longest winning streak?
 

a buddy says he just finished an astonishing streak - 29 straight profitable brick and mortar 10/20 winning sessions.

is it possible? what are the longest you've heard of?

Re: longest winning streak?
 

i'm still trying to get that first winning session under my belt.

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i've had a 34 day period online playing 10/20 to 30/60 without having a losing day...haven't played every day though, and i've had losing sessions, but never lost on the day...i hate finals

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Ummm, nothing like what the OP posted.

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That cannot be possible.

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a buddy says he just finished an astonishing streak - 29 straight profitable brick and mortar 10/20 winning sessions.

is it possible? what are the longest you've heard of?

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What is his drawdown? If he takes in 1000, loses 999$ and then wins his way back to 1001, does he consider that a winning session? In reality, it's not.

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very doable if you play NL small stakes and a low variance style. much harder to do in limit regardless of limits but anything is possible. Too me this seems doable against the typical socal lineup

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Why not? Seems like a + session to me.

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What is his drawdown? If he takes in 1000, loses 999$ and then wins his way back to 1001, does he consider that a winning session? In reality, it's not.

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Hunh?

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a buddy says he just finished an astonishing streak - 29 straight profitable brick and mortar 10/20 winning sessions.

is it possible? what are the longest you've heard of?

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so? Show me a winrate, either per hand or per hour, and then i will be impressed. im pretty sure i could almost never have a losing session if i wanted to work it that way. Its not about winning pots, or having winning sessions, its about making money.

peace

john nickle

Re: longest winning streak?
 

Make sure you're not manufacturing win streaks like Caro warned about in Supersystem 2.

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yes it can....(but not for more than say 100 sessions or so)...just play until you are up and leave when you do. (completely results oriented)

It just means that when the inevitable long swing does hit, its going to hit much harder. I used to play like this when I first started playing, for months....I think I went 3 1/2 months doing this....playing maybe 15 minutes one day and then 4-5 hours the next...as long as I was up... but then one day I just couldnt win for about 2 weeks...no matter how many hands. Now I know that the money is just going to be there, and theres no need to freak out.


Now... never having a losing month...Its been a year for me since Ive had a losing or (-$) month, but thats pretty easy with RB and Bonii.

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I thought winning streaks were a myth...a fantasy... now your telling me they actually exist!?!? Time for me to go out and get me one.

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if you play poker or gamble for a living sometimes it helps to "manufacture" a win streak. In a vacuum, yes it's all 1 long session but like I said if you do this for a living over an extend time span the less up and downs you experience, you'll be better off emotionally and psychologically.

I'm hardly a grizzled veteran and in my 20's and it's already worn on me. Taking swings for tens of thousands of dollars is not something a lot of sane people want to do.

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if you play poker or gamble for a living sometimes it helps to "manufacture" a win streak.

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Is going to a table doubling up then leaving considered to be manufacturing a win streak? If so, when is it no longer considered to be manufacturing?

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if you play poker or gamble for a living sometimes it helps to "manufacture" a win streak.

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Is going to a table doubling up then leaving considered to be manufacturing a win streak? If so, when is it no longer considered to be manufacturing?

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If you need to manufacture a win streak in order to help you psychologically, then sure it won't kill you, but you should probably get a little mentally tougher. On the other hand, trying to manufature a winning streak when you feel in need of one can be costly because you allow yourself to sit in bad games with a bad frame of mind trying to get back to even.

If you join a table, double up, and leave, then maybe you're mising out on a great game when you quit.