how long can u run bad?

aaokwitme · #1 10-30-2007, 01:20 AM

Ok so I have lost with no cash the last 25 out of 28 games mostly single table tourneys. As a side not I have not once had all my chips in when behind, well that I know of I may have moved allin with KA and had 9s fold or something, but to lose all 25 with the best hand in 28 games??? Does this happen to others?

pzhon · #2 10-30-2007, 10:54 AM

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As a side not I have not once had all my chips in when behind,

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That sounds like you are playing very badly. In SNGs, the blinds get large enough that you should push often, so often that you will sometimes bluff out better hands or get called by better hands. The blinds you steal are worth a lot more than the cost of occasionally finding yourself a 60-40 underdog, and less frequently worse.

Do you have any evidence that you are a winning player? Don't confuse a downward trend with downward variance.

F0rtysxity · #3 10-30-2007, 11:41 AM

Theoretically it is possible albeit improbable that one could run bad their entire life and their next one... if you believe in that.