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How do you all grind through being card dead? I just finished a 5 hour session, the last 3.5 hours I saw an ace once, no pocket pairs, and had 69 off at least 10 times.
No table change available, so stuck with that. I didn’t want to leave, but that seems like the only option. Managed to piss away $200 chasing flushes and straights (and, literally, missing every single one of them)
It’s irritating to have nothing, but I need to fix the leak in my game where I try to force hands to happen.
Don’t really know what I’m looking for, I guess just anyone’s thoughts on being card dead for long stretches
Sometimes getting up and leaving is the best option. I know no one wants to leave after 2 hours, but you have to ask yourself – are you having fun? If you’re there and miserable, why are you staying? I only get a chance to play every few weeks, but if I’m having a terrible time every after 90 minutes it’s often better to just leave.
You could also trying getting up and walking around, taking a break for a few minutes. Seat changing can also help, or at least make it feel like it’s going to be different.
If you want to stick it out, remember to play hands in position. It’s easier to play weak hands and draws if you have last action.
You have to leave. End the session. Get a coke. Play a slot machine. Change a table.
Don’t sit. My last session was on 12/30 at the local casino. Started around 1 pm with $150. I had $550 by 3 pm. I took a food break and returned just before 3:30 pm.
Went totally card dead and proceded to just watch my chips disappear. I said several times to myself to get up, even said that to the player on my left who I struck up a conversation with.
By 7:30 pm, I was busted. Could have left multiple times. Didn’t. Get up and go! No shame in it.
It depends on your reasons for playing poker. If it’s for the $ and the game is good, then you should fix that leak and just stick it out. I like to pay attention when I’m not in hands and try to predict what hands others have. Get up and take a walk once in a while. Strike up conversations with other players.
If you’re just playing for fun and you aren’t having fun, definitely leave!
We have only one table and one game in my town. These arent options for me. As far as I know there isn’t another game available within a 8 hour drive of my home.
There are some pretty good answers here, but you pretty much answered your own question when you said that you were trying to make things happen.
IMHO, poker is not a game that you can force, once you start trying to force it, you’re asking to get felted slowly and painfully.
One guy said to use the time watching the other players and picking up their ranges ect. That is a pretty good idea as you are learning as you go. 2nd, what table image do you have? if you’re coming across as a tight player, look for spots to bluff out small pots. of course you have to set these spots up by raising or 3 betting pre, but stop playing your cards and play a bit of poker every now and then.
All in all, if you’re not feeling it, walk away with your $$ in hand and live to play another day
GL for your next game.My longest cold streak ran for about 2 months. Once it broke, I had more pocket pairs I have ever seen. Ax high almost every hand, straight flush twice in one sitting. For about 2 weeks I could do nothing wrong. Remember there can be extreme swings in the probabilities, so take your time and let it run.
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