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Originally Posted by MultiTabling
This was always going to happen sooner or later. When you play like a maniac and constantly over-shove rivers as a bluff, players soon realise what you're doing and adjust.
the problem wasn't those river shoves, they have a good amount of fold equity
the problem was that I started tilting hard, also a lot of times when I 4-tabled I couldn't read the tables well, couldn't see 1-to-straights, folded good hands pre because of timing out.
Also I ran pretty bad, not saying that I'm a winning player but this is only bad luck.
I'm a bad player and had bad luck too.
I'll have to learn how to play the game, and by 2-tabling it's easier to do that, also harder to make bad plays.
It's funny to know that after almost 1M hands played total (played 700-800k back in 2012-2013 and 200k this year), only now I realized that my biggest problem is mental issues.
My strategy, even by not being optimal, it's ok, it's not like I'm playing vs super competent players, the average NL25 reg has a lot of huge leaks in his game too.
Also I'm the kind of person who does its best to achieve perfection (when I get obsessed). Although my grades in the university are 6.6 in average, while the minimum required to pass is 6 lol(not that people care so much about them in Brazil). But in all games I played I did my best to be the best.
Got legend in hearthstone, in world of warcraft I got 17th place in the world in a fight(I was the only person with normal characters in his name, between chinese and japanese people in top20 lol), in warcraft 3 I got rank 77 in 2v2 in the toughest server in the world (with **** tons of lag).
People get into this game because of the money. Money has never been an issue for me. I got into this game to be the best, to shine, like I did in other games I played. I forced my volume so much, and even spent so much time in poker this month, while I should be looking hard for an internship to finish my university. I did it only because I couldn't stand losing, after I get a losing session I get crazy and want to go back and own people, I can't accept I'm losing.
Because of that, I'll do my best to beat the game, learn and be the best I can be. One thing though is that poker isn't like the other games I played, the psychological barrier is really tough. It's not like you can tilt in hearthstone or warcraft 3, you won't get annoyed and throw some random bad plays from time to time, you may do not optimal choices that could cost you the game, but bad plays are almost impossible to make in those games if you're decent.
Will play less volume, will rest more, will look more for internships.
This holiday will be good, it will be nice to get some time to rest and be refreshed. Bankroll is at $725.