How do you get over a long string of bad beats

[EllaGrace]

I have had a long string of bad beats. It's actually making me lose confindence in myself.
Even though I started with 20 bucks at Bodog less than a month ago and had 90 until recently. My in the money percentage for the $1 sit n gos was 60% with my win percentage around 20%. My last week of playing my in the money percentage has dropped to 10%. Needless to say I am losing money fast.
Most of my beats have been bad beats by loose aggressive players calling with nothing because they are pot committed and sucking out on the turn or river.

Any ways to handle this? BTW I am a tight aggresive player

Thanks

[NUCKING_FUTS_4]

Originally Posted by katharine.wehrmann@gmail.

I have had a long string of bad beats. It's actually making me lose confindence in myself.
Even though I started with 20 bucks at Bodog less than a month ago and had 90 until recently. My in the money percentage for the $1 sit n gos was 60% with my win percentage around 20%. My last week of playing my in the money percentage has dropped to 10%. Needless to say I am losing money fast.
Most of my beats have been bad beats by loose aggressive players calling with nothing because they are pot committed and sucking out on the turn or river.

Any ways to handle this? BTW I am a tight aggresive player

Thanks

Yep, only solution is to play higher limits, or bigger field tournaments.

Sounds like you were doing ok and then hit the wall. I've played consistenly at these levels for a while and have had the same results. You swing like a yo yo. I don't think its related to your style of play more to the style of the table. Lower limits tend to be a little looser and TAG just don't do too good against too many LAP's. I always like to see one and only one at my table. Higher limits will have fewer.

Bigger fields will help your banroll better due to the ROI being greater generally. Try a few and see, if you're Tight/aggressive you'll do well. If you played 5 and placed in 1 keep going. If you win in 10 keep going. Otherwise look for some freerolls.

I hope this helps.

[EllaGrace]

Higher limits are my goal. I was going to start with the $10 tourneys when my bankroll got to $100. The tables didn't used to be this way. Just recently. I used to get rewarded for my tight play. Just recently, I stone called several raises with AK suited that hit nothing. I doubled up on that hand. The jerk had rags. I just got sick of watching him bully. If I could play like that always with out having a heart attack, I would maybe I would win more if I looked them up more often.

For now I will take a breather. Play bodogs freerolls for awhile. Ironically, I have never placed in theirs. I will just try that and give myself a break. I have a bonus coming so maybe that wil help.

[luzipher]

Originally Posted by katharine.wehrmann@gmail.

Higher limits are my goal. I was going to start with the $10 tourneys when my bankroll got to $100. The tables didn't used to be this way. Just recently. I used to get rewarded for my tight play. Just recently, I stone called several raises with AK suited that hit nothing. I doubled up on that hand. The jerk had rags. I just got sick of watching him bully. If I could play like that always with out having a heart attack, I would maybe I would win more if I looked them up more often.

For now I will take a breather. Play bodogs freerolls for awhile. Ironically, I have never placed in theirs. I will just try that and give myself a break. I have a bonus coming so maybe that wil help.

Just and advice... Play tourneys with a buyin of 10% of your bankroll is very risky (almost like a suicide).
My two cents here.

[NUCKING_FUTS_4]

Originally Posted by katharine.wehrmann@gmail.

For now I will take a breather. Play bodogs freerolls for awhile. Ironically, I have never placed in theirs. I will just try that and give myself a break. I have a bonus coming so maybe that wil help.

Well keep posting. By the time the next League freeroll at Bodog comes around you'll be eligable for the password with 10+ quality posts.

GL

[NUCKING_FUTS_4]

Originally Posted by luzipher

Just and advice... Play tourneys with a buyin of 10% of your bankroll is very risky (almost like a suicide).
My two cents here.

Good advice luzipher.

An article on Bankroll Management would be worth reading, here is one

http://www.4kingpoker.com/article/59-online_poker_bankroll_management_money.html

[EllaGrace]

I got some great advice here. I think I will try to break the wall slowly. I will limit my buyin to one a day to give myself time to recover from my beats. Thats something i failed to mention, maybe I am just realizing it now: When I used to win or place , I would rarely play again that day (lightning doesn't strike twice!). Then I started placing back to back and I got cocky. Then I started losing back to back. And clearly you can play more losing tourneys in one night than winning bc it takes 3 hours to win and 5 min to be out. This may be one of many reasons for my losing streaks.

I definitely will keep on posting.

Thanks for the link to brm.

[NUCKING_FUTS_4]

Originally Posted by katharine.wehrmann@gmail.

I got some great advice here. I think I will try to break the wall slowly. I will limit my buyin to one a day to give myself time to recover from my beats. Thats something i failed to mention, maybe I am just realizing it now: When I used to win or place , I would rarely play again that day (lightning doesn't strike twice!). Then I started placing back to back and I got cocky. Then I started losing back to back. And clearly you can play more losing tourneys in one night than winning bc it takes 3 hours to win and 5 min to be out. This may be one of many reasons for my losing streaks.

I definitely will keep on posting.

Thanks for the link to brm.

Excellent .

Your problems a little clearer now. But my advice for the bigger fields still stands. Play one of those each night like $1 (45,90,180 Players) when you're back on track and see how it goes.

Maybe you could post a couple of hands that are troubling you and we could offer any assistance

[EllaGrace]

After some advice and venting (which I think is also helpful). I returned to my $1.20 buyin 45 person tourney and placed 2nd. Which was only bc I went all in on A-K suited and got called with k-8 off suit. He sucked out an 8 high straight. If not for the 5 on the river I would have won because he had me covered by 100 chips. Anyways I took back $10 and am on my way to rebuilding my bank roll. Thanks for all the advice