***Official November Chat Thread: The Golden Duck***

[illini43]

Nice graph coordi.

I just had a -5.5 buy-in night at 100NL [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] This is by far my worst downswing, as I'm down about $625 this month. I didn't play great tonight, but 55 < 99 on a 9257 board for a $320 pot doesn't help. I'm pretty sure tonight was the time I have taken the most beats in a row in my life (either coolers, or getting drawn out by standard draws). I had KK<AA, the set over set mentioned, etc. I won the small pots and lost the big ones. I don't want to bore anyone with HH's, but bleeeeeeehhh.

I'm pretty sure I am a winning overall player at 100NL, even though it might be only for a few ptbb/100. I'm running in the green over my first 10k hands there, but not by much [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]. I completely understand this is a tiny sample size that most grinders play in 2-4 days, so it isn't something to get super-stressed about, but it still blows... I think I'm going to grind some 50NL for a few sessions and get my confidence back and get back to 100NL by the end of the week if all goes well. I know I can beat 50NL (4.6ptbb/100 over 25k hands - yeah its a decent sample, but not humungous), so hopefully that can boost me back up. I was up 7-8 BIs at 100NL going back to last month, but the past few weeks have been downers. I'm not a very high volume player, so I'm suprised these swings aren't affecting me more, but I guess that is a good thing - being a bankroll nit helps [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

/rant