Holy Variance Batman! (n/c, small sample, rant post)

[KingOtter]

I'm moving back to .5/1 due to real-life impacts on my bankroll. That's not the low-content.

Here it comes (1 session tonight):
Hands: 115
VP$IP: 19.13
PFR: 8.70
Saw flop: 32 times out of 115
Went to showdown 37.50% (12 out of 32)
<font color="red">Won $ at showdown: 8.33% !!!!</font> (1 out of 12)
<font color="red">Won $ When Saw Flop 9.38% </font> (3 times out of 32)

AKs 1 time, -3.00
AQo 3 times, -4.00
AJs 1 time, 1.00
AJo 2 time, -8.00
KQo 1 time, -25.0

Only decent pocket pair I had was JJ, and that lost me 3.50 (ok, that's not unexpected out of only 115 hands).

One of the 3 hands that won me money was a 72o.

Phew... that was a tough session.

KO

[ArturiusX]

Get a blog.

[zeropotential]

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Get a blog.

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firstly, classic reply

secondly... i see these posts from you all the time. stop.
if you cant handle little swings like this, your future looks bleak.

[handsome]

Sometimes you'll leave a table winning 0%

[KingOtter]

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Get a blog.

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firstly, classic reply

secondly... i see these posts from you all the time. stop.
if you cant handle little swings like this, your future looks bleak.

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Whatever dude... you're obviously far superior to me and always will be.

I've got no clue what you mean by 'see these posts from (me) all the time'. Back when I was having a hard time at Party I posted some whines... but that was months ago.

I didn't really bitch or whine or moan in the post other then to say, phew! The only clue that it was a bit of a rant was in the subject heading... so the no content was duly noted. You didn't have to read it. You were warned.

Secondly... I thought perhaps if someone else who saw a session like this from a player that's been making money at .5/1 for a while, that they might not feel so bad when THEY have a session like this and think, 'WHAT am I doing WRONG?!'. Bad cards is bad cards... it happens.

KO

[KingOtter]

Okay, forgive me... I guess I completely mischaracterized what my reputation on these boards might be...

I was thinking I might be considered an established, decent poker player.

I didn't think I had the reputation of being a whiny-ass cry-baby that posts every bad-beat and misplayed AA and quad hands.

Please accept my apology.

KO

[ArturiusX]

Getting a blog will help this stuff out if you need to write it down.

When I went through a 150BB swing, I never made one thread about it. When AA and KK were losing hands after my first 3000, I never made one thread about it.

I just kept playing like I knew the winning players would.

Bad sessions happen, otherwise it wouldn't be poker. I love having bad sessions and grinding through, cause I know how sweet the up swing is gonna feel.

Just remember, you aren't different to the general poker population.

[KingOtter]

Okay, so you're a better man than me... whatever.

This session did nothing to my overall attitude... I was laughing and pointing out things to my wife during the entire thing.

It didn't get me down, I wasn't complaining... perhaps I shouldn't have said 'rant' in the title because I wasn't really ranting... just amazed at how no cards I was getting could pull anything once the flop came.

I just thought it was kind of amazing and thought I'd share it with my friends... and thought perhaps if some of the newer players saw it they wouldn't get discouraged by having a session similar to this... that's all... really.

Sheesh.

KO

[AngelicPenguin]

FWIW, I enjoyed the post b/c it did NOT sound like a whiney bitchy post.

[KingOtter]

I forgot to put lots of [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] in it, I guess.

Thanks,

KO