Had a really bad day on the ACR cash tables yesterday!

7thseal said:

I lost almost $200 of my bankroll that I had slowly been building up. The majority of money lost was playing cash tables. I had an amazing total of over 20 bad beats. 5 forced all-in's with me holding pocket aces pre-flop. It was almost like the odds were stacked against me and I always had the best hand going in before the flop. AK beat aces. AJ beat aces. Pocket 9's beat aces. Pocket 3's beat aces, and A4 suited beat aces with 4 of a kind. I know pocket aces don't always win, but that really ruined my statistics for that pair. It was almost if someone shoves and I have aces, then I should just go ahead and fold. Guess I just had an off day, but really stung me. Guess I will have to keep playing the freerolls and start building back up with smaller stakes.

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eetenor said:

Thank you for posting.

Ouch that was brutal.

Variance can be so much worse than most players have experienced unfortunately you now now how bad it can be.

I do not know what your poker goals are but taking too much time to build a bankroll is a real issue. You may consider other ways of generating a bankroll using the time you would have used to play freerolls.

Hope this helps

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blueskies said:

I just lost two big pots set over set and then big PP lost to a smaller PP in a short amount of time. I quit for the day and probably will take a few days off to reset until I feel mentally refreshed.

That's nothing compared to the run you had. In my experience, when luck goes bad it tends to keep going, so the only way to stop it is to quit.

Sooner or later, it affects you mentally and that's when you are in deep trouble.

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