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Old 10-18-2007, 03:28 PM
Max1 Max1 is offline
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Default Re: Six Days of Chaos...What To Do?

Thanks all, for your advice.
A few notes:
1) I do have PT. Love it, don't know where I'd be without it, dont play at places that dont support it (well, that and the associated plugins).
2) This is not my first major downswing. Since 2005, I've had two other massive downswings, one of which was right after the bonus whoring dried up and the Internet Gambling Act was starting to crush people. All the jackasses who would watch one episode of a WSOP on ESPN and grab their mom's credit card to dump chips on a table were gone, and all that was left were hard hard players to beat. I left until August 2007, after a nice little win rate during my Vegas trip. So I understand variance and all that noise; it just doesn't make it any easier when it seems like you are living the Murphy's Laws of NLHE.
3) I do appreciate the fact that I'm still up $600+. My brain had already been picking out bills I was going to knock out or things I was going to buy with that money, so it makes it further aggravating to have all that money gone.
4) I'll be taking a little time off. I may sit and do freerolls just to keep the sound of the cards and chips clicking in my head, but I need a change of pace. The "usual" just ain't cutting it.
5) That JMan thread needs to be stickied in the beginners forum under the heading "And You Think You're Having a Bad Run!". Those PT numbers are amazing.
6) Holes. While I would stack up with TPTK or higher (and then lose), I would find myself folding at the merest hint of aggression. It was as if the table could smell the "fear" coming from their computer monitor, no matter the amount I would raise or bet, no matter the faked aggression. So I lost a LOT in continuation bets when they would miss and I'd somehow get called out on it or raised. Or check-raised. Take your pick. I'm sure there are more, but as my bankroll dwindled, my play would get more loose/passive and I found myself bleeding a lot more.

Thanks again.
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