Definition of Running bad

The question can be answered quite precisely using the techniques in Mason's Gambling Theory book

Hello,Pitch,

I want to make absolutely sure that I understood you correctly.

You did say that you were a strong winner for the first 10 months? And just now you are experiencing a downside!

I wish that I had your poker skills!

I would be laughing all the way to the bank!


Sitting Bull

..."for my first two months back"...I won't ask where you have been.


will have to agree that 1200 for two months of 20-40 sounds like you were not running good, for sure! that's not even real good for one game.


if you have been out of poker for awhile, then you probably should have started smaller to get back the feel...even if bankroll is no problem.


few years back I won tournament at Orleans, then for over a year I just couldn't make any $$$$, sure I won now and then, but overall never saw so many drawouts!!!

Yeah, but the worse I run, the bigger and looser I bet.


If some idiot is watching other idiots draw out on me, I'm going to get more callers - and lose more money - in a greater percentage of pots.


I create opportunities to get unlucky, in the same period of time, because I know others will take the other side, the opportunity to get lucky.


At this point, the opportunity to occasionally run REALLY bad presents itself.


ku

Hah! You are correct. I'm not so much complaining, but just reporting. Even someone with MY poker skills [img]/images/wink.gif[/img] can't overcome a constant barrage of bad cards. It amazes me sometimes how the cards can be so bad for so long. The guys I've built my bankroll on are having a field day with me now. Fortunately, I've got a huge bankroll and the patience to perservere. My time will come....soon I hope.

Thanks, I'm going to order Mason's book right now. I read some stuff in his Poker Essays, but I didn't feel like it answered my question.