usernametaken 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I dont know how some of you guys do it. I sit here and watch a few of you crush tourneys on stars. I have deposited probably no less than 6 times on stars, most of these probably $100 or $50. Anyways my cashouts thusfar equals 0. On Bodog I was consistently able to build a $100 buy-in into some serious scratch, but there payout process sucks so I thought Id give Jokerstars another shot. No worries its the same for me. Sit around and play tight, watch the donks knock eachother out all in with AJ vs 44 with the blinds at 25/50, then when I pick up AA or kk....well you know the rest. anyways on Bodog I was playing a somewhat lag since most of them are passive and wont reraise unless holding nuts. anyways funny thing, last night I was so frustrated because all my bluffs were being called or raised. so Im like what am I doing wrong here. so I tighten up, get kk raise it up on the button, and the small blind moves in, I obv call and he shows 36ss. anyways he hits his flush and now Im like well atleast I know they are making moves with junk. anyways a few rounds later I bump it with AJ suited, anyways same guy moves in on me again and I call and he shows AQ off and he holds. anyways that left me a bit confused and now Im deciding what to do as I have lost another $50 today. i want to try to keep playing at pokerstars because they tournies are so awesome, but seriously that place is suckout city....and not just for me. ok sorry guys. End rant Link to post Share on other sites
MyPlayIsRAB 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 theres been a lot of discussion on the forums about how some peolpe run very bad only at stars with the same playing style as they use on other sites... i dunno, i feel for you but i guess its just variance (thats what were told to believe) Link to post Share on other sites
derek_pizzle 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I actually run really well on Stars, it's Full Tilt that likes to bend me over and give it to me good. Sometimes I think there is a little person sitting behind a computer controlling the cards and laughing at me as I get sucked out. Link to post Share on other sites
QED 4 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I think it's probably a confidence thing, if you don't think you're going to win on a certain site then you won't play your A game and things will naturally go down hill. Link to post Share on other sites
gmanshade 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 ummmmm.........what is the lesson?it is ironic that this thread is called "learned a lesson" but your content could essentially be summed up as "rigged?" and has no clear point Link to post Share on other sites
ForRealDD 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Play and structure is different at every site. Learn to adapt. Adapt. Make money. Easy game. Link to post Share on other sites
finztotheleft 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Are you just playing tourneys ? Or cash games too ? How much of your roll were you using to buy in ? You need to have a big enough roll in relation to your buy ins to withstand the variance of those really fishy games Link to post Share on other sites
rogerwilco 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I think it's probably a confidence thing, if you don't think you're going to win on a certain site then you won't play your A game and things will naturally go down hill.I think this is true to a certain extent. Although I don't believe in all that "positive thinking" bullshit, I do think that playing well and running well often goes together. Sometimes iz seems like, I just cannot lose a coin flip, or I have enough chips not to care, and that makes me play much more aggressively than other times. Good things happen to players who bet and raise (smartly). ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
barrec 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I think it's probably a confidence thing, if you don't think you're going to win on a certain site then you won't play your A game and things will naturally go down hill.perhaps....the secret? Link to post Share on other sites
biff_goods 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Play and structure is different at every site. Learn to adapt. Adapt. Make money. Easy game.Play also varies depending on who the other eight players are at your table. Don't play every tournament with a pre-conceived notion that everyone at your table is a maniac in the beginning of the tournament and later on everyone is a rock. If you do that you are already set up for failure. Don't believe me? Watch the goofy Full Tilt commercial with Gus Hansen playing 4 different "Gus'" The whole point of the commercial is that you have to adapt to who ever is sitting across from you and how ever they are playing. Link to post Share on other sites
Franchise632 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 One thing probably has to do with the vast number of players on the site...what was it DN said like 9 million people? Donks galore....yeesh!I have a similar thing that happens with my confidence in live games at my local card club. I took note of my results out of the last 8 trips. 6 losing and 2 winning sessions. The both of the winning sessions took place on hand shuffled games. The 6 loses were all on shuffle master tables. The vast majority of the tables are machine shuffle and I just always seems to lose. Perhaps coincedence but it certainly makes me think every time I play. Link to post Share on other sites
mtdesmoines 3 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 One thing probably has to do with the vast number of players on the site...what was it DN said like 9 million people? Donks galore....yeesh!I have a similar thing that happens with my confidence in live games at my local card club. I took note of my results out of the last 8 trips. 6 losing and 2 winning sessions. The both of the winning sessions took place on hand shuffled games. The 6 loses were all on shuffle master tables. The vast majority of the tables are machine shuffle and I just always seems to lose. Perhaps coincedence but it certainly makes me think every time I play.I don't trust those ****ing shufflemasters. And I'm not kidding. They have them at my "home casino" and the ****ing best hand when the $ goes in NEVER holds. Suckout city. Link to post Share on other sites
QED 4 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I think this is true to a certain extent. Although I don't believe in all that "positive thinking" bullshit, I do think that playing well and running well often goes together. Sometimes iz seems like, I just cannot lose a coin flip, or I have enough chips not to care, and that makes me play much more aggressively than other times. Good things happen to players who bet and raise (smartly). ;-) Well I'm not saying a positive attitude is all you need to win but if you start playing expecting to lose you'll very quickly be second guessing yourself and deviating from the play style that has worked for you in the past, you're going to end up with a self fullfilling prophecy. Link to post Share on other sites
NoSup4U 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I don't trust those ****ing shufflemasters. And I'm not kidding. They have them at my "home casino" and the ****ing best hand when the $ goes in NEVER holds. Suckout city.I'm going to ask Zach to ban you from NL Strat for that post!!!! ;)Mark Link to post Share on other sites
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