Swings in omaha

TrainHardDieHard · #1 06-27-2007, 10:53 PM

I know omaha is a game of very high variance, but i was wondering how often do you guys have downswings of 4x buy in or more? It seems like i have a 4x buy in downswing like once every 1800-2500 hands Is this too frequent or normal?

sc000t · #2 06-27-2007, 11:52 PM

I don't even break a sweat about 4+ buyin downswings in a day. I do feel I get tilted alot easier in Omaha and force myself to stop or take a break, where as in NLHE or any other game I play really, I can take beat after beat and still play solid poker. In omaha tho, when you get the wrong end of variance it stings much worse imo.

swope · #3 06-28-2007, 01:14 AM

no swing in either direction can be considered abnormal in plo. its a sick, sick game like that.

win 3 or 4 coinflips and youre up huge. lose 3 or 4 and youre broke again. especially with todays hyper-lag action games.

SavageMiser · #4 06-28-2007, 05:25 AM

Heh, I am opposite. It's really hard to tilt me in Omaha, I guess I've accepted the nuttiness. Whereas in HE I'll go off like a rocket.

You can drop four buy-ins pretty quick and it's not out of the ordinary. Stuff like that happens when you don't mind getting the money in with a tiny edge.

southerndog · #5 06-28-2007, 09:10 AM

I think the size of your swings are a lot more dependent on the stakes you play.. If you play smaller stakes, its a lot easier to wait for the nuts, and get people in terrible spots. Thus, lower variance.

Zefa · #6 06-28-2007, 09:14 AM

^ agree with southerndog.

I played 15k hands so far in .25/.5 and .5/1 and my biggest downswing has been 3-4 buy ins and this has only happened about once.

morphball · #7 06-28-2007, 10:30 AM

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I played 15k hands so far in .25/.5 and .5/1 and my biggest downswing has been 3-4 buy ins and this has only happened about once.

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piiop · #8 06-28-2007, 12:12 PM

directly related to your nittiness

MURK · #9 06-28-2007, 12:32 PM

a lot of my sessions start with a 4BI downswing.

Zefa · #10 06-28-2007, 03:28 PM

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^ agree with southerndog.

I played 15k hands so far in .25/.5 and .5/1 and my biggest downswing has been 3-4 buy ins and this has only happened about once.

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