Brag: Fully recovered from $17K downswing (lollercoaster)

[Roba1111]

nice recovery xD you did well to stick to 5/10 - if that was me i would have been tilting off my whole roll at 25/50 after that sick downswing lol

[DMoogle]

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suicide much during the first 54k hands?

[/ QUOTE ] I started my poker career at the nanolimits, from a 90 cent bankroll. Because of that, I've gotten really really good at not thinking about the actual money involved, but always thinking about every hand in terms of big blinds and relative pot size (i.e. I think of a $150 bet into a $225 pot as a 2/3PSB, not even noticing it's $150 into a $225 pot). This mentality allows me to play $.01/$.02 as seriously as I currently play $5/$10, and I'll play just as well when I move up too. It did take me a very long time to attain this way of thinking.
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nice recovery xD you did well to stick to 5/10 - if that was me i would have been tilting off my whole roll at 25/50 after that sick downswing lol

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Actually after losing $14K or so I took a short break from $5/$10 and played mostly $3/$6 and $2/$4. I'm very disciplined about not moving up when I'm on a downswing.

[JSmith2007]

Wow, I didn't realize you began with 90c.

Sick brag man, gg.

[ispiked]

What were you playing around hands 64K-65K when there was a huge jump?

Also, what did you start doing differently to go from breaking even at 100NL to playing 1000NL in under 140K or so hands?

Edit: 'gratz on the downswing recovery, too.

[DMoogle]

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What were you playing around hands 64K-65K when there was a huge jump?

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I ran super duper hot in my first days starting primarily $2/$4. Also a huge fish on my buddy list was in a $7.5/$15 game, and I took a shot against him (the game was 3-handed including myself, and I had position), and stacked him in a $3300 pot, which is still the largest pot I've ever won. Considering I'm playing mostly $5/$10 now, I hope that I'll break that personal record soon.
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Also, what did you start doing differently to go from breaking even at 100NL to playing 1000NL in under 140K or so hands?

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Well I felt like I had really hit a wall in the months of 10/06 to 12/06, so I basically quit poker (took a hiatus really), then in 02/07 I decided that it's time to take this game seriously and beat it. So I moved down to $.05/$.10 NL to rebuild my confidence and try to identify leaks, and moved up as my winrate (and bankroll, which at the time was $5K) allowed. I also joined CardRunners, which has (and still does) played a huge part in improving my game.