Downswing

[Student Caine]

You're fine Slim. Just keep playing good cards and play them well. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

I lost 75BB tonight in about 2 hours (some of this was due to a small tilt session at the end, but even before that I was down 60'ish). Every once in a while you have "That F***ing Night". The night in which some or all of the following happen:

1) Every time you flop TPTK with your AK or AQ someone with A8- pairs their kicker on the turn or river.

2) Every flush and OES draw miss, but not before you call multiple raises in gigantic multi-way pots.

3) Every large pocket pair gets cracked by small connectors or small pocket pairs.

4) Every small pocket pair misses, except one....and when you hit that set it gets flushed out.

ETC.

When this happens I usually go to Poker Tracker and replay my hands to see how much of my losses were in fact bad luck, and how much of my losses were poor play.

Good luck to you!

no its not normal i'd move up in limits to play people who respect your raises and who wont draw out on you because they will know they are beaten.

[bozlax]

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branden
journeyman


Reged: 07/27/05
Posts: 56
Loc: albuquerque, NM

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I love it when the newbies start crackin' wise!

[Wetdog]

Just remember these times when that insane win rush hits you and you suddenly think "I must be a poker god!'

In ancient Rome, when a conquering general was feted by a parade in his honor, a slave would hold a laurel wreath over his head and whisper in his ear "Remember, thou art only human."

We don't have slaves. We have downswings.

I wish I had that link to Homer's great post on swings. It really puts them into perspective if you see the veeeerrrrrry long term.

[gharp]

I think you mean this one

[Fryguy]

A 20bb downswing is nothing. You can't win every time you play.