Running bad or just suck?

Well, confidence in my game is in the crapper after today. Between trying $50NL and my usual $25 I managed to end up down $90 today, wiping out all my last 4 weeks profit and ending up $20 down total since restarting.

I honestly have no idea if my game is just crap (I mean ffs, $70 profit over 7k hands at $25NL in 4 weeks if fairly pathetic really) but thought I'd post the biggest winning and losing hands of todays sessions here and see if I've just hit coolness or been playing badly.

My apologies for the hand format, for some reason the convertor can't handle cut and paste from out of pokeroffice.

Hand 1:
PokerStars Game #9163651083: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/03/30 - 12:14:13 (ET)
Table Eumelos V 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: nipsy ($89.95 in chips)
Seat 2: JJ_and_P ($33.70 in chips)
Seat 3: Hagiii ($49.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Potkralle ($23.35 in chips)
Seat 5: KnyteStorme ($51.75 in chips)
Seat 6: JazzyZ ($50 in chips)
Seat 7: KKeo ($23.40 in chips)
Hagiii: posts small blind $0.25
Potkralle: posts big blind $0.50
Mat_Sch2: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [8s 8h]
KnyteStorme: calls $0.50
JazzyZ: folds
KKeo: folds
nipsy: folds
JJ_and_P: calls $0.50
Hagiii: folds
Potkralle: raises $1.50 to $2
KnyteStorme: calls $1.50
JJ_and_P: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [Ad Qd 9s]
Potkralle: checks
KnyteStorme: bets $5
JJ_and_P: folds
Potkralle: raises $5 to $10
KnyteStorme: calls $5
*** TURN *** [Ad Qd 9s] [6d]
Potkralle: bets $11.35 and is all-in
KnyteStorme: folds
Potkralle collected $25 from pot
Potkralle: doesnt show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $26.25 | Rake $1.25
Board [Ad Qd 9s 6d]
Seat 1: nipsy folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: JJ_and_P (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Hagiii (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Potkralle (big blind) collected ($25)
Seat 5: KnyteStorme folded on the Turn
Seat 6: JazzyZ folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: KKeo folded before Flop (didnt bet)

Hand 2:
PokerStars Game #9163792591: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/03/30 - 12:26:54 (ET)
Table Eumelos V 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: nipsy ($84.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Sweet.kr ($50 in chips)
Seat 3: Hagiii ($51.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Potkralle ($21 in chips)
Seat 5: KnyteStorme ($37.40 in chips)
Seat 6: JazzyZ ($51.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Shaaarrrp ($49 in chips)
Seat 8: gerbilking ($23.50 in chips)
Seat 9: BigRed ($31.65 in chips)
Potkralle: posts small blind $0.25
KnyteStorme: posts big blind $0.50
Sweet.kr: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [Ad Kh]
JazzyZ: folds
JazzyZ is sitting out
Shaaarrrp: folds
gerbilking: folds
BigRed: folds
nipsy: calls $0.50
Sweet.kr: checks
Hagiii: folds
Potkralle: raises $1 to $1.50
KnyteStorme: calls $1
nipsy: calls $1
Sweet.kr: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jd 2h 9d]
Potkralle: bets $2.50
KnyteStorme: calls $2.50
nipsy: folds
*** TURN *** [Jd 2h 9d] [8c]
Potkralle: bets $3
KnyteStorme: raises $4.50 to $7.50
Potkralle: calls $4.50
*** RIVER *** [Jd 2h 9d 8c] [3s]
Potkralle: checks
KnyteStorme: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Potkralle: shows [Qc Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
KnyteStorme: mucks hand
Potkralle collected $23.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $25 | Rake $1.20
Board [Jd 2h 9d 8c 3s]
Seat 1: nipsy folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Sweet.kr folded before Flop
Seat 3: Hagiii (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Potkralle (small blind) showed [Qc Jc] and won ($23.80) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 5: KnyteStorme (big blind) mucked [Ad Kh]
Seat 6: JazzyZ folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: Shaaarrrp folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: gerbilking folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: BigRed folded before Flop (didnt bet)

