Downswings (no hand content)

[Evan]

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I read just about every post you make, cause you are just that good.

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Thanks, homie.

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Analyzing them = good.

Just as analyzing upswings, flatswings, and side swings = good.


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Okay, I'll rephrase--overanalyzing downswings (and I believe trying to draw conclusion from 5k hand samples is overanalyzation) is a bad, bad idea. Puttin preasure on yourself to produce shrot term results in poker makes it way tougher on yourself than it needs to be.

[Catt]

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Okay, I'll rephrase--overanalyzing downswings (and I believe trying to draw conclusion from 5k hand samples is overanalyzation) is a bad, bad idea. Puttin preasure on yourself to produce shrot term results in poker makes it way tougher on yourself than it needs to be.

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Agree 100% with the caveat that reviewing one's play regularly is worthwhile, as long as such review is undertaken to analyze one's decision-making process and not to "explain" short-term results.

Analyzing one's play in a belief that it will quickly improve short-term results is doing so for the wrong reason. And putting pressure on oneself to produce short-term results in poker is indeed a recipe for diaster.