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[zambonidrivr]

Not a bad beat post. I am in the midst of a 40 tourn downswing and I have lost my mo jo. Comments please. In the last 3 days, this happens every freaking tourney.

Is this a push? Yes, I know I ran into aces, big deal, what I want to know is if you are pushing this as well. Blinds were huge, 77 seems like a monster to me.

***** Hand History for Game 3113235824 *****
400/800 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 17817722) - Tue Nov 29 00:13:42 EST 2005
Table Table 67428 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: Gauteng (1630)
Seat 3: mikestoi (1950)
Seat 4: aqua2air (1925)
Seat 6: nicelay (2630)
Seat 8: badbeats_com (1865)
mikestoi posts small blind (200)
aqua2air posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to nicelay [ 7d, 7c ]
nicelay raises (2630) to 2630
nicelay is all-In.
badbeats_com folds.
Gauteng folds.
mikestoi calls (1750)
mikestoi is all-In.
aqua2air folds.
Creating Main Pot with $4300 with mikestoi
Creating Side Pot 1 with $680 with nicelay
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ts, 3h, 4d ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jh ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Qh ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 4300 | Side Pot 1: 680
Board: [ Ts 3h 4d Jh Qh ]
Gauteng balance 1630, didn't bet (folded)
mikestoi balance 4300, bet 1950, collected 4300, net +2350 [ Ac Ah ] [ a pair of aces -- Ac,Ah,Qh,Jh,Ts ]
aqua2air balance 1525, lost 400 (folded)
nicelay balance 680, bet 2630, collected 680, lost -1950 [ 7d 7c ] [ a pair of sevens -- Qh,Jh,Ts,7d,7c ]
badbeats_com balance 1865, didn't bet (folded)

[handsome]

Hey, don't feel discouraged. This was an easy push. You just got unlucky running into a monster.

Re: 40 buy-in downswing.. take a few days off or something. You're probably playing like crap.

[durron597]

This is an obvious push. If you are in a 40 buyin downswing, I promise you this type of hand is not the reason.

[bones]

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Re: 40 buy-in downswing.. take a few days off or something. You're probably playing like crap.

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That or it might be time to pick up a book. Maybe HOH or something.

[junkmail3]

You just need to get better at sucking out. There is no way you can fold.

(For clarity, is this a 40 tournament downswing, meaning over your past 40 tournaments, you're down 10 buyins? Or are you down 40 buyins over the last 150 tournaments? Because I assumed the former)

Easy push.

[bigt439]

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Re: 40 buy-in downswing.. take a few days off or something. You're probably playing like crap.

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That or it might be time to pick up SNGPT .

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Haven't I told you this like 8 times?

[zambonidrivr]

Would you be willing to review some HH for me given your feedback? Or is this trash talk?

[zambonidrivr]

Meaning I am down $2k in the last few days. For the month I am still up over $1K but every single tournament, I am getting crushed or sucked out on (bubble). It's really beginning to be hilarious. I am willing to send HH for proof, and I would love feedback if you have time.

J

[durron597]

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Would you be willing to review some HH for me given your feedback? Or is this trash talk?

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Not for free

Edit: Johnnybeef, is my advice helpful?

[ZeroPointMachine]

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It's really beginning to be hilarious.
J

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This is the key to surviving and turning around downswings for me. Anger and frustration can lead to leaks. When a downswing starts to get prolonged I tend to detach myself from it. It becomes a sort of dark comedy. I look forward to, and fully expect to be dazzled by, the next freakish display of magic donk plays, monsters in the blinds, cracked hands and whatever else the Poker Gods can devise. It's kinda sad when it ends....

[johnnybeef]

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Edit: Johnnybeef, is my advice helpful?


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yep.

[pooh74]

Don't know if this is helpful or redundant but, when I m in the middle of a downswing, I won't stop playing completely. However, I will bring my number of tables down and also spend a 1:1 ratio of time spent playing to studying. Whether studying means going over HHs in SNGPT, chatting about hands, or reading poker books it doesnt matter. So I make my poker more quality time instead of quantity.

High volume poker during a downswing is a recipe for disaster if you're off your game, which most of us invariably are (off our games) during these horrible runs.