Paradise Poker - Am I crazy?

[Hommer]

Hi All,

I mostly read the forums and do not post much, but I wanted to see if I could get some feedback.

I consider myself a fairly good player. In the long run, I have made a fair bit of money playing. I made a deposit on Paradise taking advantage of thier re-load bonus for superbowl and started playing the 2/4 games.

I am usually a tight aggressive player and have played for a few years and read quite a few books. I do not think that I am a fish by any means. The problem that I ran into is that while I won some hands, I lost alot. It I had a pair, I would get killed by a better hand usually on the river or in some way.

After losing about $500 on the site, I said enough is enough and cashed out (never to go back again?) I just wanted to see if other usually winning players out there have experienced this type of bad run where anything they play turns to crap?

After I cashed out, I put in $400 at Empire and in about 1 hr, I was up $100. I don't get it. Am I crazy?

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Hommer

[Shoe]

Yes, you are crazy. Good runs happen, and bad runs happen. Paradise is a legit site, and I have run very well there in the past, Empire is a legit site, and I am running very bad their at the moment.

[Nice_Guy]

I don't know if you're crazy or not. I do know you can't blame a specific site for your downswings. They are a part of the game.

My bankroll got started at Paradise. I built it up at the limit tables from $150 to $2000 before I switched to Party. I don't see any reason to play at Paradise however as the games are more live and more plentiful at Party.

[cold_cash]

It's either short-term variance or Paradise Poker is rigged.

I'll take the former.

[Hommer]

Thank you for the feedback so far.

I am not saying that poker is rigged or that a site is rigged or any such thing. I just was looking for simple feedback. What I am asking more clearly is if you've experienced a bad run as I have mentioned and I guess, if the players at Paradise are above the average?

Thanks
Hommer

[cold_cash]

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What I am asking more clearly is if you've experienced a bad run as I have mentioned and I guess, if the players at Paradise are above the average?

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Of course. Every player will experience downswings; that's life in the big city.

As for Paradise having better players, I doubt it, but I haven't played there enough to know.

[Nice_Guy]

My worst run on Party was just about -150 BB. This is slightly worse than your downswing and I've heard of MUCH worse.

Oh, and I had a -100 BB downswing from late Friday to Sunday morning (yesterday). You get used to it, sort of. Promise.

[pokerkai]

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My worst run on Party was just about -150 BB.

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you lead a sheltered existence my friend

[rmarotti]

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My worst run on Party was just about -150 BB.


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I've done this in a long (and painful) day.

[Nice_Guy]

I've only been playing full time since October. The bigger ones will come and oh boy I can't wait.