Running Bad is Starting To Get Ridiculous

[actyper]

I understand the concept of c/c to bluff catch, but if river bluffs are so rare in LHE (which makes a lot of sense because the bet in relation to the pot is huge) so then why are you calling? I think villains bluffing frequency is very low in this spot with the board and the previous action.

I think I worded it incorrectly. River raise bluffs are rarer than river value raises.

[jason@bp]

they're hands I should be winning a lot more often so instead of losing 5BB per hand I should be winning 5BB on these hands.

Well if you're losing hands where you're a favorite to win, you have to chalk it up to nothing is for sure in the now. There's no such thing as "I should be winning" anything in such a short period of time as 15,000 hands. Your EV evens out in the long run, but the long run is like 1mil+ hands, not 15k.

Even if you are playing perfect poker (which I'm not suggesting you are) a 15k hand downswing is v. small. It probably feels worse than it is because you're only playing 2-3 tables at a time, which can be slow-paced. It is easy to think that life sucks when you spend 11 days in a row losing at poker. It is hard to see it for what it is, just another phase to be passed through like any other. It's so hard to take this perspective, in fact, that there's an entire industry built around coaching 'mental game'. Google "Tommy Angelo" to see what I'm talking about.

If you are finding yourself overwhelmed w/ how things are going the best thing you could do is take a break and study. Don't play for a couple of days, just read some probability stuff or watch videos. Solve some hard problems. Play around with PPT. Also review your HHs if you're running PT or HEM. A few days of cold, hard analysis will do wonders for your mindset as well as your game. Be willing to recognize where you're making mistakes though, and don't fall into the trap of rationalizing bad play to make yourself feel better. GL

P.S. I would also post some hands on 2+2, though I'm not sure how busy the LHE forums are. Even if you just get flamed you can learn a bit about the game dynamic by paying attention to the responses you get.