I have been stuck at 2nl for 3 months now since my profit never seems to be greater than my losses from the bad beats and coolers alone. Over the past few days I have averaged -11 Buy ins per day off of bad beats and coolers alone, although normally, I would say it is at least -5 Buy ins per day off of the beats and coolers. The losses from the bad beats and coolers are the VAST majority of my losses.

Some days are great with no bad beats or coolers whatsoever.
Other days go good, only to get hours of profit undone in 15 minutes of a complete tidal wave of bad beats and coolers.
And other days are just straight bad beats and coolers non-stop right from the get go.

It is beyond frustrating, and I really had to resist the urge to post something like this over the past three months since I know that everyone goes through it. But after three months of this, I am still not able to beat 2nl due to all these beats and coolers leaving me where I started.

I have read many of the uNL strategy threads and follow them consistently; tight-ass preflop starting hand selection, no slowplaying, no double barrels, bet strong with strong hands on all streets. Despite this, it is not enough for me to profit consistently enough to beat 2nl, once you factor all the losses from the badbeats and coolers.

I am obviously doing something wrong here, but I guess I just don't know where to start. I guess I would just like to get everyone's opinion on this, since I am frustrated and depressed beyond words by all this, especially after being stuck at 2nl for 3 months.

tell me you played over 20K hands please

Post some hands please to show us what your definition of coolers and bad beats is, I need a good laugh.

If you cant beat 2NL surely it isnt the coolers holding you back

50.8k hands since Nov 14

Then I must be missing value in a lot of spots. Like when I raise big pairs PF and pick up the blinds 90% of the time. Is it ever correct to slowplay big hands, other than when you have (essentially) the stone nuts on the flop? Should I start check/raising toptop on a 2-tone flop OOP against a 30/20 with a 40% bet flop percentage?

If you're losing after 50k hands of nl2 you seriously need to give up poker. No chance of ever being successful.

move up to where they respect your raises.

fold a lot more u fish

In 2nl unless you have 3 pairs your hand is no good

Learn to fold and pot control.

Guys, he has played 50k hands..some people just dont have the mental capacity to win at poker

Those are not bad beats because you put the vast majority of your money in when behind.

They are not coolers either because all you have is one pair every time.

Seriously, how the **** can you think in any of the 3 hands that you are in front when putting the money in the way the betting went?

I think the sad truth is that you are a Level1-thinker.
You see your hand and think "ZOMG I haz aces" or "ZOMG I haz toppest pair".

You pay no attention to what the others players are telling you what their likely holdings are.
You pay no attention to the developing texture of the board and what it means to the relative strenght of your hand compared to the holdings of your opponents.

And now you think about slowplaying your big hands to get a chance to misplay your hands postflop even more often as a solution?

Your postflop-play is beyond horrible dude, if I was you I would stay away from the tables and study long and hard (there is enough free stuff out there) and don't come back before you fixed that leak. Everywhere other than the playmoneytables you will get slaughtered with that style, even at 2NL.

If this is a level wp sir. If not I feel slightly sorry for you.

No strategy in BBV.

But seriously, good teardown. OP, if it's not a level (in which case I feel quite sorry for you too), post these hands in the Micro FR section, and you'll get some good analysis.

In reality, the micros are absoloute agony. If you aren't killed by the rake, you'll get smashed by opponents who, instead of knowing that they've got good equity against your likely holdings, will just put money in to get lucky against you.

Your foundations seem reasonably on the ball, maybe you should move up to where they respect your raises? (Not tired meme sentence, I actually mean it)

My advice for you would be to shortstack, and put more BB in pre - it would probably save you from your own postflop play. GL

expected more trolling here? Disappointing.