I don't know how to play poker (variance q?)

[MicroBob]

If you don't have the confidence at 5/10 then go ahead and drop to 3/6.
Whatever it takes.

compared with the losses at 10/20 you certainly shouldn't have any issues with the swings at 3/6 obviously.


There's no need to stay even at 5/10 if you feel like you are getting clobbered still.


FWIW - I have bounced around from 10/20 to 5/10 to 3/6 over the past few weeks.



I've even occasionally just done some basic bonus-clearing at 1/2 over on crypto.
No biggie.

The fact that you admit that your judgement is all fouled up and you seem to have no idea which end is up anymore (don't know when to value-bet, etc) means you are NOT in the right frame of mind for the limits you are playing.


After my latest losing slide, I'm up about 100BB's at 5/10 in my last 1k hands.
This is also not going to last obviously.
But the 50BB up's and down's are all just a fairly regular part of this wacky game.
You just happen to have strung together 5 of the 50 BB down-swings in a row.



Victor's graph is pretty impressive.
400BB downswing over 30k hands is a real eye-opener.
Lots of 50 and 100BB downswings in there too of course.
And some REAL impressive upswings.