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Message: [QUOTE="starfall, post: 401573, member: 7551"] Smoky, those were the sum total of the hands I played in the whole tournament - no wins whatsoever, just those losses. I just played another Limit tourny on Jungle and it was slightly better, but not much - I actually won a couple of hands, but mostly it was a table with 7 sitouts, so 3 people actually playing, where the chip leader was the person who virtually never folded, especially if they made even bottom pair. They were leading because over 50% of the time the river would make them the best hand - a full house, 2 pair, even just a good pair when they'd had nothing, whatever was needed to take the pot off the other player who'd been ahead - they were up to 3x their stack by not knowing when to fold when they were well behind, and catching the 2,3,4 outers that would give it to them, at least 60% of the time. This time I was mixing it up a bit, and didn't mind losing my share, but again it was losing more pots to 2-4 outers catching on the river than I won by hands like top pair with an Ace kicker holding up against 1 or 2 opponents when I knew from the betting the hand was winning on the flop... I'd make 2 pair, and their unpaired A2 caught the 4-outer 5 on the river for a straight, then when I get a straight, their 2 pair catches a paired board card on the river for a full house. I get 2 pair again, and the turn and river make a board straight to split the pot, when I'd been ahead from the flop... just hand after hand where I couldn't do anything except play the best hand and lose... Apologies for the rant... I know it's poker, and it happens, but you want to let off some steam when it happens a lot in a short space of time... like I said, it's a good thing it wasn't at a cash game or the like. I'm still making progress on getting my bankroll up on various sites... so long as the best hands mostly hold up on the cash games, and the hideous runs of outdraws mostly happen on the freerolls, then it's not so bad... it's not doing much for my hopes of getting a $50+ starting bankroll on Jungle, though (it's at $40.50 currently)... [/QUOTE]

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