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Hi

Gonna have to agree with what BadHabit said and I'll just say it again because it seems like you really need it. Stop focusing too much on bad beats and variance and focus on improving your game! And just like BadHabit I'm not saying this to pick a fight, but simply because it's true.

You said one of your goals was to work on your mental game. Plus you wanted to read at least one poker book. Maybe time to read for example The Mental Game of Poker? Never read it myself, but it has helped tremendously for people that have read it. Or watch some mindset videos. It seems like your mental game is the part of your game that needs to be worked on first, before anything else

Plus it feels like those coolers (which some of them are) cause some bad play as well. For example that 87o hand you posted earlier in the thread... Just...

While working on your mental game, also put in work off the tables to really improve your actual game step by step. Perhaps focus on standard preflop lines first, for example. Then start working on slowly adjusting those standard lines based on opponents' tendencies. Or perhaps you already have a large enough sample of hands that you can actively look for some of your biggest leaks. Maybe you cbet way too much, forcing you to then either continue barrelling on turn/river with crap, or forcing you to give up on turn/river too often. Or perhaps you go to showdown with too many weak hands. (these are just examples).

And of course watching videos and attending coachings can work wonders.

tl;dr version: work on your mental game, slowly but surely improve your play, and results will come eventually

Put in the work and I'm 100% convinced you can do it

Tino

All great advices , but I've been through all of this. I strongly believe my game is good enough to beat NL10.
I get angry by variance and the bad beats , 'cuz I have no BR again and being 20BI's under EV is not gonna make anybody happy.
I need to work on my mental game so much though... Like 2 weeks ago I had 400$ BR and I tilted them off on a HU table

Also it's easy to talk on the forums , but see you when you experience 20BI and another 20BI under EV 2 months back-to-back
Thanks for trying to help anyways.

Originally posted by kr0daking
I strongly believe my game is good enough to beat NL10.
Like 2 weeks ago I had 400$ BR and I tilted them off on a HU table

its not the back to back 20 buyins under EV that really keeps you back.
I believe you, that your game is good enough to beat NL10.
To be completely honest, I believe there are a lot of players capable of beating NL 10 if they wouldn't tilt.

It's the "200 Buyins" gifted away on a single Headsup table you gift away.
And this is only the most ovbious tilt you told us about. Exclude the minitilts that cost you like 1 buyin every now and than.

Tilt is the main factor that keeps players back in the Micro-Stakes

I know you will hate what I write. I know I've written it before.
You keep shooting at us with badbeat stories so i keep shooting back with that stuff ♦

keep a positive mindset. Work to improve and the swings will get smaller.

Originally posted by BadHabit1989

Originally posted by kr0daking
I strongly believe my game is good enough to beat NL10.
Like 2 weeks ago I had 400$ BR and I tilted them off on a HU table

its not the back to back 20 buyins under EV that really keeps you back.
I believe you, that your game is good enough to beat NL10.
To be completely honest, I believe there are a lot of players capable of beating NL 10 if they wouldn't tilt.

It's the "200 Buyins" gifted away on a single Headsup table you gift away.
And this is only the most ovbious tilt you told us about. Exclude the minitilts that cost you like 1 buyin every now and than.

Tilt is the main factor that keeps players back in the Micro-Stakes

I know you will hate what I write. I know I've written it before.
You keep shooting at us with badbeat stories so i keep shooting back with that stuff ♦

keep a positive mindset. Work to improve and the swings will get smaller.

No , I don't hate it.
It's actually the truth , I have major tilt problems and am using this thread to vent the negative emotions instead of continuing to play
Good luck , hope you crush 'em:f_drink: