[DonC]

You run those hands through EVstat and it will turn red all over I'm sure (BAD LUCK) Don't get gunshy here. That's dangerous on downswings and can prolong them indefinitely. Keep firing at those pots when the implied odds are right and get out otherwise. Don't get paranoid that only the absolute nuts will earn it for you.

That said. 3 days?! That's not a downswing. That's a pimple on the nose of a downswing. I still have a good 3 day suck fest at least once a month. I've been playing for close to 3 years now, have been a consistent winner for 2 3/4 years on any limit up to 30-60.

Starting on Dec 3 2005 until the first week of January I had a real downswing. 130 BBs at 30-60 78 BBs at 10-20 and another 40 or so at 5-10 until the tide turned. Do the math, I was decently funded for 30-60 but I stayed too long there and by the time the disaster was over my online BR was well and truly screwed. I lost $2400 on 3 hands alone and I held the exact same thing each time AA A99. The exact same hand 3 days running and I lost all 3 times (to quad 9s. Out of that 35 day period I was down 31 days.

My standard for a week is well up 4 days, BE 1 day down 1 day.

Coincidentally my downswing started the day after I cashed 18k for the home repairs and X'mas.