I feel frustrated, can't beat this game

You are running well above EV... So you are going broke in a lot of spots where you shouldn't and get lucky river cards. The reason probably why you "can't beat it" is because you play some spots not the way you probably should. Re-evaluate your line takings pre-flop and post-flop.

In fact I'm above EV because of lucky AA - KK confrontations and semi bluffing (they always call me). I read tons of stuff, tried it all, bluffing, not bluffing. I simply don't know if I should double barrel or not, float or not, I have no idea. This was supposed to be easy to beat, I need some directions.

I think this is a bit to loose if you are not perfectly convinced in your postflop game.

VPIP: 25.4
PFR: 21.6

Ppl call a lot there and you will face really a lot of problems playing loose like that postflop.

Try to tighten up a bit and so you will have easier decision postflop and you can play more for value than bluffing and do some scientific moves which we don't know if those are correctly played ar not.

This is my advice which i know doesn't count much but still i hope it helps a bit

I'll need to steal a lot less blinds, the looseness comes from that.

huge gap between flop and turn cbets.....

either make plans to barrel twice on most turns OOP or just give up the hand right away...

otherwise your stats look pretty solid, so i think u make some big postflop mistakes regarding hand strength and bluffing wrong t/r cards maybe....
either overvaluating hands or smthg... dunno

I usually just go all in postflop with at least two pair, maybe an overpair or a semibluff.

Tighten up, if you can't beat nl5 you must be playing very poorly postflop so there's no point in playing loose because you aren't rly gaining advantage by doing that because you aren't going to be making better decisions than your opponents. (and if you are, those decisions prob won't be that much better to beat the rake)

With tighter ranges decisions will become easier as well and once you get very comfortable with your decision making you can then begin opening up your game.

Given your stats I'd say the spots where you could tighten up the most would be CO and SB as both will put you in awkward situations with loose ranges. Slightly tightening up UTG is ok too.

Coldcall less preflop as well, instead 3bet or fold more (both IP and OOP) again, will make your life easier.

There's really no need to complicate your life by putting yourself in many marginal situations, learn to walk before trying to run.

You cbet a ton too, that leaves you with very weak checking ranges as well as bloats the pot with many weak hands.

What poker material you have read/watched?

Are you using the Leakbuster software, or just running the HM2 Leakbuster overall filter?

i'm certainly no expert, but have used LB quite a bit. the few things i noticed about your stats were your W$SD is pretty low, which i think means you may be going too far with marginal hands, and probably should have folded earlier in the hand. and your river call efficiency should be a bit higher.

your CO and Button UO PFR ranges are both a little bit high. so you maybe should tighten those up a little bit. Your c-bet and flop agg% are both probably too high. so maybe spend some time going over what flop textures and boards you should be c-betting on.

so maybe just tighten things up a little bit.

I was just using the leakbuster overall filter. Played a little bit over 16k hands after I started the thread and this is my new graph. Still feel frustrated with the downswings (are they normal like that?)
I'm 20/15 now

Yep it's normal. I don't think it's a downswing though, because you haven't shown any hands that "occur frequently" to you.

Playing against fish. He is 81/0 and this is one hand that I think I played poorly (I don't have much experience with deepstacked play)
So, I play on Fulltilt and I don't table select

Full Tilt, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $6.31 (126.2 bb)
BB: $11.14 (222.8 bb)
UTG: $10.36 (207.2 bb)
MP: $5 (100 bb)
CO: $7.12 (142.4 bb)
Hero (BTN): $9.79 (195.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with A 7
UTG folds, MP raises to $0.15, CO folds, Hero calls $0.15, SB folds, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.47) 9 9 2 (3 players)
BB bets $0.05, MP folds, Hero calls $0.05

Turn: ($0.57) T (2 players)
BB bets $0.05, Hero raises to $0.45, BB calls $0.40

River: ($1.47) Q (2 players)
BB bets $2.20, Hero raises to $9.14, BB calls $6.94

Results:

In this one villain is 30/22

Full Tilt, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $9.06 (181.2 bb)
BB: $5.37 (107.4 bb)
Hero (UTG): $10.15 (203 bb)
MP: $4.99 (99.8 bb)
CO: $5.14 (102.8 bb)
BTN: $5 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A J
Hero raises to $0.15, 3 folds, SB calls $0.13, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.45) 7 J T (3 players)
SB bets $0.35, BB folds, Hero calls $0.35

Turn: ($1.15) 7 (2 players)
SB bets $0.90, Hero calls $0.90

River: ($2.95) 7 (2 players)
SB bets $2.10, Hero raises to $8.75 and is all-in, SB calls $5.56

Results:

Against nit. I'm expecting AA or AK

Full Tilt, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

BTN: $6.34 (126.8 bb)
SB: $5 (100 bb)
BB: $10.17 (203.4 bb)
UTG: $7.65 (153 bb)
MP: $3.99 (79.8 bb)
Hero (CO): $9.52 (190.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 5 6
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.20, 2 folds, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.42) 5 K 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.33, BB raises to $0.66, Hero raises to $9.32 and is all-in, BB calls $8.66

Turn: ($19.06) A (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($19.06) Q (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

Not to mention my nut full houses losing to quads.

Originally posted by Rihard4a
Yep it's normal. I don't think it's a downswing though, because you haven't shown any hands that "occur frequently" to you.

Do you think it's a downswing now? Or do you want me to post more hands?

In your case I think it would be VERY beneficial to hire a a coach to do a Database review. You can get this for around $40-$60, maybe you could negotiate a cheaper price

You're probably thinking "That's expensive" but with the review I would expect that you would make back to costs in plugging some leaks + more.

If you don't wish to do that, then start uploading hands for our Judges to evaluate, this will take longer but it'll also help you see where you're losing $. Don't just post hands you lost in, post hands you win too, just because you won/lost a pot doesn't mean you played it correctly or got the most value - post ANYTHING you're unsure about!

Be sure to watch Coachings too, see what they do, how they play, think about what you would do and see if they do it, if they do it different, ask them why.

Not beating a a stake is common, you can't expect to just walk in and beat it, you need to work hard, you need to better than the other players at that level.

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Edit - I also took out that last part in your post, I'm sure you know why

Originally posted by ihatemicrostakes

Originally posted by Rihard4a
Yep it's normal. I don't think it's a downswing though, because you haven't shown any hands that "occur frequently" to you.

Do you think it's a downswing now? Or do you want me to post more hands?

You are definitely not on a downswing, every hand you showed here was played badly on so many lvls.

Hi there,

IMHO the last hand shows a big leak.

You must understand that your hand, on the river, is only top pair top kicker there.
What possible hand do you think he has that is :
1) worse than AJ; and
2) that he calls your raise

You just burning money there.

Dude, how did you make 16k hands in a week? That's really bad imo for someone who can't beat a limit.

Try rather to play something like 4 tables, and really focus on your decisions.

Also, make the play/learn ratio something like 70/30