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Old 06-06-2007, 11:09 AM
4CardStraight 4CardStraight is offline
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Default Re: Playing forever without a downswing? Is it possible?

I think this is a funny discussion.

Downswings should be welcome. They are what allow upswings.

Its like when people say in deep stack poker that they are always getting it in 90% ahead. Well, you give up an aweful lot of value not getting it in when your only 55% ahead in a cash game.

You should be pushing chips in when you are a favorite, and you have to understand that 45% of the time you will lose your 55/45, and its aweful easy to lose 9 in a row where your 55% to win. But you should still do it, and be happy that there is much variance in poker, as there are swings where you will win 11 in a row being ahead 55% to win, and they can only come as a result of someone elses downswing.
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