I was playing at NL50 FR, had a pretty bad run the last week of August and dropped down to $25NL which I had crushed previously. Since moving down I'm running at about -26 BB/100 and have had only 1 winning session.

There is suddenly aggression here of which I've never seen the likes at low limit NL games. When I am the PFRer I would say that around 60-70% of the time I am either bet into, c/r'ed, or called on the flop and then bet into or c/r'ed on a later round and that's only if I'm not 3-bet pre-flop.

The few decent pots that I have won usually come as a result of flopping great and letting them pound my good hands for me, many times they'll get in with complete garbage.

I could have started a number of threads, but figured it might be better to keep it all in one spot. So here are all of the hands that drove me nuts today in a short half hour session. Some of them may be just bad luck, but can anyone do anything differently to lose less/get away on any of them?

Results in white below each hand:
Hand 1:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1445781
Opponent is 18/10, very aggressive.

Result: I called. He flopped the nuts JhTh

Hand 2: Opponent 35/10, mildly aggressive postflop. I'm getting about 3.5 to 1 here, do I have to pay him off?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1445792

Result: I called. He had QQ

Hand 3: Same opponent as 1st hand. I just couldn't see him on any draw that hit here. I've been getting into a LOT of trouble with 2 pair.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1445802

Result: I called. He had AsTc.

Hand 4: Opponent is nuts, 50/7 and fairly aggressive.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1445817

Result: I called. Opponent was on the flush draw Jc4c but runner runnered 2 pair.

Hand 5: Same opponent from hand 2. Oh, no actual content here, just thought it was amusing and illustrates the point.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1445824

Result: I run like shit

Hand 6: Opponent (SB) 28/22, very aggressive/bullying, hadn't been challenged yet and hasn't really had to showdown. He'd seen me showdown JJ and KK (hands 2 and 5) and lose.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1445839

Result: I raise to $7.25, SB folds

Any thoughts on any of these or just run better?

Take some time off, some were just coolers, but most could be played better. I'll comment later on...

mmh. this is just how I would play this..

hand 1. raise flop..
hand 2. i 3bet more PF and call that AI..
hand 3. chck(call rive.. you got called twice in limped pot and now let him bet..
hand 4. i would raise here cause that's just stupid bet trying to take it away cheaply
hand 5. meh..
hand 6. raise more PF... fold turn..

I'm sure you've already looked, but just in case...

I'd compare your PT stats from when you were running "normal" to the recent downswing. In my limited experience, my running bad has lead to playing bad by playing too many hands, lower post flop aggression, and higher wtsd.

Sounds pretty obvious, but you know, just in case.

I've been saying for months the micro games are getting tougher. I suspect the lack of easy deposits for the finned players has caused the sharks to feed on one another, and eventually move down levels as the rake is slowly soaking up the available fundage in play.

JC

if it's any consolation- 3 months w/o any serious winning here. pretty sure im slowly gonna give it up.

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