Re: 300BB downswings are not normal. PERIOD!
To add another useless personal anecdote:
In 250K hands at one level I've had 2 -250BB swings. One of them was the first 4K hands played at this level. The other... I was clearly tilting in many of my sessions and thought myself to be "not in a correct state of mind". Add in a little real life problem (about a girl...), and I lost 250BB over 21K hands. Outside of that, I have lost 100BB in several sessions, and my third biggest downswing was 150BB over 12K hands of what I thought to be great poker on my part. I don't see 300BB as unreasonable, but I think Rigaletto is correct in saying we often dismiss the downswing instead of fixing the problem. However, the corralary to that is players who try to convince themselves that they are in control. That is, that they can prevent downswings by superior play.
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