It sucks to be a losing player. :/
I think you are too harsh on yourself, so first I will give my perspective on how you doing and then add some, IMO, good suggestions. ♠_wink:
Graph:
Green line doesn't mean a shit, instead you should focus on your orange line (because sooner or later the green line will climb up to the orange one).
You "should" have lost only -20$ instead you lost about -70$. So what does it mean? That's right - luck wasn't standing by your side. You got unlucky. ♠_biggrin:
You're still a losing player, but not so much as you might think.
Now some suggestions:
So you're 2-tabling Zoom and playing NL5, right? I think it's better to avoid Zoom now and play NL2. By the way, you haven't mentioned your bankroll?
SH (6max) and hand range: VPIP 17, PFR 15 is definitely not wide enough for 6max. (those numbers would be fine if you played full ring)
I haven't played much 6max, just because in Party Poker in NL2 there is no 6max available.
But I have Harringtons book specifically about online 6max and he suggests these hands if your style is tight:
UTG (10% of all hands)
Open raise with all pairs AA-22
AK, AQ, and AJ, suited or unsuited
KQ suited
MP (13%)
AA-22
AK, AQ, AJ, ATs/u
KQ, KJs/u
CO (18%)
AA-22
AK to A6s
KQ, KJ, KT, QJ, QT, JTs
AK to A9o
KQ, KJ, QJo
T9, 98s
BTN (25%)
AA-22
AK to A2s
KQ, KJ, KT, QJ, QT, JTs
AK to A6o
KQ, KJ, QJ, KT, QT, JTo
T9 to 65s
Btw about that graph I accidently found this quote in harringtons book:
If you're a skilled player at a given level, you should probably show about the same level of profit playing full ring as playing 6-max. (But your results will show a higher level of variance at 6-max than at full ring because the wider hand ranges will result in more all-in showdowns.)
So it's possible if you widen your hand range at beginning you could "lose", maybe, a bit more. Especially if luck is still ignoring you ♠_biggrin:
I feel like one should address disciple as well mental aspects of poker. These things, which I will say, I have experienced myself as well read about them etc --->
1) You have to be patient! Very, very patient! And you have to use some kind of BRM (bankroll managment). It's absolute basic thing. I have no idea how much money you have now. But for example I will only play NL4 after I have met 2 criteria:
a) Have $80 (That is 20 Buy Ins)
b) I'm a winning player on previous stake - in this case NL2. (graphs, bb/100 etc)
So we come next thing:
2) When you look at your graphs - what matters is orange line (not actuall profit or loss). And judge your winnings in big blinds not in $. Because one could easily feel kinda dissappointed if he played 8 or more hours and won "only" 2 dollars. Count your winning in big blinds and 2$ is 100bb. If you played NL100 that would be $100.
In other words, if you won "only" 1$ playing all day - you are actually doing a good job.
3) Tilting. Be prepared for this, because poker gods will sometimes test you, test your patience etc. That's what happening now:
However, getting pwned at NL5 has pissed me off a lot. Lots of coolers, sets over sets etc... But then I go on and tilt 2-3 BI after all these "coolers".
You need to keep your calm (this in itself is quite a skill in poker) no matter what happens. Play your best.
I will say this in another way:
If you're not expecting big winnings like $10 etc (hell, even breakeven is more than fine with you), if you calculate your profit in big blinds not in cash, and if you don't pay so much attention to green line but focus on the orange one - you will play much better. Also you'll more at ease and poker will be more fun. ♠_thumbsup:
What's the hurry? Really, what is the hurry?
So you said:
"Starting this blog, I hope to work hard at my poker game..."
It would be wonderfull if you post your session graphs + 2-3 hands in which you lost most of your money with your comments, observations and so on.
Keep us dated and I hope something above will improve your play (or at least motivate you to keep going on), because this took like an hour or more to write. ♠_biggrin:
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