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NewbSaibot United States. Nov 09 2010 02:16. Posts 4946 | | |
First 10k hands were NL5 rush, at which point I decided to take a shot at NL10 rush, thinking it cant be much different. Boy was I wrong, just a massive nitfest, everyone setmining from ANY position against ANY preflop raise. By the time I started to realize TPGK and cbets werent gonna cut it, I had already spewed several buyins. Then suddenly I forgot how to play NL5 rush. Now I'm just spiraling out of control snap tilting when someone mindonks the flop into me, or calls my 5xBB open with 24s. Even when I win at showdown im just like "what the fuck, you called with that? *raaaaaaage*" I've completely forgotten how to play. Now I'm just blindly stacking off with PP's b/c I see someone get it in 1 time with KJo, being a station vs 8/2 nits with hands like JJ when it's obvious I'm beat on a 24895 board. Just bad bad baaaaaaad play. I just have so little respect for the class of human beings I'm up against that it affects my play. Because I dislike them as people, I play back at them, to punish them and make them feel bad for losing.
I think the problem is that at these stakes I keep looking at poker as just a game and not money. I mean I cant be proud of $15 sessions, since thats meaningless to me. I quite honestly have to have real money on the line for me to give a fuck. It's a discipline thing, and I lack it. Even worse, I just dont care to beat micro stakes, any more than at NL200 reg would go back and try to beat it. I mean why bother? If you can play higher then play higher.
I once read that everyone, regardless of occupation, always reaches their level of incompetency. In poker this means your highest limit before you lose. You dont play NL2 if you can crush it for 20bb/100, you play NL200 for 2bb/100. Im not sure what my ceiling is b/c I've never applied myself. Decisions decisions decisions.....
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Carthac United States. Nov 09 2010 02:50. Posts 1343 | | |
Perhaps consider taking a break, collect enough to money to start at nl25 (as I believe you were at much higher stakes than this before correct?), and do everything in your power to control yourself and strive more to improve your poker game than to win money. |
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Gigabeef United Kingdom. Nov 09 2010 02:59. Posts 111 | | |
| | On November 09 2010 01:16 NewbSaibot wrote:
I quite honestly have to have real money on the line for me to give a fuck. It's a discipline thing, and I lack it.
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I think the problem is that at these stakes I keep looking at poker as just a game and not money.
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You dont play NL2 if you can crush it for 20bb/100, you play NL200 for 2bb/100. Im not sure what my ceiling is b/c I've never applied myself. Decisions decisions decisions..... |
I dunno man maybe start working on discipline rather than your game or something? You seem to contradict yourself by saying that you see poker as a game but earlier saying that you need a decent sum at the table or you lose interest. The game is the same at every level if you buy into the same format (players aside), so the actual money at each stake shouldn't matter, just try to see it in bb terms  .
I'm not trying to berate you or anything at all, just giving you ideas to try. I would like to be better at poker itself, but I think that my discipline is one of the best parts of my game and you definitely need that at the micros, so you can win with patience and careful thought. Just my 2c. |
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Sanai United States. Nov 09 2010 04:20. Posts 643 | | |
You are suffering from delusion. |
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schmar Norway. Nov 09 2010 04:41. Posts 29 | | |
I have the same problem. It's really hard to keep grinding and keeping focused for a very low hourly income. Big effort, small reward. I notice i'm playing a lot better when i go up a few steps in stakes, but then i'm not rolled to handle the swings properly yet. |
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NewbSaibot United States. Nov 09 2010 08:43. Posts 4946 | | |
Standard session
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edzwoo United States. Nov 09 2010 09:11. Posts 5911 | | |
LOL
But yeah you got a lot of stuff to work on. Gotta go back to the basic principles and not stray from them in order to get your head straight. |
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r0mx0 Slovakia. Nov 09 2010 13:55. Posts 1581 | | |
yea wish i never decided to clear first deposit bonus at rush poker , i v played 20 K hands last 4 days at nl10 6max rush and i am BE ... nothing works 24/20/3b 10 def no avoid it 16/14/3b4 little bit better ..... sooner or later ill clear the bonus and fu rush poker cause this is not poker .... GL sir |
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