So I'm working on a 4,000 hand 150BB downswing at 1/2 right now, both Party and Stars combined. Literally nothing is working out it seems. I don't feel like I'm playing badly but I don't know if I'm playing great either because I haven't played that much limit in the past so I have nothing to compare it to.

Numbers:

VPIP: 15.18
VPIPSB: 32.69
W$WSF: 31.71
BB/100: (3.32)
WSD: 25.42
W$SD: 50.00

AKs-AJo are all in the postive, as are all suited aces except for A7s. I feel like things just aren't going my way a lot, like if im drawing to a lot of outs in a huge pot I'll miss, and conversely if I have the near nuts in a huge pot, that 4 outer will show up and I'll lose that one too, so either way, I don't get anything. I can't remember winning with a set, so that may be an issue too, I don't know. I'm gonna post my 5 biggest losers, so you can check them out and see if I'm just a complete limit retard or what.


Hand 1:

PokerStars 1/2 Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , .
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls, 1 fold, CO calls, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (5 SB) , , (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets, UTG+1 folds, Hero raises, CO folds, SB folds, BB calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, BB caps, Hero calls.

River: (12.50 BB) (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, BB calls.

Final Pot: 20.50 BB

Results in white below:
BB has Ac 7d (full house, sevens full of aces).
Hero has 5s 5d (full house, fives full of sevens).
Outcome: BB wins 20.50 BB.

Hand 2:

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
3 folds, MP2 calls, 2 folds, Button raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, MP2 calls, Button calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) , , (3 players)
Hero bets, MP2 calls, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, MP2 calls, Button caps, Hero calls, MP2 calls.

Turn: (10.75 BB) (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks, Button bets, Hero calls, MP2 calls.

River: (13.75 BB) (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks, Button bets, Hero raises, MP2 folds, Button 3-bets, Hero caps, Button calls.

Final Pot: 21.75 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has Ac As (two pair, aces and tens).
Button has Qd Qs (full house, queens full of tens).
Outcome: Button wins 21.75 BB.

Hand 3:

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (9 max, 9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, 1 fold, MP2 calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (8.50 SB) , , (4 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) (4 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, MP2 folds.

River: (8.25 BB) (2 players)
UTG+1 bets, Hero raises, UTG+1 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG+1 calls.

Final Pot: 16.25 BB

Results in white below:
UTG+1 has 9h 9c (full house, nines full of twos).
Hero has Kc Kh (two pair, kings and twos).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins 16.25 BB.

Hand 4:

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (9 max, 9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
3 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (10 SB) , , (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP2 bets, MP3 raises, Hero 3-bets, SB folds, BB folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (9.50 BB) (3 players)
MP2 checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, MP2 3-bets, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

River: (18.50 BB) (3 players)
MP2 bets, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 21.50 BB

Results in white below:
MP2 has 3s Qh (three of a kind, threes).
MP3 has 9s Jd (two pair, jacks and nines).
Hero has Kd Kc (two pair, kings and threes).
Outcome: MP2 wins 21.50 BB.

Hand 5:

PokerStars 1/2 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
5 folds, MP3 raises, 3 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) , , (2 players)
Hero bets, MP3 calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) (2 players)
Hero bets, MP3 raises, Hero 3-bets, MP3 calls.

River: (9.25 BB) (2 players)
Hero bets, MP3 raises, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 13.25 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has Jc Jh (three of a kind, jacks).
MP3 has Ts As (flush, ace high).
Outcome: MP3 wins 13.25 BB.



Now that I think about it, they are all big pairs, so maybe this is an area of my game that needs work, like, folding them preflop lol. And not to mention, reading back through these hands, I feel like an idiot too, I think what's going on here, is when I have a good hand, I want to make sure I'm getting max value out of them if they are good, since so often I see people turn up such ludicrous crap even for 2 or 3 bets that I never know if someone is actually gonna show me a real hand or not.

This is what we call varience. If it makes you feel any better I dropped 200BB this month playing 6max. Its gonna happen from time to time. Also it looks like you slow play too much. Just because you have an overpair, you dont need to wait untill the river then start capping.

Just booked my first winning session in the past 8 sessions, 1.5 BB's in 800 hands....but hey its a start right. Now that I think about it, many of those hands were played badly but I'm not sure its necessarily a logical move to post the 5 hands where I lost the most because when I lose a lot there will probabaly be some obvious mistakes, I'm gonna go back through PT and post some more losers later.