I think someone said 'you will run worse than you ever thought possible'. This is me right now. Had a 30k stretch at the beginning of June -13 buyins. Last 50k hands -25 buyins. During just the last 5k hands I have lost a half stack or more 12 times. One AK v AA, one nut Flush v Boat(both hit on turn), 2 60/40 losses in reraised pots AI on flop, and one flopped under flush. The other 7 losses were all 2-3 outers, including my previous 2/4 hands I have had an underset or had my set outdrawn by a less than 4 outer a whopping 21 times over this 50k hand stretch.

I am tired of bitching about this stuff. This is the last thing I will ever write about how 'bad' its going. Now on to the good stuff.

I have logged 575,ooo hands so far this year for a ~2 bb/100 winrate. Not bad, but it needs to be higher if I am going to be able to beat 2/4 and up. It seems that I have the unnatural ability to sit and play 8+ tbales for hours at a time. I think that after 500k+ hands that I should be better than I am. This thread is about me taking the proverbial next step and become the player I should be.

What I feel are my current strengths and weaknesses:

Strength: Hand reading. I can usually put most of the regulars on very narrow ranges.

Weakness: Looking people up. I will too frequently look people up just to see if I'm right. Not a lot but enough that it is hurting my winrate.

Strength: Preflop play. I got a little carried away at 2/4, but I feel that I have a strong preflop game.

Weakness: My Image. Not factoring in my image and how people view me especially the HUD bots.

Weakness: Pot odds. Eventhough I have a real strong knowledge, I still am not always able to make the most profitable play, based on the odds.

Weakness: Bad players. I really struggle winning from the bad players.

Strength: Turn/River play. I feel that I make excellent choices on the later streets.

Weakness: Flop play. I feel that I make too many errors on the flop.

Nuetral: Extraction. I feel that I am fairly solid getting value from my hands, but it still needs to improve and I need to be more consistent.

I'm sure there are more. I will be posting both well played and trouble hands regularly.