Worst Sessions/Worst Months/Financial Ruin

[john kane]

I thought it would be good to create a thread where everyone posts there worst poker moments, mainly financial, whether it be having a tragic tilt day, a terrible month(s) of cards, days of thinking 'i had so much more wealth only a few days ago' etc.

This is becuase so often if i have a down biggish down session i feel very annoyed, mainly due to the injustice i have experienced at the poker table, and i find the best cure is to read about others misfortune.

Ill start;

August 2005; the first two weeks having my best run at 1-2NL winning just over $2000 (10 buy ins) and then having by far my worst downswing ever of about the same total (10 buy ins)

Since then ive never recovered the win rate i experienced from Nov04-August05. I hope one day it will come back to me.

[James282]

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I thought it would be good to create a thread where everyone posts there worst poker moments, mainly financial, whether it be having a tragic tilt day, a terrible month(s) of cards, days of thinking 'i had so much more wealth only a few days ago' etc.

This is becuase so often if i have a down biggish down session i feel very annoyed, mainly due to the injustice i have experienced at the poker table, and i find the best cure is to read about others misfortune.

Ill start;

August 2005; the first two weeks having my best run at 1-2NL winning just over $2000 (10 buy ins) and then having by far my worst downswing ever of about the same total (10 buy ins)

Since then ive never recovered the win rate i experienced from Nov04-August05. I hope one day it will come back to me.

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There is no injustice at the poker table. Your win rate will never come back to you, you have to go find it.
-James

[Justin A]

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days of thinking 'i had so much more wealth only a few days ago'

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This kind of thinking is bad and will only get you in trouble.

[sweetjazz]

August 29. My city flooded.

Bad beats happen. Deal with it.

[elena_elphie]

I broke my all time session record, going +7800 in a 10 hour session of live 30-60 limit, and immediately followed it by a week in which I took my largest loss ever, going -11200 in a single week of playing live 40-80 (maybe 18 hours of play total)

I'm taking a few days off now, I've never had swings even close to that big.

[Python49]

Past 35k or so hands have been incredibly streaky for me, lots of horrible beats which lead to some poor play. Down a little bit (was down alot but made it back) after 35k hands. Previously I was at about 65k hands with 6.5ptbb/100 :/

last weekend i ended up losing these hands:

AA vs. AJ, approximately $50. flop is QTK.
AA vs. TT vs. Q4o wtf?? whole board is diamonds; dick with TT has the 10 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] another $50.
KK vs. TT vs. QJs: T on flop; running jacks, they both suckout in a $117 pot.
then in a tourney i get ducks in late position, table folds around to me, i call, sb folds, bb checks. flop is AA2. he bets 400 chips, hes got the ace and i know i got him. i push; he quicky calls and its running 10s [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

yeah, i lost about $200-$250 that 2 day span.

[tripdad]

i've been shut out of my last 8 sit & go's, and 14 out of 15. also just busted out of the 40K guaranteed when my top 2 pair (AQ) loses to a flopped set.

ok, not financial ruin or death and destruction, but it still sucks.

[TripleH68]

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Since then ive never recovered the win rate i experienced from Nov04-August05.

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You are not referring to a win rate.
You are referring to a win streak.

[Vavavoom]

Lost $1200 in october.....Ultimately I still made $900 in October...But it could have been much better....


In the space of 4 minutes had 2 sets turned FH's get beaten by quads...that cost me $380...