Hand 3:
PokerStars Game #9163499344: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/03/30 - 12:00:35 (ET)
Table Eumelos V 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: nipsy ($74.35 in chips)
Seat 2: JJ_and_P ($18.70 in chips)
Seat 3: Hagiii ($47 in chips)
Seat 4: acecatcher26 ($19.80 in chips)
Seat 5: KnyteStorme ($48.25 in chips)
Seat 6: JazzyZ ($61.90 in chips)
Seat 7: KKeo ($29.75 in chips)
Seat 9: joninev ($54.90 in chips)
KKeo: posts small blind $0.25
joninev: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [6d Ad]
nipsy: folds
JJ_and_P: folds
Hagiii: folds
acecatcher26: folds
KnyteStorme: raises $1 to $1.50
JazzyZ: raises $2.50 to $4
KKeo: folds
joninev: folds
KnyteStorme: calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [6h 4d 3c]
KnyteStorme: checks
JazzyZ: bets $6
KnyteStorme: raises $9 to $15
JazzyZ: folds
KnyteStorme collected $19.75 from pot
KnyteStorme: doesnt show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.75 | Rake $1
Board [6h 4d 3c]
Seat 1: nipsy folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: JJ_and_P folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Hagiii folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: acecatcher26 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: KnyteStorme collected ($19.75)
Seat 6: JazzyZ (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: KKeo (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: joninev (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 4:
PokerStars Game #9164695198: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/03/30 - 13:45:59 (ET)
Table Reginita 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: pimenman ($9.55 in chips)
Seat 2: skimeister59 ($19 in chips)
Seat 3: DevilsChips ($17.55 in chips)
Seat 5: AL_MZ ($29.60 in chips)
Seat 6: damndakin ($49.30 in chips)
Seat 7: papanatasmoe ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 8: Horemheb ($22.55 in chips)
Seat 9: KnyteStorme ($32.30 in chips)
AL_MZ: posts small blind $0.10
damndakin: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [Qs Ac]
papanatasmoe: folds
Horemheb: calls $0.25
KnyteStorme: raises $0.75 to $1
pimenman: folds
skimeister59: folds
DevilsChips: calls $1
AL_MZ: folds
damndakin: folds
Horemheb: folds
*** FLOP *** [6h 3d Kc]
KnyteStorme: bets $1.75
DevilsChips: calls $1.75
*** TURN *** [6h 3d Kc] [As]
KnyteStorme: bets $5
DevilsChips: raises $6.75 to $11.75
KnyteStorme: raises $6.75 to $18.50
DevilsChips: calls $3.05 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [6h 3d Kc As] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KnyteStorme: shows [Qs Ac] (a pair of Aces)
DevilsChips: shows [3s 3h] (three of a kind, Threes)
DevilsChips collected $33.95 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $35.70 | Rake $1.75
Board [6h 3d Kc As 8c]
Seat 1: pimenman folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: skimeister59 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: DevilsChips (button) showed [3s 3h] and won ($33.95) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 5: AL_MZ (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: damndakin (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: papanatasmoe folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Horemheb folded before Flop
Seat 9: KnyteStorme showed [Qs Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces

Hand 5:
PokerStars Game #9171063589: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/03/30 - 21:05:34 (ET)
Table Deiphobus V 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: KnyteStorme ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: x Smart x ($34.95 in chips)
Seat 5: ktai6666 ($25.30 in chips)
Seat 6: kbol ($11.65 in chips)
Seat 7: calpoker0414 ($24.40 in chips)
Seat 8: Guchoo ($27.75 in chips)
Seat 9: fumille ($23.65 in chips)
x Smart x: posts small blind $0.10
MrYellowBoy is disconnected
MrYellowBoy has timed out while disconnected
MrYellowBoy: is sitting out
ktai6666: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [Ac Qh]
kbol: folds
calpoker0414: folds
Guchoo: folds
fumille: calls $0.25
KnyteStorme: raises $0.75 to $1
x Smart x: raises $0.75 to $1.75
ktai6666: folds
fumille: calls $1.50
KnyteStorme: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [Qc 7c 8c]
x Smart x: bets $2.50
fumille: folds
KnyteStorme: calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [Qc 7c 8c] [2s]
x Smart x: bets $4
KnyteStorme: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [Qc 7c 8c 2s] [5d]
x Smart x: checks
KnyteStorme: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
x Smart x: shows [Kh Kd] (a pair of Kings)
KnyteStorme: mucks hand
x Smart x collected $17.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.50 | Rake $0.90
Board [Qc 7c 8c 2s 5d]
Seat 1: KnyteStorme (button) mucked [Ac Qh]
Seat 3: x Smart x (small blind) showed [Kh Kd] and won ($17.60) with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: ktai6666 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: kbol folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: calpoker0414 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Guchoo folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: fumille folded on the Flop

