BE Stretch

crunny · #1 06-29-2007, 10:14 AM

Can a 40K Break even stretch be because of variance, or is it more likely that i just suck?

Whats the longest BE stretch you have had?

SimaoMacaco · #2 06-29-2007, 10:17 AM

20k.. man i am dreaming of BE stretch at the moment. I think we all agree that futuredoc is pretty handy at poker.. and i recall him posting a BE strecth of 30k+ right before he went on uber tilt and dived.

previous thread on tilt

crunny · #3 06-29-2007, 10:27 AM

Yeah, i think i'm approaching the uber tilt stage. Today I punched my computer desk. My knuckle is all swollen now [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

SimaoMacaco · #4 06-29-2007, 10:28 AM

come hug me brother.. why not go clean some mould off a bedroom wall.. thats what i am doing.. its much more fun that poker atm

LifeTilt · #5 06-29-2007, 10:43 AM

I spent about 2 hours looking at PT/Poker Grapher last night analyzing my play and trends that resulted, so it's kinda creepy that this thread showed up.

I had 2 noticeable 15-18k stretches that were break even in the past 4 months. Its pretty wild to look at the graph because it's like a heartbeat monitor. +/- 4 BIs for 15k+ hands! I've had exactly TWO "break even" stretches that were -10 BIs, but then +10 BIs, but I don't consider those, primarily because I was a drunk tilt factory losing 10 BIs, then a nit factory getting it back. HIGH FIVE for parabolas!

SimaoMacaco · #6 06-29-2007, 10:53 AM

graph please!! lets see everyones disasters.. its a kind of therapy

Please rename this thread>>>

Official July: Hut of the doomed thread

SimaoMacaco · #7 06-29-2007, 10:59 AM

The recent swing is since Monday.. now.. i am not a great player i admit that freely.. and i deffo tilted some with this.. but 7BIs of missing equity is hard to take over such a short stretch.

crunny · #8 06-29-2007, 11:04 AM

Ouch. that sux man.

SimaoMacaco · #9 06-29-2007, 11:10 AM

Progidy is my inspiration at the moment.. nearly 20bi down then a sick 3k upwing.. i hope his up swing is still going strong..

Hans Gruber · #10 06-29-2007, 11:18 AM

I think you should really analyze all of the medium-big pots that you have lost during this stretch. I'm a steady winner at the Stars 200NL fullring tables, but I had a 12K breakeven stretch a few months ago. For the most part I was just running terrible, but I did find a few hands where I definitely made some mistakes. Sometimes it's even some winning hands where you make mistakes by missing value.

One thing that helps me is to go back over my session after I'm done, regardless of how my session went, and look at all of the key pots. Ask yourself if you could have played any hands better...do this every session and it will help you a ton.