My worst month yet :( -12 BIs

[snakekilla88]

thats how many hands I played today. Try breaking even over 100k hands

[Warteen]

*shrug* I lost half my bankroll at NL25 and NL50 last month. I'm down about 14 BIs over the last two months. It's depressing, especially after running hot for a long time, but it's poker and ya gotta either deal with it or take up parcheesi.

[Dilznoofus]

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Winning players can easily have 20+ buy-in downswings, however losing even 12 buy-ins at NL25 probably means you're terrible.

Sorry [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I'm a solid winner -- 8 PTBB/100 before latest rough stretch, 6 PTBB/100 after -- at 25NL and 50NL over ~150K hands and I just lost 13 buyins at 25NL in about the same number of hands as OP.

Art, you might suck but you definitely don't have to for this to happen to you. Good luck turning it around.

[KinkyKid]

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wow... you are upset about losing $200? are you kidding me?

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Please, tell me where I said I was upset about the money.


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This is 25NL. I am really bad at poker. Like really bad. But dropping 12 buy ins is ridiculous.

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I know it is and that's why I'm posting. It's weird how everyone is so quick to say "it means you suck", yet I could easily select about a dozen AI PF hands which have a summed EV that would make the difference for this month -- and that's just out of the PF AI hands.

If I constantly get money in good it's up to the RNG after that. Nothing stops it from giving it to the underdog multiple times in a row... probably moreso given my sample size.

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This your first time reading BBV? This is the reaction you get here. So you lost 12 BIs in one month...of very few hands. I'm down 16 BI at 2/4 in my last 5k hands. Luckily thats just under a week of play. As you move up, you'll go on bigger downswings...My advice: don't post them in BBV until you go over 30. And then be prepared to still get flamed.

[danzasmack]

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Stay thirsty, my friends.

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LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[Artsemis]

Yeah I know, I've made a few comments stating I know what to expect in this forum. I was just kinda frustrated last night hence my forum choice -- somewhat making fun of myself but then today I wrongly expected sincere responses. =d

I did want to correct the accusation that I was torn up about the money though.

Thanks to those that really did offer support and show it's not abnormal, it's definitely encouraging.

[awvdh]

Artsemis, you probably have to adapt your game somewhat to deal with the donks at the microstakes. I have a strict 'only play when drunk' policy for NL20. It works for me:

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25NL means you are a modest player playing other modest players

400NL means you are a decent player playing other decent players

1000NL means you are a good player playing other good players


Ergo, dropping 20BI's at any of those levels is simply a matter of relativity. So screw the haters OP. Losing 12BI's at 25NL is precisely = to losing 12BI's at a higher level.

(Declaration: I am on a 20BI downswing at 50NL laaawwwwwwwwl)

[Poet MP]

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Someone who is generally a winner that lost more than 12 BI this month, please reply before I kill a kitten.

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I dropped 18 buyins at 100NL 6 max last month before turning it around cos I was stupid enough to not move down soon enough. Posted about it here, got the usual responses.

So I moved down to 25NL for a short while, then 50NL, then 100NL then a little 200NL. Still made more than $4.5k from poker last month including bonuses and rakeback. Rubbish month, but still, could have been a lot worse considering I was down to under $400 on my online roll and didn't rebuy.

So there you go. It can turn around, even for a massive fish like me. Don't kill any kittens [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Stake Monster]

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oh noes why did you block out your stats i want to copy your style.

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lol