I need help, I dont feel anything I am doing is right anymore. I've finally decied to stop playing after 18 hours or so. Most of my losses went something along these lines, 4xbb raise in ep with KK/AA, get called by someone in lp. flop 522, I bet the pot, they call, turn a junk, I bet, they go all in, turns over 23sooted or 25. This happened with more than 5 buyins.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

MP2 ($75.40)
MP3 ($17)
CO ($9.45)
Button ($17.65)
SB ($30.30)
BB ($20.60)
Hero ($48.25)
UTG+1 ($46.15)
MP1 ($64.20)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero calls $0.50, 6 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1.50) , , (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $1.5, SB folds, BB calls $1.50.

Turn: ($4.50) (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4.5, BB raises to $9, Hero raises to $46.25, BB calls $9.60 (All-In).

River: ($69.35) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $69.35

Results in white below:
BB has Js 8h (full house, jacks full of eights).
Hero has 9h 9d (full house, nines full of jacks).
Outcome: BB wins $41.70. Hero wins $27.65.

UGH

So what should I do to get my game back on track, withOUT taking a week or two break.

Im still spewing chips

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (7 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

SB ($63.85)
BB ($42.70)
UTG ($83.10)
Hero ($48.50)
MP2 ($82.55)
CO ($51.65)
Button ($49.30)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , .
1 fold, Hero calls $0.50, 2 folds, Button raises to $2, 2 folds, Hero calls $1.50.

Flop: ($4.75) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $2.5, Button raises to $6.5, Hero raises to $20.5, Button raises to $47.3, Hero calls $26 (All-In).

Turn: ($98.55) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($98.55) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $98.55

Results in white below:
Hero has Ts Tc (three of a kind, tens).
Button has Ac Jc (straight, ace high).
Outcome: Button wins $98.54.

14 buyins at FR, thats pretty sick, and considering it sounds like its in a very short space of time it most likely involves a fair bit of tilt

For me, if im tilting, I simply cannot play micro stakes to get rid of the tilt. It just doesnt work, cos the money means nothing and I dont have any respect for the players - I could well end up even more frustrated and tilted.

However, I do like to play $5 HU SnGs... I NEVER normally play SnGs (I did for my first yr of poker, now I usually hate them). These are fun, and you get to play some real poker where you can try and outplay someone one on one.

The main way I shrug away tilt is essentially taking time off .. its crucial.. recharge them batterys. Your weapons, arsenal and tools are all in your mind and if your not in the right mindstate then your tools are shagged... if you were a carpenter and most your tools busted you wouldnt carry on, youd try and sort things out, fix them (or buy new ones)

Make use of the time off, you may not feel up to studying poker books so:

Look thru all your biggest winners and loser in PT.
Watch a bunch of poker videos (pokeravi.com, cardrunners.com etc)
Do some exercise, get your mind clear from the grind and thinking of other things.
Learn some relaxation tecniques and chill.

don't lose 14 buy-ins in one day. ever.

set a loss limit for yourself. i know it's hard, but if you don't you'll end up losing 14 buy-ins in one day. maybe stop for the day if you drop 5 buy-ins.

also, make sure to take a break and get away from the table after a bad beat. i think iceman recommends that in the "how to handle bad beats" article on the main page. it's amazing how much that helps.

if i lose 2 buy-ins in a row, i leave the computer. i shut down my tables, take a walk, listen to some music, anything to clear my mind/emotions and reset myself.

i'm not sure what the best advice if as far as what you should do to recover...others can probably help you with that. but just make sure to also think about what you need to do to make sure it doesn't happen again...no?

Dude, you're playing 18 hours a day? WTF?

Let me give you my standard advice, plus one more thought just for you:

(1) Switch limits;
(2) Switch sites;
(3) CHASE BONUSES;
(4) [just for you] take some fricking time off already. And when you do go back, play just a few hours at a time.

Gee, when you have an overpair with the board like 225 and you get raised all-in on the turn...methinks you should FOLD!!!

18hrs?! Take a break man...geezus. Online cash games require especially high discipline, and I think that you need to work on THAT right now...slow down, think things through...there's a learning process here.

Go to pacific poker and play .5/.10 LIMIT poker. Three bet and cap every hand. checkraise on the river with no pair. Cap wiht nothing on the river. yell at the players saying they are fish...

The most fun 6 bucks will ever buy you..



in fact this sounds like fun to me right now...anyone up for it? lol