Hand 6:
PokerStars Game #9176583243: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/03/31 - 04:46:48 (ET)
Table Lacrimosa 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 3: BuddyGilmore ($10.35 in chips)
Seat 4: AL_MZ ($23.75 in chips)
Seat 5: KnyteStorme ($22.05 in chips)
Seat 6: xxxTGRxxx ($14.50 in chips)
Seat 8: slope76 ($33 in chips)
Seat 9: KiD[ReD] ($31.95 in chips)
slope76: posts small blind $0.10
KiD[ReD]: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [Js Ac]
BuddyGilmore: folds
AL_MZ: folds
KnyteStorme: raises $0.75 to $1
xxxTGRxxx: calls $1
slope76: folds
KiD[ReD]: folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc 4d Qc]
KnyteStorme: bets $1.75
xxxTGRxxx: raises $1.75 to $3.50
KnyteStorme: calls $1.75
*** TURN *** [Tc 4d Qc] [Jh]
KnyteStorme: checks
xxxTGRxxx: bets $3.50
KnyteStorme: folds
xxxTGRxxx collected $8.90 from pot
xxxTGRxxx: doesnt show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9.35 | Rake $0.45
Board [Tc 4d Qc Jh]
Seat 3: BuddyGilmore folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: AL_MZ folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: KnyteStorme folded on the Turn
Seat 6: xxxTGRxxx (button) collected ($8.90)
Seat 8: slope76 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: KiD[ReD] (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 7:
PokerStars Game #9176261656: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/03/31 - 03:56:45 (ET)
Table Theotes IV 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Tina18 ($13.20 in chips)
Seat 2: KnyteStorme ($21.80 in chips)
Seat 3: aprowler ($54.05 in chips)
Seat 4: AL_MZ ($25 in chips)
Seat 5: Knumsi ($32.20 in chips)
Seat 6: LoAlexandria ($22 in chips)
Seat 7: Bluetones ($28.15 in chips)
Seat 8: betrtinktwyc ($5.80 in chips)
Seat 9: seadragon68 ($4.30 in chips)
betrtinktwyc: posts small blind $0.10
seadragon68: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [Kd Ad]
Tina18: calls $0.25
KnyteStorme: raises $0.75 to $1
aprowler: folds
AL_MZ: folds
Knumsi: folds
LoAlexandria: calls $1
Bluetones: folds
betrtinktwyc: calls $0.90
seadragon68: folds
Tina18: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [Jc Kh 8s]
betrtinktwyc: checks
Tina18: checks
KnyteStorme: bets $3.75
LoAlexandria: folds
betrtinktwyc: raises $1.05 to $4.80 and is all-in
Tina18: calls $4.80
KnyteStorme: calls $1.05
*** TURN *** [Jc Kh 8s] [6h]
Tina18: checks
KnyteStorme: checks
*** RIVER *** [Jc Kh 8s 6h] [6c]
Tina18: bets $4.50
KnyteStorme: calls $4.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Tina18: shows [8c 8h] (a full house, Eights full of Sixes)
KnyteStorme: mucks hand
Tina18 collected $8.60 from side pot
betrtinktwyc: mucks hand
Tina18 collected $17.75 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $27.65 Main pot $17.75. Side pot $8.60. | Rake $1.30
Board [Jc Kh 8s 6h 6c]
Seat 1: Tina18 showed [8c 8h] and won ($26.35) with a full house, Eights full of Sixes
Seat 2: KnyteStorme mucked [Kd Ad]
Seat 3: aprowler folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: AL_MZ folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: Knumsi folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: LoAlexandria folded on the Flop
Seat 7: Bluetones (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: betrtinktwyc (small blind) mucked [Ac Ks]
Seat 9: seadragon68 (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 8:
PokerStars Game #9176255127: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/03/31 - 03:55:48 (ET)
Table Lalage 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: I_like_me22 ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Stu_yo ($62.70 in chips)
Seat 3: Josecito29 ($22.55 in chips)
Seat 4: Tina18 ($13.65 in chips)
Seat 5: washguy777 ($23.05 in chips)
Seat 6: KnyteStorme ($24.40 in chips)
Seat 7: ShooowTime ($14.40 in chips)
Seat 8: Hellscreem ($25.50 in chips)
ShooowTime: posts small blind $0.10
Hellscreem: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [Tc Jc]
I_like_me22: calls $0.25
Stu_yo: calls $0.25
Josecito29: folds
Tina18: folds
washguy777: folds
KnyteStorme: raises $0.75 to $1
ShooowTime: folds
Hellscreem: folds
I_like_me22: calls $0.75
Stu_yo: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [6c 3c Ks]
DaveCLTL was removed from the table for failing to post
I_like_me22: checks
Stu_yo: checks
KnyteStorme: bets $2.50
Yakshi joins the table at seat #9
I_like_me22: calls $2.50
Stu_yo: folds
*** TURN *** [6c 3c Ks] [Jd]
I_like_me22: checks
KnyteStorme: bets $4.75
I_like_me22: raises $7.25 to $12
KnyteStorme: calls $7.25
*** RIVER *** [6c 3c Ks Jd] [5d]
I_like_me22: bets $9
KnyteStorme: folds
I_like_me22 collected $30.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $32.35 | Rake $1.55
Board [6c 3c Ks Jd 5d]
Seat 1: I_like_me22 collected ($30.80)
Seat 2: Stu_yo folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Josecito29 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Tina18 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: washguy777 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: KnyteStorme (button) folded on the River
Seat 7: ShooowTime (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Hellscreem (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 9:
PokerStars Game #9178214139: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/03/31 - 08:51:41 (ET)
Table Thia 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: dolceman81 ($31.65 in chips)
Seat 3: AuriannA ($57.65 in chips)
Seat 5: redeyedbert ($69.80 in chips)
Seat 6: KnyteStorme ($44.10 in chips)
Seat 7: ntierdev ($49 in chips)
Seat 8: Private_Void ($115.05 in chips)
ntierdev: posts small blind $0.25
Private_Void: posts big blind $0.50
Arbojo82: sits out
Redman2606: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [Ks Kh]
dolceman81: folds
AuriannA: folds
redeyedbert: folds
KnyteStorme: raises $1.50 to $2
ntierdev: folds
Private_Void: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [8h 6d Qs]
Private_Void: checks
KnyteStorme: bets $3.50
Private_Void: calls $3.50
*** TURN *** [8h 6d Qs] [Qd]
mark9097 has returned
Private_Void: checks
KnyteStorme: checks
*** RIVER *** [8h 6d Qs Qd] [Ah]
Private_Void: bets $6
KnyteStorme: folds
Private_Void collected $10.70 from pot
Private_Void: doesnt show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $11.25 | Rake $0.55
Board [8h 6d Qs Qd Ah]
Seat 1: dolceman81 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: AuriannA folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: redeyedbert folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: KnyteStorme (button) folded on the River
Seat 7: ntierdev (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Private_Void (big blind) collected ($10.70)

