I'm on a 10-tournament losing streak, dating back from yesterday. Villains been getting whooped upside the head with the deck. I walk into Rockets pre-flop. My top pair gets set-mined. Forget about protecting your hand with a big shove. They call with incorrect odds and make their draw. They call your shove when you are drawing to 19 outs and all they have is a pair of deuces -- which holds up.
I play pretty tight. But it seems like tight is just not right. You simply sit around orbit after orbit and watch people collect chips waiting for your hand at the right position. Then I finally get pocket queens. I Make a standard raise and get 4 callers. Of course, 2 overs -- all the same suit (and not yours) flops. Playing tight and running bad makes for very boring and uninteresting games. It's a recipe for Tilt. In the end, I'm shoving my last 1100 chips (5 BBs) on A7o and running into AA, AK or if I'm Reeeal Lucky KK (But a King flops).
So the last few games, I tried making some steals. Fughetiboutit!!! Villains will call with ANYTHING pre-flop. No, they really aren't calling; they're shoving. I haven't played a hand in 25 orbits and they 3-bet me heavy when I make a move that indicates strength.
Too be losing like this, I'm guessing I must be mucking winning hands, but making stands when they have the goods.
I'm doing most of my losing on 'Stars. But the games on UltimateBet are just horrible. UB is such a crappy site anymore. Very few tournaments. Absolutely NO Multi-Table S&Gs. And the 1-Table S&Gs just rot. In my last loss, I had the chip lead, but went broke when my big pair got caught by flushes on two consecutive hands. When I go through my last $70 or so on UB, which should be soon, I ain't coming back. And if they give me 10 pity bucks, like they did last summer. I'll just try to cash it.
So Three cheers for the Villains!!! Hip-Hip Hooray!!! Way to go Fritz from Frieberg. Way to go Dolph from Dortmund. Who needs to make studious analysis of hand strength from pre-flop to the river. Why waste your time and money on reading the 20 or so poker books like I have. What has it gotten me over the bast 2 years -- SQUADOOOSH. Just play like the villains and shove with any 2 cards and watch the deck slap you silly.
Villains, please spend my money wisely. I don't approve of you spending it on Roofies to get some dude at the Eurotrash club stoned so that you can go to bed with him.