and give them a lighter to give them an opportunity to light and give them self a bad beat. They were going to get crushed anyways. Too bad for its not 1940. My dreams are in the past and I will have to find other ways in the future to get the donk population extinct. I will fail in this goal.