Why Can’t I Beat the Donkies?

Posted by icemonkey9 on Jun 2, 2009 in 50nl | 0 comments

Well I am playing full time on the new site to give it a chance.  I am only funded for 50nl right now so that is what I am playing.  Typical 50nl 6max tables have table ratings of 35/10 so they are just filled with donks left and right.  Good juicy game ... unfortunately it's apparently also a mine field.

Over 6,000 hands played at the new site, I am down $150 which bites.  I hate getting off to a slow/shitty start.  It's really the worst thing lol ... I'm seeing these ridiculously juicy games and I'm not immediately winning, so like a child I am whining about it.  Just got to stick with it.  It's just seeing the worst plays getting rewarded.  Like this one at 25nl...

Or this crap that keeps happening (last month 18% of times I was dealt QQ I ran into AA or KK)...

The tough stretch includes:

• My AA being 3bet and called OOP by a person with JTo.  Called my cbet when he hit 2nd pair on the QTx flop.  And yes you guessed it, the J turned.  Big pot loss there.
• Set of Jacks losing to QKo that hit a straight on the river.  Big loss there too.

So how is my mental state?  LOL well to be honest bad because that AA and JJ beats just happened to me so I am uber pissed, and thinking things like "WTF DID I CHANGE SITES FOR?!?!" but all I have to do is read one post from March or April to see that these things happen.  Fish hit and occasionally a bad play on my part costs me a stack, and sometimes I'll hit big hands and not get paid.

I'm not planning to play any more today, I mean, I am not even playing the stakes I am used to playing and adjusting to such wild tables with big fish.  I guess that will take some time, so best to stay mentally sharp and even keeled.