Hand 10:
PokerStars Game #9177842718: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/03/31 - 08:06:41 (ET)
Table Thia 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Pickeljoe ($94 in chips)
Seat 2: mark9097 ($53.65 in chips)
Seat 3: AuriannA ($49 in chips)
Seat 5: redeyedbert ($44.05 in chips)
Seat 6: KnyteStorme ($52.90 in chips)
Seat 7: jck123dog ($36.95 in chips)
Seat 8: Hagiii ($53.30 in chips)
Seat 9: justinka ($49.75 in chips)
redeyedbert: posts small blind $0.25
KnyteStorme: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [6s Jc]
KzUpQzDoWn leaves the table
jck123dog: folds
Hagiii: folds
justinka: folds
Pickeljoe: folds
mark9097: folds
AuriannA: folds
redeyedbert: calls $0.25
KnyteStorme: checks
*** FLOP *** [Js 2s 8c]
redeyedbert: bets $1
KnyteStorme: raises $2 to $3
redeyedbert: calls $2
*** TURN *** [Js 2s 8c] [Tc]
redeyedbert: checks
KnyteStorme: bets $4
redeyedbert: raises $7 to $11
piebe joins the table at seat #4
KnyteStorme: folds
redeyedbert collected $14.30 from pot
redeyedbert: doesnt show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $15 | Rake $0.70
Board [Js 2s 8c Tc]
Seat 1: Pickeljoe folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: mark9097 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: AuriannA (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: redeyedbert (small blind) collected ($14.30)
Seat 6: KnyteStorme (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 7: jck123dog folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Hagiii folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: justinka folded before Flop (didnt bet)

