How to handle the bad ole days...

[Talking Poker]

Reload and get that bonus. It's nearly 100% of your bankroll! If you play break even poker, you'll double up.

[lightfungus]

Thanks for the input. I sat down at a table and about 30 min ago i had my first positive action in about a week! I'm still up .75! Wish me luck!...hell yeah kings!

edit: popped by flush, negative again... oh well.

edit:kings twice in a row, popped by river trips....lame. which were middle pair after flop!

[eddo31]

i pretty much had one of those days today while playing o8. it wasnt that i lost a bunch though, it was just a situation where only one a couple of cards in the deck could quarter or counterfeit me, it would happen. it was so frustrating to see that i went into nearly every hand with the best of it, and i wasnt really getting paid off. bu thell, that happens.

the best thing to do is to get away from the tables, or to play a different game for a bit. i am pretty bored playing holdem, so when i have that typ eof day at o8, i generally will play penny ante stud or s8b somewhere. i find that it is a fun twist.

maybe that is just tonights results talking though, as i basically made up all of my omaha losses in 45 hands of stud (catching quads twice tends to help)

[ChipFish]

You sound like you are a beginner LightFungus. Please don't be offended if you are not, just sounds like you are... Nothing wrong with that, we all were at one point.... Here's a little advise that should work for you if you are a beginner.
Didn't realize you had a bonus to earn at Party.
1. Earn it. play the omaha HL until you earn it.
Do not get involved in hands unless you have a "Great" starting hand.
2. withdraw from Party.

3. Deposit at Ultimate Bet or JetSetPoker.
Ignore the bonus offered to you.
4. Start Playing the cheapest Sit-N-Go tournaments you can find.
At Ultimate Bet They have $1+.10 SitnGos.
This is a very cheap way to gain experience
Same goes for Jetset, I think they still have Very cheap multi table tournaments.... And they also have a freeroll like every 30 minutes or so....
These are very cheap ways to get experience....
5. Play these "cheapies" for quite a few months... you are looking for experience, not profit at this stage....
6. When you feel you are ready save $500 and make another deposit at Party when they have a reload bonus available. Use this as your bankroll and protect it at all costs.

[lightfungus]

i was trying to apply a firstime bonus thinking it was a reload. I have played many sit n gos and have plenty of success with them. Its the ring games that I am trying to learn better with. However, I did not play sitngos for months on end, and I have considered going back to that once i get my money back on pokerroom but maybe i will do it TO get my money back. Nonetheless i swear I play good hands only, and i simply wasnt hitting.

A question though...what about AXo that is below say 10, so nine and below. I tend to call the big blind or raise with position (say with 3 others and the blinds left to act) if no one else has raised attempting to buy blinds, do i need to be later in position or is this ok?

[GeoffM]

I find that if you're having success on sitngos, no need to join ring games. I feel people in ring games are a bit more skilled, the ones in sitngos think they're going to the WSOP or something. Seriously, I played one Saturday at UB, and this guy was saying how he was thinking about going to an O8B satellite tourney. Then I knocked him out and he came in last LMFAO.

Ax, now I'm no holdem expert, but it really depends on the situation. If there is a lot of callers and you have them suited, you gotta play them. But I would not raise with anything less than AQ or pair of 10s down, but I am tight like a virgin in holdem, and probably not the best person to ask. But I agree with ChipFish, the best way to get your raked hand requirements on any site would be to play O8B. Nearly every hand in that game is raked.

[lightfungus]

ok, sure im an amateur for asking this, but O8B? omaha what?