OT: Having a bad week?

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My week is udnerlined in black. Anyone who has been through something like this (alot of you), can you please give me some encouragment that this indeed will turn around? I feel like I am playing the same as I was for the first 500.

[pergesu]

Play more games.

[bones]

Just use it as an opportunity to work on your game.

I had a pretty bad downswing last month leaving me with a bankroll of like $600, also partly due to poor play I must admit. So yeah I dropped down from $33 to $22 and churned my way back up. Learnt heaps from the whole experience, even though it was bad at the time.

Then last week I had 76% ROI for a period of 100 games, so I guess I've felt both sides of variance now.

I can't say for certain that you will turn around. But yeah I did. Also I'm surprised you've felt like your play has remained the same for the whole time. Surely after 600 games you would be better?

Crappest month I've had since I graduated from the microlimits. But nothing compared to many posters at 2+2 I imagine, and all losing players [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img], at least I ended on a high.

Thanks for the post.

No actually I do not think I have gotten much better. I had thought I was getting better until I started this downswing. Perhaps I am now playing slightly worse but who knows?

Just sucks to never win coinflips, never win when dominating, rarely win when 40/60. I can actually predict the cards that are going to ruin me before I even see them. QQ vs 88? I dont stand a chance.

[Fatdogs12]

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Thanks for the post.

No actually I do not think I have gotten much better. I had thought I was getting better until I started this downswing. Perhaps I am now playing slightly worse but who knows?

Just sucks to never win coinflips, never win when dominating, rarely win when 40/60. I can actually predict the cards that are going to ruin me before I even see them. QQ vs 88? I dont stand a chance.

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I know that feeling

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had thought I was getting better until I started this downswing.

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Yeah I guess it's like that. Just try to review HHs, don't worry so much about results as making good decisions, keep posting problem hands on 2+2 and start making some money back.

Predicting you will lose with QQ vs 88 is silly and should be left to the gamblers at the casino who think the house edge (what house edge?) doesn't matter cuz they can beat it anyway. This sort of thinking will hurt your play, try evaluate everything based on the expected value rather than short term results, even though it is quite unnatural for us humans.

[MegaBet]

variance sucks doesn't it?

[Freudian]

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variance sucks doesn't it?

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Only half of the time. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[suited_ace]

Welcome to the club. That downsizing was exactly last week.