For the past month I began to play low limit 1/2 2/4 hold em on party poker. I have had relative success with my game and remain in the black even with a few cash outs. I am well versed in the game and am aware of the many "suck out" possibilities while playing low limit and try stick with hands where these suck out opportunities are at a minimum. However, a couple of times I have run into difficulties. Sessions that last for 4-5 hours where I miss everything. I have high cards, board is all low. Low pocket pair, board is all over cards. Missing every draw etc. I know that this is not atypical, but I don't know quite how to deal with these situations. Should I end the session, or continue to grind it out. On winning sessions I typically see 20-25 % of the flops and win these flops anywhere from 30-50% after a few hour session. On these losing days, I see the same amount of flops, but win 18-25% or less.
Bottom line, how do I deal with these "losing sessions" when nothing seems to go my way.
Thanks for the help
The first thing to do is to figure out the reasons why you're losing. If there's a better player who keeps outplaying you, then swallow your ego and run like the wind. There's absolutely no reason to play someone who is better than you when there's a better table out there to play on. If you're making a consistant mistakes that are costing you money, then identify the mistakes and go about fixing them. If you're just not catching cards but not making serious mistakes then it's a judgement call between limiting your loss and sticking around to get well. If it's a nice loose-passive table, then you can often make a lot back in a few hands when you do finally catch your monsters.
One thing to keep in mind is that if you are losing and other players are observant enough to notice, then they become inspired to play better against you just because you are losing and they feel you are beatable.
Losing sessions aren't a total loss if you can honestly analyze your play and gain insight into why you're losing. That's more valuable to me than the money I would gain from a winning session.
