I Think I Need To Quit FTP.

Some of you might remember that I took like a week break cuz of the bad luck I was having on FTP. It doesn't seem as tho that helped. It's almost as if FTP is determined to make me deposit again, since I haven't deposited since 2009, surviving instead off of freerolls and small stakes games. In the past 3 days on FTP, out of about 750-1000 hands a day, I've had A-A only 5x, K-K only 3x, Q-Q once, and A-K only 4x. Out of the 5x I had A-A, I won the blinds 3x and the other 2x my opponents caught trips each time. 2x in a row they caught trips against my aces? Out of 4 tourneys tonight, I lost each of them in the following ways: 1) Lost w/ A-A to K-J off. He hit trips on flop. 2) I hit nut straight on turn, bet all-in, and was called by guy who hit flush on river. 3) pokerowned tourney, pocket 4's beat my pocket 10's. 4) My J-J was beat by A-8, by an ace on the river. I never slow play, so it's not like I'm letting ppl catch up to my hands. I'm just having terrible luck. It's really disheartening. Also, I'm not saying that I need great cards all the time to win. Last nite, in a FPCBR freeroll, I finished 16th out of 500 ppl w/ zero A-A, zero K-K, zero Q-Q, zero A-K, and only one J-J. I would've done even better than 16th place, but bagaam went all-in w/ middle pair, I called w/ top pair, and he hit trips on river. FML!!!

I agree, FTP seems to rob me time after time. Almost doesn't matter how good a hand I have unless I hit a royal flush on the flop I am better off mucking.

The thing is, runs in poker can last a long long time.　To put it another way... if you're playing cash you need around 100,000 hands to even know with a good confidence interval that you're a winning player. If you want to succeed at playing, you have to be ready to take the swings. Play with good bankroll management, and don't change your game, and you'll end up on top again in the future!

I am experiencing variance as of now. Will take a break from FTP too

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Originally Posted by ukigumo

The thing is, runs in poker can last a long long time.　To put it another way... if you're playing cash you need around 100,000 hands to even know with a good confidence interval that you're a winning player. If you want to succeed at playing, you have to be ready to take the swings. Play with good bankroll management, and don't change your game, and you'll end up on top again in the future!

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I agree w/ a lot of what u said. Playing live poker, I just always tried to lose as little as possible during down swings and win as much as possible during winning swings. My luck at FTP, lately, has just gone to a level that I've never seen before. It was so bad that I actually took a week long break, but still nothing's changed. I'm starting to think that it might not ever get better, unless I deposit money. I always had incredibly great luck for a few days after depositing money, but would then go on a string of incredible bad beats until I had lost everything that I had won plus the money I deposited. That's why I quit depositing. Anyways, thanks for all the responses everyone.

Maybe my luck is changing. I just won $40 in a $2 tourney, came in 3rd out of 159 ppl. Funny thing is, I was catching a bunch of big pocket pairs early in the tourney, but didn't really make much off of them. I got all the way down to 465 chips w/ 35 ppl left, then clawed my way back w/o any big pockets at all.

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Originally Posted by Apostasy_666

I agree, FTP seems to rob me time after time. Almost doesn't matter how good a hand I have unless I hit a royal flush on the flop I am better off mucking.

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I felt like this 5 days outa 7 last week but it keeps drawing me back due to it being the best software.

I think that all the sites of poker is a same...you have to be in a good time in the right place to win something big!!!
Cosmin B.

keep playing good and youll eventually be back on the plus side

DONT TILT

Don't deposit. Try using the pokerowned freerolls. Its ok as long as you dont deposit $25 and lose it all. If you win $3 in a freeroll for instance, then lose it all you didnt lose any money.

everyone naturally wants to quit seeing the silly sick beats that make u throwup, yet we still here.. true addiction!

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Originally Posted by DiscinFrog

everyone naturally wants to quit seeing the silly sick beats that make u throwup, yet we still here.. true addiction!

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that's exactly what it is, too. That's why I hate when ppl say that it can't be crooked cuz ppl would stop playing if it was. Gamblers will always keep coming back. The only ppl that would stop playing is the new players if they never won, so they keep hookin them up w/ sick suck outs to give them a taste of winning so they keep depositing.
@Jon-England: I know, I luv the software, and everything about the site, except for their "random" cards.
@trent321a: Oh, I'll never deposit again. I've got $46 in there, right now, and even if I lose all of that, I'll just play freerolls to build it back up, just like I did to get to the $46.

Do what is best for you. What I would suggest is to take a break from poker for a few weeks, until you are ready to play again. It is probably best not to risk any money, so playing freerolls might be your best option.

I sometimes play several sites,,,it seems that when things are going bad on one site ,they go bad on all,,,just have to hang in there until the swing goes back the other way.

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Originally Posted by CoolJakeB

Do what is best for you. What I would suggest is to take a break from poker for a few weeks, until you are ready to play again. It is probably best not to risk any money, so playing freerolls might be your best option.

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I know a lot of ppl don't bother to read the comments before they answer a post, but if u had read them, u would already know that I already took a break, that I never risk my own money, and that I do play a lot of freerolls. Thanks for the advice, tho.
@wagon596: I also play at a few different sites, and I pretty much feel the same way. Up until last night, I was having bad luck on like 3 sites.

i fint FTP fine many many i dont stick with it maybe just a downswing

I've been there said that. I am just coming back to playing online poker after about a three month hiatus. Just relax maybe give yourself a little bit longer of a break than a week and come back and just grind it out. Like Trent said don't deposit and just grind out some freerolls till you build a little bit of a bank roll. Just don't put yourself in a position to lose your own money. Full Tilt has enough promotions where you can give yourself greater opportunities to increase your bankroll without risking a whole lot.

Thats pretty good Advice there.. Try a few Live Games when you get outta da chair.. Lol

That is good advice. And I play live about twice a month, but I'd like to play more live, especially since I win about 80% of the time in home games.

That will happen to all of us, but don't give up on poker my friend.