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I actually havent had much trouble buying in with 100 bucks at a 3/6 game.

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I'm pretty confident saying that you're either running well or citing a tiny sample if you've never gone -17 BB in any B&M session. I suppose opponents in your $3/6 games might be outrageously weak-tight and kind enough to never draw out against you.... but that strikes me as unlikely.

If it were just me, I'd say that maybe I'm not as good as I think I am -- but I've never read anything on this site to imply that 17 big bets is enough to play limit hold'em, or that -17 BB swings are in any sense uncommon.