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I wouldn't be comfortable playing as my only source of income at the 22s

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why?


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Many reasons. I'd need to be certain I'm good enough and crushing the game significantly not to doubt my capacity to win in the event of a downswing. Also, I know I could easily make more money in another job than I could grinding the 22s. There's also no guarantee that the games will still be there in a few years (new legislation, poker boom stops, etc) so if I dropped everything for poker it would need to be worth it. This is all personal preference though, I'm only saying 'cause you asked.

Also, I don't think the situation is as bad as you make it. It's not a downswing, it's a break-even stint. You mentioned you usually played 1k Sngs a month, and this 413-game streak has been going on since June, so you've only played 413 in the last 2 months? Maybe you should try getting back on your game seriously for a week, playing say 30-50 SnGs a day and reevaluate after having played another 300-500 games in a shorter period of time.

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SS.

In all likelyhood you are now tilting (we all would be no shame in it). Tilt is the variance exagteratoooooor.

You realy need to get the frustration out of your system. I let my first real mega fu....cking bad streak nearly wipe me out and even though I saved the situation before ruin I still look back on my first encounter with the frozen wave with regret as I basicaly maximised instead of minimised the damage it did.

Dont make my mistake. Walk away for a bit then come back and play calm and cool and collected.

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stupidsucker,
Hang in there bud. if you are doing the right things the money will come baby the money will come.

-vas

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If your true ROI is 20% then a run like this over a 413 games is about 0.5%. If you have been a pro over a year I would imagine you've played several thousand tournaments. The more you play the higher the probability gets of a bad run like this. Granted, it is probably tens of thousands of tournaments between runs this bad, but given all the players that post here, its bound to happen to someone.

Of course, the above does not mean pretend nothing happened and continue playing your regular game. Poker is a game that requires continuous study and thought. Take this bad run as an opportunity to study your game and look for leaks. If you can find someone to review half a dozen complete tournaments.

Paul

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You're fine, dude. I've watched you play. I've done 477 SNGs as a loser, which is essentially 500. Never had a losing month.

I dropped 33 buy-ins yesterday... meh.

Here's something that can help:

Once you've made the decision in a hand, do something else. Don't sit there like a gambler rooting for no suck-out. You're a slot machine, not a slot player. Once the coin is in, your job is done. Look at another screen, or take a hit from your twister... whatever. If you can stop sweating the river it seems to help. At least it helps me a bit.

Irieguy

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Poker isn't easy. My major beef with this forum is all of the ridiculous hyperbole about how easy poker is. At least once a day someone says something ridiculous like "I can teach a 9 year old with lupus how to beat the 55s" or "Anyone should be able to beat the 22s for 25% roi."

By reading, studying, observing, and thinking about poker, you set yourself up to have a series of small edges over your opponents, edges that are hopefully greater than the rake. Yet your edges are still small. Casinos have been known to post losing quarters, and they have many more trials than we have to exploit their edges.

Your play probably has deteriorated somewhat, but in all likelyhood, you're still a winning player. I realize that "hang in there" is neither comforting nor particularly helpful advice, but aside from reviewing hands and trying to get the positive mindset, it's the only advice out there.

Best of luck.

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Yep.

Irieguy

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It looks like you already know the answer. If you really feel that you're not on tilt and its only been bad luck then just keep on grinding.

Otherwise, either spend a lot of time reviewing HH and/or exchanging with someone to get someone else to take a look at your play. That way you can get another break and possibly plug up some leaks.

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reminds me of this one...

watching, waiting, hoping, IS unnecessary torture. anymore, i shrink the screen and go about business at another table. i'll soon enough get a 'you finished x' pop-up, or a prompt to act for the next hand. i have NO interest in finding out how he/i sucked out. i can't imagine having a the negative image burned in your brain can help.

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I just needed my vent..

i had it. I feel a little better.

I am extra irritable because I have been also purging caffeine out of my system. The withdrawal is really bad. After some research on it I have found that most say cold turkey is not the way to do it ebcause it causes too much stress.

I drove to the store to calm down and bought some chocolate icecream. I can indulge in it and get a little caffeine fix.

I think what I was looking for was someone to tell me that I am not a winning player so I couold have ripped them a new A-hole in retaliation. That would have been fun for me.

Somone zzzzzzzzzzed me today for hitting my time bank button when I wanted to think about a push. I went off on him and timed out every hand after that. Teling him that an apology was needed in order for it to stop.

I am on tilt. I dont play terrible like some do twhen they tilt, but honestly I worry about my health and the health of those around me that may cross me. If someone pushed me the wrong way in a state like this, my 140lbs ass would be all over them. I fear I may hurt someone. I havent had caffeine in days and have been cutting out my other bad habit as well(420).

I did these things for health reasons, but now... I think it is in my best interest to indulge.

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I'd check what your finish distribution looks like for starters

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1-40
2-43
3-60
4-65
5-59
6-52
7-35
8-26
9-26
10-7



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That looks incredibly out of whack to me. Anyone else? I didn't have that many 9ths in 1000 22s.