I'm currently on the biggest downswing of my poker career. The past 4 days have hurt my roll pretty hard, I have really been trying to work on my mental game and have been dealing with tilt incredibly well after reading "The Poker Mindset" and Letherasses' "Poker as a Business". It just seems like I have the best hand until the river 90% of the time or I get it in good and get sucked out, I know it's "part of the game" and "that's poker" I actually just went through every losing hand for today with PokerStove and was happy with most of the hands I played with the exception of maybe 1 or 2 mistakes. Anyway just wanted to vent for a few minutes... This hand pretty much sums up the past few days of grinding for me:
Although I know could have been a lot worse. Just a weird hand.
Keep in mind I had a read on SB, had done min 3 bet shove couple times in previous hands with 1010+ AQ+.
PartyGaming - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
SB: $14.68
BB: $54.99
UTG: $26.98
CO: $17.56
Hero (BTN): $23.01
SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has A♦ A♠
fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, SB raises to $1.50, BB raises to $4.25, Hero calls $3.50, SB raises to $8.75, BB raises to $54.99 and is all-in, Hero calls $18.76 and is all-in, SB calls $5.93 and is all-in
Flop: ($60.70, 3 players) 7♥ 9♥ 6♥
Turn: ($60.70, 3 players) 8♣
River: ($60.70, 3 players) 5♠
SB shows K♥ K♠ (Straight, Nine High) (PreFlop 10%, Flop 4%, Turn 7%)
BB shows A♥ K♣ (Straight, Nine High) (PreFlop 5%, Flop 35%, Turn 24%)
Hero shows A♦ A♠ (Straight, Nine High) (PreFlop 85%, Flop 61%, Turn 69%)
BB wins $0.00
Hero wins $7.93
BB wins $7.93
SB wins $13.78
Hero wins $13.78
BB wins $13.78
I keep questioning and double questioning my play but I think I just have to thank variance at the end of the day and try to get through this one.
Any advice on getting through the BIG downswings?
