I'm just wondering if getting stacked set over set is meant to happen almost every session or if i'm just running so bad i might as well just die.

Over the last few thousand hands i've literally lost count of the number of times its happened (it'll be into double figures by now). My bankroll has been decimated by getting it on the flop and being shown a higher set.

Im only a slightly winning player (like 3.5 BB/100) so i just cant sustain this constant barrage of coolers. I dont yet have the skill to win enough to overcome it. Its not just cooler hands either, getting my stack in good and getting sucked out on is getting tiresome.

My confidence is shot to hell because i'm now in the frame of mind that im going to get coolered every time i have a decent hand.

I take poker semi-seriously, watching training vids, reading strategy etc. and i've ground my way up from $50 to $1000 but i feel like i've hit the ceiling of my skill and and this run im on is going to ruin me.


And i apologise in advance for the fact that no one likes these threads.

What limit are you playing? At the micros, if you have a set, get it in. If you lose to a higher set, its FOR SURE a cooler. FOR SURE. And you need to brush it off no matter how painful.

I only play 25NL, so I am thrilled to get it in with a set, even on a monotone board.

Good luck and stay strong.

Yeh im playing 25NL aswell. I'm a pretty sensible guy who understands variance and all but i'm really not exagerating when i say ive been a victim of set over set AT LEAST 10 times over the last few thousand hands. And i honestly cant remember when i stacked someone with a set.

But its more of a combination of things, my big hands just refuse to get paid off and i when i do get my money in good its pretty standard to get sucked out on.

I just wish i could cooler someone for a change.

Yeah it sucks but it'll happen eventually. In the session before the one I just played, I got coolered 6 times. So, whatever.

S*** happens dude. A set is a strong hand so im happy to get the money in if someone has a higher set then unlucky. Thats poker sadly

alot of books say muck 22-44 out of position and foldem to a raise....

it happened twice to me today. but today was my biggest winning session this week, so who cares

Yes it's gonna happen. Sometimes it seems like EVERYTIME! One thing you can do to minimize this is not slow playing your sets or giving your opp the right price to peel off another card cheaply. I'm not saying not to value bet. But I have seen players flop a set and then c/c to the river thinking that they can't be beat and let the opp suckout. Only do that if you have a near dead-on read.

If you got it all in PF or flop, well that's just poker and know that you didn't play it wrong. It will keep you from tilting as bad. That goes for any bad beat. If you got it in first with the best, that was the most you could do. Move on.