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Old 10-13-2005, 05:43 AM
bicyclekick bicyclekick is offline
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Default Admitting defeat

About August 10th I decided I would take the rest of the month off to focus on the 20/40 and 30/60 games as the bigger games were stressing me out and making poker not fun. I had a blast the rest of the month and a few days into september I got back into the higher games again with a very clear mind. I won quite a bit right away but then ran bad and ended the month with 20k less than I had on the 12th. Or maybe I'm not as good as I thought and don't really have an edge. I was pretty sure I did as there were lots of sick beats. I was still upbeat and feeling good (james can attest to this) but wasn't sure if the most money can be made at the bigger games over the 30's and 20's for a player like me. I kept trudging along.

Things went decent then this past Monday I had a great day. I think my biggest day ever. +34k. Was really hot and I was playing great poker. Today was the complete opposite. -48k. ooof.

After 38k I took a break. I wasn't upset and was feeling 'fine' but am sure I had lost my fearlessness. You need it to beat the high limit games. I didn't have it. Went and played live for 4 hours. Came back, dropped another 10k. That's a sick amount of money. I'm not upset, I just don't think I'm ready for this kind of stuff...and that's what's frustrating to me. I don't like failing or admitting defeat on stuff, but I think the right play here is finishing the month playing 30's. I'm still up 9k on the month and I gotta remind myself that's still a great paycheck. At least the 50/100 / 100/200 party games suck usually...so it won't be a huge temptation.

High-limits: You win again. I'm sure we'll meet again someday...when I'm ready.
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Old 10-13-2005, 05:47 AM
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at least u gave it another go....and im sure u will again! and are doing good mentally with the losses!
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Old 10-13-2005, 05:52 AM
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You know what might really help? If you passed on your knowledge, like in that movie.......So, how about tutoring me for free......You get to look at your game from a fresh perspective as you are correcting mistakes of another, that you no longer make, however, you will be addressing issues of hands that will have you looking at possibilities from another perspective.
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Old 10-13-2005, 06:31 AM
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If you're Bicyclekick on Party and your Empire name is what I thought it was S..S.. that means I saw you playing at least 8 50/100+ tables at the same time which may be a tad much. Although I think these 2 players have a bit different stats so I'm probably wrong.

The higher limit games are very rarely good though and usually only for 20-30 minutes at a time. The nice thing after playing them is bad beats on the 30 now feel like chump change and it's much easier to put them in their proper perspective.

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Old 10-13-2005, 06:52 AM
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Default Re: Admitting defeat

The greatest victory for a conqueror is to be conquered.


This quote seems right on the money for this post [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

personally I like stress-free 20-40 ~ 30-60 games.
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Old 10-13-2005, 08:00 AM
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How much hands did you play at 100/200+?
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Old 10-13-2005, 09:18 AM
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How much hands did you play at 100/200+?

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of 100/200+


including 50/100:
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Old 10-13-2005, 09:54 AM
Peter_rus Peter_rus is offline
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Thanks for posting complete stats.

You ensure me not to play higher than 50/100 at least until advertisment invites more millionaries to online higher stakes [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Edit: Also thanks a lot for saving my time and nerves (and probably money) pushing high limits to figure out what ev am i at.
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Old 10-13-2005, 10:25 AM
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How much hands did you play at 100/200+?

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of 100/200+


including 50/100:


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Wow! How do you deal with such horrible results? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 10-13-2005, 01:00 PM
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Look at the BB/100.

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