Hand 11:
PokerStars Game #9177924365: Holdem No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/03/31 - 08:17:15 (ET)
Table Thia 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Pickeljoe ($96.30 in chips)
Seat 2: mark9097 ($50.25 in chips)
Seat 3: AuriannA ($52.30 in chips)
Seat 4: reati ($29.50 in chips)
Seat 5: redeyedbert ($75.45 in chips)
Seat 6: KnyteStorme ($43.90 in chips)
Seat 7: jck123dog ($37.35 in chips)
Seat 8: Hagiii ($49.80 in chips)
Seat 9: justinka ($48.25 in chips)
mark9097: posts small blind $0.25
AuriannA: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KnyteStorme [Qs Qc]
reati: calls $0.50
redeyedbert: folds
KnyteStorme: raises $2 to $2.50
jck123dog: folds
Hagiii: folds
justinka: folds
Pickeljoe: calls $2.50
mark9097: folds
AuriannA: folds
reati: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kd Jd 2d]
KnyteStorme: checks
Pickeljoe: checks
*** TURN *** [Kd Jd 2d] [7h]
KnyteStorme: bets $3
Pickeljoe: raises $3 to $6
KnyteStorme: calls $3
*** RIVER *** [Kd Jd 2d 7h] [2s]
KnyteStorme: checks
Pickeljoe: bets $11
KnyteStorme: folds
Pickeljoe collected $17.40 from pot
Pickeljoe: doesnt show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.25 | Rake $0.85
Board [Kd Jd 2d 7h 2s]
Seat 1: Pickeljoe (button) collected ($17.40)
Seat 2: mark9097 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: AuriannA (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: reati folded before Flop
Seat 5: redeyedbert folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: KnyteStorme folded on the River
Seat 7: jck123dog folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Hagiii folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: justinka folded before Flop (didnt bet)

These were either the biggest winners or biggest losers of each session, feel free to be as honest and beligerent as you want over how bad some of these were.

It really seems when I look over my sessions that I have lots of small wins (like getting blinds or maybe 4x BB but then have one really big loss with overplaying TPTK against a set or something that I just can't see) and it's starting to get to me especially when I see how quickly some people here can just fly through levels seemingly effortlessly while I am struggling to keep up a win-rate of like $20 a week :/

Hand 1: why are you betting the flop oop w/ an underpair to the entire board when the hand was raised pf with limpers already in? no set, no bet.

hand 2: why are you just calling w/ AK pf? dont you want to KNOW what yo may be up against. KK/AA (the hands you are really scared of) will RR back here, the rest i dont fear. and WTF with calling the cbet, and donk raising the turn?

i dont know if i need to look farther...its not variance.

It looks like you are trying to bluff in a small limit internet game. You don't have to be Phil Ivey to profit at these levels. If the players in Hand 1 are weak postflop I might bet out 1/2 the pot there but I would never call a raise with under pockets. The only way I would even think about stealing this pot is if when I started I raised from UTG (which I will do often with a middle pair on a tight table.)

I think you are betting to often to try to make yourself a stronger player. My suggestion is that you don't bluff 100$ NL unless you are in a small handed pot against weak postflop players.

I see a lot of spew with c-bets and TP hands and you aren't getting away from hands where you're running into resistance. Nobody's believing the hands you're representing.

Hand 1-- barring any kind of read, your stab at the pot got you c/r and you continued. Maybe it's weak tight of me, but I fold after the c/r. I shut it down if he just calls. The c/r is AQ, QQ or AA hoping you have a A.

Hand 2-- I don't understand the turn raise. I'd also RR PF. If he leads out on that flop after just calling you PF, I fold on the flop. He might have AJ or KJ. We expect a turn raise like this to make us money when we do hit a set or OESD; certainly it's going to lose us money as a bluff. I don't have the fortitude to bet the amount needed to bluff him off this hand, so I muck it. 2.5x his bet isn't enough to get him off TP.


