5/10 SH variance.

[billyjex]

if i stopped at 30bb i would be stopping within 5 minutes most of the time.

[winky51]

beleive me now Im used to losing $500 in one night then winning it back the next. When I 1st started playing I really got POed at rediculous bad beat night. Being an outgoing personality with an analytical mind didn't help.

"How the F$%* did this jackass outdraw me on 3 outers 6 times in a row?!?!? Thats 1:1426. Thats impossible"

Now its...

"Bad beat 6 times in a row by the same moron *heavy sigh*. NEW table!"

[SteveGriff]

I've lost and won as much as 70BB in one day - and probably other people have had bigger swings

Just be prepared mentally and bankroll wise for these swings

Steve Griff

[winky51]

This rarely happens. I play around 1-3 hours a day at 2 tables. Thats about 200-400 hands a day. Ive played about 4200 hands. Only 3 days of hitting this -30 BB day nasty. They other days I come out a head or some small loss. I dont have the time to play as much as I want due to my demanding job. I just wants to ask if variance was this high and obviously by the lovely graphs and posts it is.

This original question came up because of another player I speak to. Not going to say his name but I watch him play 4x 10/20 SH and I MSN with him. I only see this guy win win win. He plays very LAG but he is a good player post flop. We talk about the hands he plays and how he plays them. Besides the fact he PF raises with hand I would never (like K3o in the BUTTON for a steal) he always seems to win. So I was wondering how he got around the SH variance. His stats are like 40% see flop and VPIP in in the mid 30s I believe. He claims to win a good portion of his pots on bluffs. Course I dont see how as 90% of the time players at the 5/10 call down with any pair or just ace high, and the bluffers all get pounded. Apparently he makes a constant 4+ BB per 100. Hes not a 2+2er.

So after I started playing I noticed I had these huge swings. Most days I end up ahead but there are downs I run down to -$200 in 30 mins then swing back up to +$200.

Just never realized the variance was so much SH.

[winky51]

Cool. I will. I think I will move down to 3/6 SH for a little while.

How do the players play there? Same way?

Also how much of a bankroll should you have 300BB?

[DMBFan23]

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Thats 1:1426. Thats impossible

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awesome.

[MyssGuy]

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"Bad beat 6 times in a row by the same moron *heavy sigh*. NEW table!"

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Wouldn't you want to let the moron keep drawing at you? IOW, stay at this table?

[MyssGuy]

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Also how much of a bankroll should you have 300BB?

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You've said that you multi-table. That plus the noted SH variance, I would recommend more along the lines of 500BB. 300BB is great for a single full game, but for SH and multi, I would up the number....

[usmfan]

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Sure, a stop loss of $300 is fine. . .if you mean at any one specific table. Usually by then the other players are all taking shots at you and it's time to move.

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Stop loss for a session is stupid. For a table makes sense. You need people to lay down their marginal favorites from time to time. If you're losing 30BB on a table, donks tend to give you less credit for the hands you're representing.

[krishanleong]

I had a 240 bet slide in the past 28 hours and still ended up 40 bets.

I would set the stop loss at 60 bets at least. (Unless you know you are playing poorly)

Krishan