Down Streaks...

Kristy_Sea · Oct 08,2008, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by acidjoe

I"m multi tabling the $5's right now (on a good roll mind you) making almost $4/hr.

From my earlier post...

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Originally Posted by Kristy_Sea

1) They generally under value their own time.

2) improve your game until you're making money worth showing up for.

3) (random numbers..try to understand my point)

ReefAquarium · Oct 08,2008, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Kristy_Sea

QFT

A 'roll' of a couple hundred isn't really a roll at all imo. Like calling an acorn an oak tree.

Provided that you can do a few things:

#1 Replace it on a time frame that you can live with if you bust.
#2 honestly assess your own play and the play of your opponents to ensure you are making excellent decisions, and are in a game that YOU can over all beat. (swings are irrelevant)
#3 commit to learning.

The reality is that at this level playing bankroll appropriate poker when/if you have the ability to play bigger and do the above is fucktarded..

..the guys who will tell you 'take it slow' are the same ones who joined four years ago and are still playing .05/.10 and large-field freerolls. They generally under value their own time.

As a rec player a $200 deposit should see you playing 1 or 2 tables of $20's, 3 or 4 $11's..if you can't beat these then your step is NOT to move down..but to move OUT of playing online and to read and improve your game until you're making money worth showing up for.

Why sit around for 6 months making like a buck an hour, when you could be sitting around for a week reading an awesome book and then make $3/table/hr ? (random numbers..try to understand my point)

I'm guilty of this , I'm playing .10/.25NL and .25/.50NL online and playing the 5.50 and 4.40 tournaments online. Live I'm playing 1/2 and 2/5NL.

I'm making about 10BB/100hands online at .10/.25 so that's about .75 an hour per table... bleah...

AcidJoe · Oct 08,2008, 11:15 PM

I'm working on building it up without taking money out of my sportsbetting accoutns which is where I make some real money. I don't mind grinding $40 some odd dollars into a few hundred (once I get to $400 I'll move up to the $10's). I actually haven't played on line poker in over a year and half.

You can commit to learning but you need to also play to learn. You can hit 100% free throws from the line, but if you can't play the game you won't get there.

Sirus · Jan 14,2009, 02:24 PM

One thing I like to do to avoid down streaks is give my self a cut off. If I do not cash in two consecutive tournaments, I am done playing for the day.

I find it helps to keep me focused and a winning player. I almost always make up for it the following time I play.

I tend never to move down to lower levels since the my strategies vary.

BBC Z · Jan 14,2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirus

One thing I like to do to avoid down streaks is give my self a cut off. If I do not cash in two consecutive tournaments, I am done playing for the day.

I find it helps to keep me focused and a winning player. I almost always make up for it the following time I play.

I tend never to move down to lower levels since the my strategies vary.

You are the reason why poker remains profitable.

stpboy · Jan 14,2009, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirus

One thing I like to do to avoid down streaks is give my self a cut off. If I do not cash in two consecutive tournaments, I am done playing for the day.
I find it helps to keep me focused and a winning player. I almost always make up for it the following time I play.

I tend never to move down to lower levels since the my strategies vary.

I think this is a smart thing to do if you are susceptible to tilting after loosing a few tournaments. I will generally move from cash games to tournaments or vice versa when running bad or switch the game from NLHE to LHE or Omaha/8. I think even taking a break to watch some American Idol is always nice

stp