Hand 4-- Why wouldn't you think he might have AK at least? You're only beating KQ here; is KQ really raising you on the turn? Hard to find a fold here with him so short, but that turn raise smelled bad. He clearly wanted to get his stack in there.

Hand 6-- more c-bet spew and bad board to do it on. Plus you have a gutshot that you want to try and hit cheap.

Hand 11-- showdown cheap! Give his position some respect. If you planned on folding to a river bet, why call the turn raise? Why bet the turn? You're only called if you're beat.

It looks to me like you're building pots with weak hands and draws OOP. Ratchet down the aggression/pick your spots better.

N.B. You're playing at bigger stakes than I do, so take/leave what you will from my rambling.

Originally Posted by drtofu66

N.B. You're playing at bigger stakes than I do, so take/leave what you will from my rambling.

I may be, but the question here is should I be

But nope, all the analysis is spot on it seems....lots of spewing, badly playing oop with c-bets or bad hands and not knowing when to let go.

Looking at my graphs in pokeroffice, the trend I am seeing is that my aggression pre and post flop have risen almost in direct correlation to my downswing. Seems I might be feeling like my game is going great, start pushing things I shouldn't be and that starts the slides...something I need to look into.

The only hands here that really piss me off are the ones like hand 9 and 11 where I get in there well and the flop just destroys me but it hasn't seem to be going the other way or the hands where they are playing utter trash and giving my raises no respect even if I'm sitting there at like 14/7 or something...yes, I know I should love these players but meh, they can bite me when they are nearly all hit and runners.

The main thing I need to get out of this though is to tighten the hell up when oop (UTG is my biggest loser out of the blinds now) and to stop whining about being down a whole $25 in total when we have guys like Gabe who know to just suck it up and keep plugging away.

I just need to play more hands and stop thinking I am awesome when I am up a bit it seems, keep working on my game and focus on where I am at the time.

It might not even be the stakes. The players at Stars are just a pain in the ass. Every once in a while I venture over there and 10,000 hands later at 10NL for 1.7BB/100 hands I'm wordering what the hell possessed me to try it again. It certainly isn't the bonus.

As an Aussie, why are you playing at Stars? You've literally got the entire ocean of bad players to choose from, unlike us Americans. I long for the days of Crypto bonuses with RB. If you want to play 25NL, go for the Sun RB deal that FTR has (or is that no longer available?). Even if you just played breakeven poker, the RB and bonus was enough to give a decent monthly return. The players at Crypto are worse than Stars (at least, they were before the US ban) and the tables aren't as tight (though there were fewer of them).

Main reason I was at Stars was that I had deposited about $50 there last year for the gauntlet and managed to run it up to about $280 playing sng's but still had deposit bonus to go so I started that again for getting back into playing and had it up to aboiut $380 after the bonus then hit this patch.

Apart from that, I have tried a few other places (eg Doyles Room, and it has a whole 400 people on when I look) and just played some Party due to reload bonus but I don't like players not speaking english at the table during hands.

Not sure about the euro sites as I don't really want to worry bout trying to do the conversions from $Aus to $US to Euro's so I know what stakes I'm playing at but I may have to.

I think it's time to go whore a few sites that seem to be beatable at $25NL or so, see which I like and where seems profitable and then see if I can get my game going, though there is a lot to be said for playing tough players to improve your game...just doesn't help the BR and that's what I need to improve first.

what are you trying to acheive in 1 and 2?

In hand 1, I think I was trying to lose money cause pretty much any hand that calls the pfr is hit by that flop.

In hand 2 I think my play was influenced by having the A but my thinking now is that if I was trying to rep the flopped flush I should have raised the flop rather than the turn and when I didn't I probably should have just called the turn and seen if I hit the 4th

Looking over these, plus other hands, I just can't seem to work out how to rr with things like AQ/AK and still keep to just call raises with them cause I keep thinking that they are just drawing hands, not sure I can adjust that thinking.

I also seem to need a plan for what I am trying to rep...sometimes I do but others I don't. For example if I'm trying to actually rep the straight in hand 2 there is no point with a 3-flush there.

I just flew through pretty quickly, but from the looks of it, you're calling when you're being told you're beat in hopes of hitting your miracle card. When you're reraised, give a guy some credit and flod especially if it's very easy you're beat.

