My losing streak wins!!

[Klepton]

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[MicroBob]

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so don't read it.

[bugstud]

hey bob, grab pokergrapher and show us the super-soiler graph plz thx

[MicroBob]

You're a sick man.

[KSOT]

I'd like to see a graph too, actually. Not just the downswing though... the whole shazam to put things into perspective.

[KeysrSoze]

Holy crap, we need to trade accounts. Mines on a hot streak.

[MicroBob]

Well...I felt like trying it again...playing super-tight at the BBJ 2/4 and 3/6 tables to finish clearing my $100 reload bonus (which somehow hasn't expired yet) because $100 is actually kind of worthwhile to me right now.


Well...so far I'm down $134 with about 100 hands left to get the bonus.

When bonus is cleared I'll be through for the evening and possibly for a day or two. Haven't fully decided yet.
If I feel like staying up then I might surf around here some, clean up around my apartment, or curl up with something like GSIH or WLLHE both of which I plan to just read cover to cover in the coming days.



Went out to dinner tonight with the GF and she's really terrific. So we chatted some about it and what my plan was...then we moved on to other topics.

I tried to put into context for her how ridiculous 1k+ BB's is and that this basically NEVER happenes for a winning player.
She could tell that it was getting to me a bit and that I was somewhat frustrated and that 'the frustration is probably effecting your play' at which point I explained that that will typically happen to good players if they lose just 200 or 300 bets which is considered really bad.
"And how many have you lost again?"
"Ummm, that would be over 1000."
"Oh...... Wow."


But there's no reason why I can't grind my way back at my current limits. She was concerned with what happens if I keep losing of course and I stated, "well..at some point I would have to get a job."


Anyway...I have 2 months living expenses on the side...and above that I have a poker bankroll that is still over 1k BB's for 3/6. And I'm actually possibly going to play more 2/4 or even 1/2 for awhile.
So if I can go that far out of my way to drop ANOTHER 1k BB's then that would TRULY be something special.

[MicroBob]

BTW - when I talk about 'super-tight at the full-ring tables...i'm talking 15/8 fit-or-fold style poker while these guys are really donking around.


Here are my 2 favorite hands for the evening that kind of highlight some of my experience.

I know they're just your run-of-the-mill silly beats...but what the hell...I'm down 1k BB's and you're not so I'm posting them.


Both are against the same player who is 80/7/1.6.



Hand 1:
Party 3/6, 8-handed:

Hero is CO with A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Hero raises, button folds, SB folds, BB folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.


Flop (3 players): J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

MP1 checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, MP1 folds, MP2 calls


Turn: A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

MP2 checks, Hero bets, MP2 calls


River: K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

MP2 bets, Hero raises, MP2 calls


MP2 shows 6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]



Golly.



Hand 2: (1 orbit later, same guy):

hero has 4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] in BB

4 limpers.
I check.

Flop: (5 players): K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

Checked around

Turn: 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Hero bets, 3 folds, Button calls


River: J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

Hero bets, button raises, hero calls


Button shows T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]



Since these hands I have made a modest comeback. I am down $90 for the evening with 50 hands to go to receive my $100 bonus.

Will I actually finish in positive territory for this session (after receiving the bonus of course)???

Stay tuned.

[MicroBob]

well...it wasn't to be.

-$149 in the hands it took to clear the bonus.

So -$49 overall for this session.

Close enough to even that I'll consider it a victory.

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. The support and advice is actually quite helpful.




I need some opinions on another important issue though....

At the chinese restaurant tonight my fortune-cookie read, "You will have good luck in your personal affairs."

I need to know if poker counts as a 'personal affair'.

GF says it definitely does but I'm not convinced.

[adios]

Hand 1 is a somewhat rare happening but these beats do happen. Hand 2 is fairly common and it's fairly easy to see how it happend. Might have been able to save a bet by folding to the river raise but I can't quibble with the call. You want this kind of action from opponents. FWIW tightening up as you have is probably a good idea. I suspect that 1000 BB downswing has something to do with playing a lot worse as the downswing has progressed. A 1000 BB downswing should be a rare thing for a player winning at a decent rate but shouldn't be that rare for a player playing close to break even or losing. I suspect you've played in alot of games where your edge isn't that great and it's pretty easy to see how this can happen. The old poker saw that a good players edge over bad players is much bigger than an excellent player's edge over average players I would think applies. From what I've observed of online play, game selection is critical.