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How often do you guys have these, if ever? I'm flirting with one right now (-170 BBs in 600 hands).

I would post this in BBV but I think it's more relevant here.

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maybe its more relevant at gamblers anonymous???

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This was just the kind of idiotic trash I was hoping to avoid. Please return to whatever forum you crawled out of.

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At least once a month. Usually 2 probably. I play about 40k hands/month.

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Wow, really? I haven't had one yet, I play about 25k hands/month. Getting raped for 100 BB in the first 80 hands is pretty routine for me, though.

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I had 3 I can remember last year.

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whats your stop-loss for a day?

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Had a -300 BB this saturday.

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http://barbbill.250free.com/Dbrat/HangInThere.gif

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I've had a few but as I get kinda tilty when I lose I quit well before I reach that point now. But if you play lots of poker it's gonna happen.

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Well if we're gonna go there...

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/e...uff/august.jpg

Stupid August. Luckily most of the downswing is 15/30, and a good portion of the recovery is at 30/60.

It's also kind of awesome that this was my biggest downswing to date, and I didn't even notice until hand 30k.

Still though, [censored] august.

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no stop-loss

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Here's today for me.. [censored] august is right. I ran at 40.5 wtsd/40.7 won$sd, so today was basically a payoff rodeo.

On a brighter note, I'm going on a mini-vacation tomorrow. Yay.

http://www.fourthnut.com/temp/fuckaugust.jpg

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LOL august. Yeah, like every other day I make or lose 200BB. I think I'm up $40 and down about 200BB net for the month. That includes a fair amount of HUHU, which I'm apparently not very good at.

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wow sick

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wow, my last srs day of shlhe grinding looked almost exactly like that. i may have to get back on the horse (see loc) now that i see my day wasn't some kind of total aberration.

hope things turn around!

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super good day if you spin your monitor 180 [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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weee August. This includes my HUHU play, its not quite so ugly without that.
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/456/augustdb0.jpg

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I love this thread if only for the graphs in bb and not $. They look so much nicer, though none of these specifically.

I have found the trick to avoiding these days is to play <15k hands a month, 2-3 tables maximum. These hyper-downswings would fry my brain for days and affected my play severely. I have had a lot less stress this year, but also less money and more wasted time. Not sure if it's a good thing or not

Donger, if 40.5 wtsd is a payoff rodeo, I am your clown [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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jesus you guys are nuts. I stop at 100 bbs, and never feel any desire to play past that point.

Unless I'm plyaing lower limits than I'm used to hu or something.

basically I like to stop at 4-5k whether it's 10/20 or 30/60 ...

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__1__ what stakes/format do you play?

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Donger, if 40.5 wtsd is a payoff rodeo, I am your clown [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I just meant that I was getting to showdown a decent amount and ending up in second place. Some of my awful sessions are like 29 WTSD and 35 W$SD, the ones where you absolutely whiff the flop every time.

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http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6991/weeeelz2.png

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How come it is so much easier to lose 200bbs in a day then it is to win 200bbs in a day? I dont think I have ever won 200bbs in 1K hands but I am sure I have lost that much.

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for me its because i quit when i'm up like 100bb and keep playing when down.....?

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for me its because i quit when i'm up like 100bb and keep playing when down.....?

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i wish i could force myself to play long enough to have +100BB sessions

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agreed gehrig if I win 20 bets I consider the day a resounding success and go back to bed.

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I figured a 100BB session would be even more common for you gehrig. Seems like HU v a total donk you could stack up that much pretty fast.

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I feel like I have one about every two weeks or so - and I play ~ 75k hands/mo

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I figured a 100BB session would be even more common for you gehrig. Seems like HU v a total donk you could stack up that much pretty fast.

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see buffsta8s post

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I love august. I have 2 days that are -150 bb and 3 days that are +100 bb. This makes life way to stressfull.

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omg -200+ in a day sounds like death. I couldnt do that. I hate -75 days bad enough

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I guess you can see from this thread Donger that 200bb session downswings are inevitable for anyone who doesnt have an arbitrary stop-loss limit. Since avoiding these terrible sessions is impossible, the only thing you can do is try to use some psychological tricks to keep you from getting too upset/depressed.

When I have a really bad session I prefer the time tested "counting your blessings" approach. For example, If you have a large penis, just focus on that after you lose alot of money, or if you have a hot girlfriend just think about her. I usually just think about how lucky I am not to have aids; that all my limbs are still attached; or that I never got caught for statutory rape. Then I usually feel better. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Great advice ILP. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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"I never got caught for statutory "

haha awesome ! That implies you did it, which is equally very strong.

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I play 5-10 to 15-30 and I have a $1k stop loss so this will never happen. I really feel I play terribly once I reach $1k.

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I play 5-10 to 15-30 and I have a $1k stop loss so this will never happen. I really feel I play terribly once I reach $1k.

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TBH, the zone I tend to play the worst is between -500 and -1000. After 1000, I tend to just laugh at the absurdity of the beats and/or my bad play.

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I love august. I have 2 days that are -150 bb and 3 days that are +100 bb. This makes life way to stressfull.

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How many tables are you playing at once?

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"or that I never got caught for statutory rape."

don't tempt fate...do you know the statute of limitations for statutory rape? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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I play 5-10 to 15-30 and I have a $1k stop loss so this will never happen. I really feel I play terribly once I reach $1k.

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TBH, the zone I tend to play the worst is between -500 and -1000. After 1000, I tend to just laugh at the absurdity of the beats and/or my bad play.

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definitely. after that many bbs you realize how precarious this whole thing is and it just becomes comical.