In short, you're making calls when you don't have the odds to hit your hand.

Originally Posted by Galapogos

I just flew through pretty quickly, but from the looks of it, you're calling when you're being told you're beat in hopes of hitting your miracle card. When you're reraised, give a guy some credit and flod especially if it's very easy you're beat.

In short, you're making calls when you don't have the odds to hit your hand.

I think that is very close to hitting the nail on the head. I am still having trouble telling when I am beat and when someone is making a move on me. I am making a lot of calls though where hud is telling me I am still getting the right odds to draw but I think I need to reconsider that and start removing the odds for things like top pair, or straight draw when 3 flush on the board, etc.

I am trying to find the right balance between beleiving players and just folding everything and giving people license to bluff back at me after they see me believe them once or twice.

I am trying to find the right balance between beleiving players and just folding everything and giving people license to bluff back at me after they see me believe them once or twice.

I have played in these games alot (on stars), and I have to say that I don't see alot of players making big bluffs and moves. They're a pretty passive, honest bunch in the main, and a raise, particularly on the turn or river, usually means a pretty strong hand.

Hand #1: Raise preflop. As played c/f flop. Definately fold to the reraise after you took a stab at it. When the PFRr c/r the flop, you are smoked. Even if you hit your mircale 8, it completes a straight draw, one of them completes a flush draw, and with this guy's line he could have a better set already anyway.

Hand #2: Reraise preflop. As played fold. If you're trying to float, give up on the turn instead of putting that expensive move on him.

Hand #3: Fold to the reraise preflop. There's nothing you can hit post-flop that will make you want to play in a reraised pot except a flush, but you defiantely don't have the odds for it nor would anyone pay you off if you hit it.

Hand #4: I tend to raise 4xBB+1 for every limper. Especially at lower limits. C-bet is fine. But fold to that turn raise. He's not afraid of the ace, and he cold called you on a very dry flop. He is not playing like this with KQ. You're up against a set or AK.

Hand #5: Fine.

Hand #6: Fine.

Hand #7: Fine. And ty God for idiots like this.

Hand #8: Check behind on turn, you don't want him doing what he did. Plus your hand just gained some decent showdown value. I would play it the way you did on the turn with top pair. Don't know if that's a good idea or not though...

Hand #9: Fine. Sometimes I bet the turn again depending on the player. I would have paid him off if it weren't for that ace on the river.

Hand #10: Fine if you like blind wars. I take a more passive line sometimes too though. Player dependant.

Hand #11: I c-bet the flop then shut down if he wants to keep playing. As played, fold to the turn reraise, even if it is a min raise you are OOP and don't want to pay another bet on the river.




All in all. Like I said previously, don't pay off their better hands with your crap hands only to see another street and then fold. A lot of the time you were drawing to hands that had no implied odds or bad reverse implied odds.

Also, don't worry about people bluffing you unless you have a reason to. If they start getting carried away, then consider putting them to the test with more marginal holdings. But let a guy bet you off ace high. Who cares? Keep the pots small until you get a monster.

Don't be like this one guy I played this morning. We had never played against each other before. I opened on the button with QJs to a 4xBB raise. He called in the small blind. Hit nothing on the flop, he checked, I c-bet, he called. Nothing again on the turn. He checked, I c-bet and he folded. He asked what I had, I naturally said AA, he said he had AJ. I asked why he called the flop, he said "I thought you were bluffing." The guy has never played a hand with me and he assumed I was bluffing. And even if he was right that I was bluffing, what's calling the flop going to do about it? Especially if he just checks the turn.

wo said they can only beat the 10 NL stars games for 1.7? 25 or 50...ok, but 10? c'mon.

Well I exaggerated-- it was 3,600 hands for 2.42BB/100 in my most recent foray now that I checked.

Maybe that's too small of a sample to really gauge, but I found it painful-- especially with picking up FPP's/clearing the stacked bonuses so slowly and no RB. My stats there are 22/7/1.1 which is pretty much where I live at on UB and FTP where I'm 14BB/100 and 7.3BB/100 respectively at 10NL and on top of that there's RB and bonus on those 2 sites (and don't forget that FTP rakes 10% at 10NL, so a much larger % of my winrate at FTP is going to the rake). My AF is a tad higher on UB and FTP but only to about 1.4-1.8.

