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June 5, 2013
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Hi guys
Im after some advice really – Im not the best player – which is why I'm here trying to improve my game.
But these badbeats and down swing is getting the better of me – can anyone give some advice???
thanks
Kev
PS typical hand below – if I played it wrong please let me know your opinion – the caller was a fisg with stat of 55/10
PokerStars Hand #101096148395: Tournament #812010487, $2.00+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVI (350/700) - 2013/07/07 20:16:52 WET [2013/07/07 15:16:52 ET] Table '812010487 108' 9-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: Mamoru007 (5549 in chips) Seat 2: flipper1959 (11614 in chips) Seat 3: skywalker_si (27829 in chips) Seat 4: groszek07 (13289 in chips) Seat 5: zxdakev (9710 in chips) Seat 6: suckmy4ce (4120 in chips) Seat 7: air hay (3790 in chips) Seat 8: justlagoon (5660 in chips) is sitting out Seat 9: @L1N93 (13418 in chips) Mamoru007: posts the ante 85 flipper1959: posts the ante 85 skywalker_si: posts the ante 85 groszek07: posts the ante 85 zxdakev: posts the ante 85 suckmy4ce: posts the ante 85 air hay: posts the ante 85 justlagoon: posts the ante 85 @L1N93: posts the ante 85 Mamoru007: posts small blind 350 flipper1959: posts big blind 700 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to zxdakev [Kc Kh] skywalker_si: raises 2800 to 3500 groszek07: folds zxdakev: raises 6125 to 9625 and is all-in suckmy4ce: folds air hay: folds justlagoon: folds @L1N93: folds Mamoru007: folds flipper1959: folds skywalker_si: calls 6125 *** FLOP *** [Td Jc 5c] *** TURN *** [Td Jc 5c] [Th] *** RIVER *** [Td Jc 5c Th] [3d] *** SHOW DOWN *** skywalker_si: shows [3s 3c] (a full house, Threes full of Tens) zxdakev: shows [Kc Kh] (two pair, Kings and Tens) skywalker_si collected 21065 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 21065 | Rake 0 Board [Td Jc 5c Th 3d] Seat 1: Mamoru007 (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 2: flipper1959 (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 3: skywalker_si showed [3s 3c] and won (21065) with a full house, Threes full of Tens Seat 4: groszek07 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: zxdakev showed [Kc Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens Seat 6: suckmy4ce folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: air hay folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: justlagoon folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: @L1N93 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
April 26, 2013
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Nothing wrong at all in your playin here. Just a normal river suck out.
Trust me, I had a terrible month and this July hasn't gone any better until now.
The best suckout was just one week ago: I was sitting on a FT, $2.4k on top for 1st. After I lost a 60:40 I was 5./5 when I picked up TT. My stack was a push or fold, so I got it in. Was snap called by 99. Guess what? Flop was 99x. Yeah, so I finished 5th for ~$500 instead of 1. – 3. for $1k+.
And before that i had about 6 river bad beats that cost me approx. $7k. No kidden. But some day, I hope, I'll just be at the right end of varience.
My advice: Just keep playing your game correctly, try to get a good volume of games so that variance may eventually even out. Thats what I hope for at least.
GL!
May 30, 2012
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Stay within your bankroll, play when you are mentally fresh, know stack sizes, and try to make the best decision EVERY time. I know it sounds easy to do, but this is the key to surviving as a mtt player in my opinion.
June 5, 2013
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thanks for the reply – ill try and let you know how i go – Im gonna take a few days off too 
October 6, 2010
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taking a few days off definitely helps. come back when you want to play, not when you feel like you have to play becasue you always have played on that night or whatever.
and yeah i think the biggest one is playing within your bankroll. if a tourney means a lot to you because you feel like you have to win it, then when you get sucked out on it is going to hurt even more.
here is the best article that i have ever read, and probably the bit of information from TPE that has helped my game the most.
June 5, 2013
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thanks 🙂
March 21, 2013
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1. realize mtt's are sick variance and even full time grinding can result in loosing stretches of months.
2. keep strict to bankroll requirements where you're comfortable putting money up to the table. I grind fulltime and except for sunday MTT's I like to keep a 500 BI restrictment before moving up stakes, that way I don't care if I have a loosing day/week (it does hurt to have a loosing month though:))
3. quit when you're feeling frustrated/tilted/not playing your A-game
4. mix in smaller field tourneys, that way you get some final tables day which boost your morale. (as a grinder decreases your hourly because of lower attainable ROI's but because of higher 'morale' you can grind longer sessions thus higher income:))
October 6, 2010
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agree with that last one.
i think that whilst it may be true that you have a higher attainable roi the bigger tourneys you play, that also assumes you are playing your A game all the time, which after several near misses in big tourneys, may not be the case anymore. It is a great feeling to final table that small tourney at the end of the night that gets you back to a breakeven day.
June 18, 2013
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You played the hand but it's unfortunate. The problem with these experiences is that we all need to realize that it will happen a percentage of time. I'd love that every AA hand I have wins but we all know that it isn't hence why there is variance in tournament play poker.
With that said, i believe in the post, someone mentioned break. That is a wise one. Also one thing I am learning is to really concentrate on the breaks during the sessions too. Walk away from the computer, take a walk or pooo or whatever and look at something other than poker so you can get some clarity.
Also, smaller field size would also be good and bring your varience down just a little bit. The biggest thing I have recognized for me is break. Take off and just do something other than poker to get your mind a break. We tend to somewhat auto pilot. Learn a new game, play something different. badugi, baduci, PLO8 or some sort of draw game. It's like when lifting weights, you can do the thing you are comfortable with so long that you can go on autopilot and you don't see any effects.
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