Just went on a 1.2k downswing last night playing mostly $2/$5. I'll admit that I wasn't playing my A-game and I think that I did get outplayed in a few spots. I lost a 2.2k pot with trips top kicker vs a boat, which was a semi-cooler, but I may have been able to make an exploitable fold against the river x/r. I'm not sure. I also got triple barrel bluffed off an overpair in a 3bet pot when the opponent showed K high. I would've scooped a 1.1k pot if I had the balls to call that river bet. I was tanking for a long time but I ultimately made the wrong decision. To top it off, I moved down to 1/3 and got coolered twice there, like 3bet jamming JJ for $125, having a fish cold-call me with ATs and getting there.
Oh well, if there ever was a time to have a downswing, then this would be it, I guess. This is one of the few times when I can actually afford to lose 1.2k without being financially crippled lol. So currently 3.7k up for the year now.
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Originally Posted by Fatboy54
If you really want to improve don't be one of those people that shuts his ears to sound advice. At the moment for example you are totally confusing upswings and downswings with short term (almost) daily variance and are utterly obsessed with short term results. Good players don't do this.
They focus on their game. As others have said 50nl online and 1/3 live are completely different playing environments, each requiring very different strats and strengths. No reason why you should not get good at both, but a good place start would be posting hands instead of largely meaningless daily results.
GL
Thanks for the advice. I do think though, without trying to sound arrogant, that I'm not too far off beating 50nl online. A close friend of mine is absolutely crushing 200nl online, making almost 10bb/100, and I'm getting some coaching off him. He told me that he thinks I'm capable of beating 200nl by the end of the year if I'm willing to put in the work, so that really inspires me.
I've posted a bunch of 1/3 and 2/5 HH's in the LLSNL subforum, so I don't want this thread to just be identical to those posts, but maybe I'll showcase a few interesting hands that I've come across.