i dont get it

[beansmaxx]

i spent 8 hours playing poker in a casino

5 limit games
2 no limit games

on my limit games...

i was patient
played premium cards that paired on the flop
got beaten by full houses and flushes every other hand
i didnt chase any flush,straights
ofcourse every card u can think of was called,raised, checkd-raised....
made perfect folds(because i would have lost if I were to moved forward)
i averaged 1 win every 15 rounds of poker
i could not get cards at the right time

this usually happens for around 20 minutes, then i start building my bank
but this time, it never clicked and to be honest,
there were only 4 hands throughout the entire 8 hour time frame in all games combined that I would have won when I folded...?

I dont get it.

My buddy advised me to play one table sit n go tournament for $125, and it sounds more like a better idea now becuase at least my time would have been more useful......

adny advice over this obvious bullshit deadbadbeat:roll eyes:

[iceveins0901]

Did you drink? You should have had a beer. In all honesty this is just a bad night, I have had similar situations before at the casino, if it were online, someone would complain that it was rigged. I was out at the casino last weekend and I ended up only winning $15, over the course of 6 hours on a $1/2 table. The average preflop raise was $12 and if I hadnt been calling those raises with my suited connectors in position as I did I would have been up over $100 in profit.

The one thing I thought from that night was at least I didnt get any premium hands cracked or any major suckouts for large amounts of money. Bad nights happen, you just have to push them aside. I know some players from the local casino who play professionally and they do not win all the time, there are days where even they are down a few hundred dollars.

[edit] why did you change games so often? staying at one game a hour isnt really long enough to have a full swing of variance.

[liladypokerpro]

The problem in limit is that you can't show your hand strength by raising because the amount of the raises are limited, and not likely to push anyone off of a drawing hand. I've noticed the same type of occurrence at the riverboat here...the limit players are extremely "fishy" and good tight players end up paying the price more often than they should. The key is to be able to vary your play according to the play of the table in a limit game, this is a must in limit in order to make any sort of headway. Don't wait for the ultimate premium hands as you would in a no-limit game...open up your range a bit to include suited connectors, and even 1-gappers, and pay close attention to the other players' styles. If you find someone you can take advantage of, by all means do. I hate to play in a limit game without first "warming up" at home. I primarily play nl hold em, and the tactics and strategies are a bit different when you go into a limit game, so before I go to the casino, I make sure I've made a comfortable change to my playing style before going out the door.

This is just what I've noticed and what works for me...take it with a grain of salt.

[powrdragn]

Honestly, there is a bigger problem here.

You played in SEVEN different games within EIGHT hours. That barely gives you an hour within each game.

It usually takes me a few hands and about 20-30 minutes to get fully settled in to a table. You need time to get comfortable. Feel out who's playing loose or tight. Sometimes you just need time to find the rythym of the game. Are certain people getting called more often. Are some of the players more worried about image or odds?

This sounds to me like your head was not as into the game as you would think. Now, I'm speculating here, but it feels as though you took a beat or two and got up to find a new table. This means you were likly playing frustrated and that's never good. You may not have been on full blown tilt, but you probably weren't playing your best game either.

In eight hours, you probably shouldn't play at more than 3-4 tables unless the games have a lot of turnover and you know they are getting tougher than you can handle each time.