Originally Posted by Jimmy Mac

I have played in these games alot (on stars), and I have to say that I don't see alot of players making big bluffs and moves. They're a pretty passive, honest bunch in the main, and a raise, particularly on the turn or river, usually means a pretty strong hand.

For the most part I'd agree, but then there's stuff like this:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP1 ($3.45)
MP2 ($10.70)
CO ($2.10)
Hero ($9.20)
SB ($9.90)
BB ($18.65)
UTG ($8.55)
UTG+1 ($7.80)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, A.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.10, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.10, CO calls $0.10, Hero raises to $0.7, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $0.60, MP2 folds, CO folds.

Flop: ($1.75) 5, T, 4 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($1.75) A (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $0.6, Hero raises to $1.2, UTG+1 raises to $2, Hero calls $0.80.

River: ($5.75) 2 (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $5.1 (All-In), Hero calls $5.10.

Final Pot: $15.95

Results :
UTG+1 has Ks 6h (high card, ace).
Hero has Qh Ac (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins $15.95.

Yes-- lol I played this like a donkey with the minraise on the flop and calling that big bet on the river. I'm losing to any A5-2, pocket pair 2-5, flush, AT. I had some sort of logic going on that made me think this was a bluff or A8s or something that I beat though I'm sure that logic was all sorts of wrong, even though I was right in this one instance. I think this hand was the one that made me decide that I didn't like PS.

My point in posting this hand is just to show that PS players even at 10NL know how to play your cards instead of theirs. I mean, jeez-- UTG+1 limp/called 6bb more with K6o and ran a pretty standard set line into me and he didn't give up when I made it clear that I hit a big A on the turn. I don't think my game improves playing these guys and I don't make much money. I end up playing paranoid thinking that I'm getting played back at every time I run into resistance, spew chips to the nuts, and end up a weaker-tighter player because of it. Not conducive to improving one's poker game.

move to pacific pokaaaaa!!!

Originally Posted by drtofu66

Originally Posted by Jimmy Mac

I have played in these games alot (on stars), and I have to say that I don't see alot of players making big bluffs and moves. They're a pretty passive, honest bunch in the main, and a raise, particularly on the turn or river, usually means a pretty strong hand.

For the most part I'd agree, but then there's stuff like this:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP1 ($3.45)
MP2 ($10.70)
CO ($2.10)
Hero ($9.20)
SB ($9.90)
BB ($18.65)
UTG ($8.55)
UTG+1 ($7.80)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, A.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.10, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.10, CO calls $0.10, Hero raises to $0.7, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $0.60, MP2 folds, CO folds.

Flop: ($1.75) 5, T, 4 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($1.75) A (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $0.6, Hero raises to $1.2, UTG+1 raises to $2, Hero calls $0.80.

River: ($5.75) 2 (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $5.1 (All-In), Hero calls $5.10.

Final Pot: $15.95

Results :
UTG+1 has Ks 6h (high card, ace).
Hero has Qh Ac (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins $15.95.

Yes-- lol I played this like a donkey with the minraise on the flop and calling that big bet on the river. I'm losing to any A5-2, pocket pair 2-5, flush, AT. I had some sort of logic going on that made me think this was a bluff or A8s or something that I beat though I'm sure that logic was all sorts of wrong, even though I was right in this one instance. I think this hand was the one that made me decide that I didn't like PS.

My point in posting this hand is just to show that PS players even at 10NL know how to play your cards instead of theirs. I mean, jeez-- UTG+1 limp/called 6bb more with K6o and ran a pretty standard set line into me and he didn't give up when I made it clear that I hit a big A on the turn. I don't think my game improves playing these guys and I don't make much money. I end up playing paranoid thinking that I'm getting played back at every time I run into resistance, spew chips to the nuts, and end up a weaker-tighter player because of it. Not conducive to improving one's poker game.

anywhere you play, stars making you weak-tight or otherwise, will improve your game. period. you will either adjust to the tables, or lose. and learning the proper adjustments IS impoving your game whether your win rate shows it or not.

i understand what you are saying about "playing scared" and feeling like it doesnt improve your game (thats the way i feel at UB and AP), but you are still forced to make a different set of decisions for the same sets of situations...and that makes you better.

i'm not saying "stick it out." i'm only saying whether you realize it or not, you are getting better when you play out of your comfort zone.