You know, I have never used skype, but I do have a webcam so I am sure I could. I am playing a little more right now (a couple of $1.50 SNG's and a small 30ish person MTT. This is mostly just to wind down. I tell you what though, I definitely want to take you up on that offer sometime soon! Perhaps we could plan a night.

Has to be now or never and only cash games.

Webcam has nothing to do with whether or not you can use Skype. You'd want to have a mic though.

Oh I plan on it. I'm sure 12 tabling in a cascade setup didn't help (as I said. I couldn't really see what was happening on each table) though I have a sneaking suspicion it wouldn't really have mattered even if I was only playing on 4 tables. I have a hard time folding the big hands, even when its obviously that they are repping a better hand. I tend to think my problem is less knowledge, and more discipline. I could be wrong however.

12 tables = just tile. 4x3, I used to play 10-12 tables reg. cash back in the day, tiled. Cascade, imo., is for more than that, but, honestly, custom setup, double cascade = GOAT. Ask your programmer to code up a double cascade setup for you, 18 tables (2x 9), pure value

You prob. need to fold those big hands on the micros vs signs of strength. A lot of the people don't bluff at all, they keep it simple, stupid, even.

Yeah, I know it. In fact that is probably my biggest leak. Of all of the countless hands I have lost in my life, have only been caught of guard by a fraction of them. Some players are scared to put their money in the middle. I am scared not too..... If I could simply change this one thing about my game, I honestly think it would be the difference between being a winning and a losing player. I just haven't been able to to take my own advice, not in the moment.

Well I blanked on the 2 Sit n Go's and the Mtt. So I am going to go to sleep now. Thanks for the advice. In the future I'll post some problem hands for everyone critique.

There's more than that, but yeah, if meta-game is value-heavy, being able to fold loosey-goosey w/ ease when you sense you're beat is kewl, so-to-say. Opposite in MTTs, sometimes, sometimes people just go WILD, man, WILD, I'm telling you

Oh and because of those 3 games, bankroll now sits at $49.42 *gag*

In for the monthly graph, next month

ok, gl I guess

I know the feeling. So disappointing, isn't it?

Seems obvious he doesn't care that much.

Exactly. (post reduced to keep it more chill) ;)

The answer is pretty simple. You have a gambling addiction. You don't fold because it is more important to see the result than it is to win. The only coach you need to see is at Gamblers Anonymous. The hard part will be to admit it.

Good luck with the real battle.

Hey look another trainwreck to follow after 6betme went supernova. Cash out the $50 dude and never play again.

Oh and to answer you question, absolutely, yes I would. I mean, I could pay all of my debt off in a year if I could make $3k a month. That has always been a huge problem for me. It doesn't matter how much I win in the short term, it's never enough. Hell, turning $500 into $2k in a day and a half should have been enough for anybody! But no! I kept playing and I lost it all. I can't tell you how many times I have won $200-$300 in a day (not to mention $400-$500) only to turn around and donk it all back off. I don't seem to know how to quit when I am ahead. Every attempt at setting myself some sort of limit (like once I hit X number of dollars I will quit for the day) I always throw that **** right out the window when I hit the number earlier than what time I would want to stop playing. "If I won this much in an hour,think how much I will win in the next 2 or 3 hours!"

It's all the classic examples of gambling addiction. I really would like to come out the other side of this a start making some decent money at poker. To answer your question specifically, yes. 3-4K has been my target for awhile (problem is, I can't seem to just let my self win a little at a time, I try to win that **** all in one day....)

I do care, quite a bit actually. I was just tired last night and wasn't really in the mood the do any discussing or get any coaching. It was already getting late and 5 am comes quick. I absolutely want to take you up on that offer for coaching. I would be available either tonight or Sunday night. All other nights wont have much (if any) time to play. So if the offer still stands, let me know.

So I am curious about my pre-flop hand selection. My standard range is 77 or better, Ax suited, any suited broadway cards, and AKo, AQo, AJo with the occasional KQo thrown in and smaller pocket pairs when I'm in position or I feel like set mining. On the button or defending from the big blind I may throw in the occasional suited connector, Kx Qx and Jx suited cards, some unsuited broadway cards, suited one gappers etc.

What do you guys think, too tight, too loose, or right on the money?

What good is $50 gonna do me? Id rather grind it out to blow off steam from work than cashout and not play at all. Worst case scenario I will make the switch to low buy-in MTT's (easily a better game for me than Cash, for whatever reason) which should keep me in the game longer than grinding out the cash tables (if I can't starting winning at the micros.)

For one you'd have $50 less debt. And you really think the worst case scenario is that you switch to MTT's? That $50 is going to evaporate and you're going to want it back, you'll deposit another $100. And another $200, and another $1000 and you're going to spend the next 5 years wasting thousands and feeling sorry for yourself because that is what gambling addicts do.

Also would you say "one drink doesn't hurt" to an alcoholic?

good luck outlaw, i feel im in the same boat sometimes.

OP listen to venice10. You are not a good poker player and dont seem eager to improve either

You're just listing some random hands with hardly any mention or thought on positions. The majority of villains you are playing @5NL on ACR know their ranges from each position like the back of their hand. They mostly aren't just playing whatever feels right at the time.

You lose because you have a lot to learn still. The worst thing you used to do was playing games on one or two buy-ins. It's impossible to win that way.

OP, I was going to PM you, but for some reason it looks like you can't receive PMs?

To be fair, it's near enough impossible, psychologically speaking, to start at NL5 and take it seriously when you've lost $50k at much higher limits.

Outlaw, it doesn't matter how many hrs you've logged at whatever level if those hrs were all played as a losing player(which they were).

You are still a losing player. The fact that you snap declined a very generous offer for free coaching from a winning player shows your level of commitment and decision making ability.

You will continue to lose and it's not bad luck. This is not 2005 anymore. Even to beat micros you have to study and work really hard and be disciplined. Like others have said, cash out and forget poker as a profitable endeavor. Play a live tourney once a year or something for fun, but stop dumping money you can't afford to lose thinking that you will just magically be able to start beating the game once your luck turns around.

Whats your S/N on global?