downswing, normal??
 

Ive been playing full time since March and everything has been pretty good. A few up and down swings but nothing major aside from a few shots at the 5/10. I normally play 8 tables of 3/6 full on party most of the time. I generally have little trouble bringing in 4k+/month thus far.

This month I am over half way through and I'm down $150. Ive lost $900 in the last 2 days over 3.5k hands. It hasnt been a string of 2 outers and otherwise bad beats either. I havent been folding the best hand or missing bets. I just havent had the best hand all that much. I wont go into all the details of this downswing as thats not the point of the post. What I want to know from the other full time players, is if this is normal. Could i have been lucky for 5 months and now its evening out? I dont think so since I can clearly see some of the clowns beating me play terribly. Just curious whether this size downswing in this small ammount of hands is reletively normal.

No need for the usual flamer posts. Ill take care of em for you.

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nice post donk

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sorry you suck at poker.



There thats taken care of now.

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doesn't seem like THAT big of a downswing to me. Only 150 bb's.

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Its just my first really good sized downswing. I figured since its recomended that you play with a 300bb bankroll (I gernerally keep it at about 700-800bb) that running through half of it in 2 days was somewhat major.

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How many hands did you play in the 5 months that you were winning?

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About 40k/month give or take 7k.

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I'm not trying to me mean but I really have to wonder if you should be playing for a living if you are asking this question...

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150 BB downswings do happen. It looks like your bankroll is big enough to handle one, whether it is the cards or you i dont know. Do you know how many total hands you have played and what your winrate is over those hands?

It looks like you have the bankroll to keep going at $3/$6. However, as it obviously has you shaken up a little bit, I would suggest taking atleast 3 days off and do not gamble at all. Just relax and enjoy yourself doing something else for a few days. When you come back you should be refreshed and any tilt that was in your system should be gone. If you continue to lose another 50-100 BB's after this, I would suggest going down a limit or 2 until you get your game back on track.

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150 BB downswings do happen. It looks like your bankroll is big enough to handle one, whether it is the cards or you i dont know. Do you know how many total hands you have played and what your winrate is over those hands?


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132391 hands winning at 1.84bb/100. I think this number should be a bit higher since my first month winrate wasnt great since I was just starting to 8table. I have many more hands that were played in the past on sites that didnt support PT at the time.