Having the worst period since I started playing, some support please - Page 2

Reef · #11 03-12-2007, 06:20 PM

23k hands is nothing

OtZman · #12 03-12-2007, 07:53 PM

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23k hands is nothing

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Suppose I have to learn to handle these downswings better. I'm glad to hear that it can happen, because I didn't feel to confident in the end of those 23k hands.

Uglyowl · #13 03-12-2007, 09:24 PM

Glad to read... I just went through 45K hands and down $120. Still trying to decide if it is worth it. Heart breaking to see $2500 in rake paid you have lost $120.

I am really thinking a few month break may be good (god damn Supernova has me stuck though [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

OtZman · #14 03-12-2007, 09:42 PM

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Glad to read... I just went through 45K hands and down $120. Still trying to decide if it is worth it. Heart breaking to see $2500 in rake paid you have lost $120.

I am really thinking a few month break may be good (god damn Supernova has me stuck though [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Wow, that's rough man, I feel you. I wonder what's worse, to play a ton of hands and lose big, or play a ton of hands and be down some ridiculous amount which makes the whole thing feel even worse. Which site are you playing at?

Uglyowl · #15 03-12-2007, 10:07 PM

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Glad to read... I just went through 45K hands and down $120. Still trying to decide if it is worth it. Heart breaking to see $2500 in rake paid you have lost $120.

I am really thinking a few month break may be good (god damn Supernova has me stuck though [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Wow, that's rough man, I feel you. I wonder what's worse, to play a ton of hands and lose big, or play a ton of hands and be down some ridiculous amount which makes the whole thing feel even worse. Which site are you playing at?

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Playing mostly at Stars and a tiny bit at Fulltilt. Absolutely nothing is going right, right now (cash, tournies, FPP sats to Sunday Million), but I won't bore you with details. Probably the worst run in 5 years online.

Anyhow, part of me wants to withdraw all my money to "teach them a lesson" [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I know this isn't an intelligent point of view, but it is what I am thinking now.

I think at this point I feel I am wasting my time more than anything. I am at a loss of how I will proceed.

lucky_mf · #16 03-12-2007, 11:55 PM

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Ouch, that's a tough downswing. Glad you managed to win some of it back. Haven't got any of those miracle pills here in Sweden unfortunately, perhaps I should import some, hehe. Sounds a bit dangerous though (from wikipedia): "Vicodin is particularly addictive both physical and psychologically. Addiction to Vicodin is similar to other powerful addictions; cravings for the drug take hold of a person and may even supersede a person's need for food or water."

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Vicodin is addictive and I'm not advocating taking it on a regular basis for reasons other than for which it was perscribed. That said, bad tilt is a serious, and infrequent, problem. The pills helped me with this problem a lot by allowing me to calm down and focus on playing rather than my losses.

Lucky

OtZman · #17 03-13-2007, 06:47 AM

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Playing mostly at Stars and a tiny bit at Fulltilt. Absolutely nothing is going right, right now (cash, tournies, FPP sats to Sunday Million), but I won't bore you with details. Probably the worst run in 5 years online.

Anyhow, part of me wants to withdraw all my money to "teach them a lesson" [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I know this isn't an intelligent point of view, but it is what I am thinking now.

I think at this point I feel I am wasting my time more than anything. I am at a loss of how I will proceed.

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Wow, sounds like hell.

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Vicodin is addictive and I'm not advocating taking it on a regular basis for reasons other than for which it was perscribed. That said, bad tilt is a serious, and infrequent, problem. The pills helped me with this problem a lot by allowing me to calm down and focus on playing rather than my losses.

Lucky

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If I ever start playing really high limits, I might buy some sort of calming medicine. Might be helpful.

omaha · #18 03-13-2007, 06:54 AM

With regard to th 23k hands is nothing.

This may be true, but you need 5k before 15k before 50k etc.

I know the win rates stabilise, but i think low k numbers have some relevance (though not as much as most people think at this stage of their poker career)

#19 03-13-2007, 02:41 PM

I`m on a 10buy in downswing myself right now. Punched the kitchen wall this morning when a maniac rivered quads (53o) against my Aces full of fives. Cards run totaly ridiculous sometimes, add some tilt to that and you get a nice downswing.

My hand hurts like [censored], just glad I don`t have pets in my house. Would have tortured and killed them allready.

Btw, these downswings always happens when your jumping a level, or just about to jump a level. Or is it just me ?

OtZman · #20 03-13-2007, 07:29 PM

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With regard to th 23k hands is nothing.

This may be true, but you need 5k before 15k before 50k etc.

I know the win rates stabilise, but i think low k numbers have some relevance (though not as much as most people think at this stage of their poker career)

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Another thing that makes me feel nervous about my winrate is that I suddenly stopped winning as I switched to a new site. I probably wouldn't have taken it as hard if it was at a limit and site I had been beating for a long time, but as I'm relatively new to 100NL, and completely new to the crypto network I'm afraid I can't beat these games. =/

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I`m on a 10buy in downswing myself right now. Punched the kitchen wall this morning when a maniac rivered quads (53o) against my Aces full of fives. Cards run totaly ridiculous sometimes, add some tilt to that and you get a nice downswing.

My hand hurts like [censored], just glad I don`t have pets in my house. Would have tortured and killed them allready.

Btw, these downswings always happens when your jumping a level, or just about to jump a level. Or is it just me ?

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I feel you, and that's one hell of a brutal beat. I haven't changed levels that many times, so I'm not really sure, and the times I have switched I dropped down as soon as I lost a few buyins and then won it back on a lower level and gave it another stab. But I probably play a bit worse when I switch sites or levels, because I start playing differently, often more aggressive because I feel like everyone's trying to pick on me.