Question on running bad
 

What's the longest you've run bad - in terms of hands, OR PT BB's, if that's how you measure it?

Re: Question on running bad
 

My longest is about 10K hands of break even poker.

Re: Question on running bad
 

Then you haven't played many hands of poker.

Re: Question on running bad
 

more than 50k hands where actual results are significantly less than equity calculations would indicate.

Re: Question on running bad
 

Considering Iceman's very tight/straight forward style in full ring games which until very recently were 2/4 or below, this is not an unreasonable #. One of the benefits of TAG is that variance is very, very low compared to LAG.

Re: Question on running bad
 

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Then you haven't played many hands of poker.

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I estimate that Ive played in the range of a million hands if I count all the way back to when I was playing $5NL. Id say thats quite a few.

Ive had one 8 buy in down swing, 1 6 buy in down swing and quite a few 4 buy in losses.

The most frustrating streak was the 10K hands of break even poker.

I dont think this is that outrageously unbelievable considering how tight I play preflop.

Re: Question on running bad
 

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Considering Iceman's very tight/straight forward style in full ring games which until very recently were 2/4 or below, this is not an unreasonable #. One of the benefits of TAG is that variance is very, very low compared to LAG.

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Im still playing very tight, but since moving up to $5/$10 last month, Ive strayed quite a bit from "straight forward" play post flop. My variance has gone up some, so I may see some bigger swings in the future.

Re: Question on running bad
 

2 losing days

Re: Question on running bad
 

iceman, what are your ave BB/100 if you dont mind me asking

Re: Question on running bad
 

OK..didnt mean any disrespect. I'm so used to 6max that it kinda narrows my thinking on this subject. I guess playing super-tight full ring will allow a good player to have such low variance.