what is a gigantic downswing in NL?

jcmack13 · #1 08-19-2005, 03:05 PM

The most statistically deviant downswing in limit I hear talked about on these boards is around 300BB, so what's the equivalent (in buy-ins) for NL? 5? 8? 23?

And now that you mention it, huh, I guess I'm not running particularly well at the moment. I hardly noticed...

BZ_Zorro · #2 08-19-2005, 03:20 PM

I have dumped 27 buyins in three days at $100NL deliberately playing like a tard, without a single 2 buy in upswing.

Playing normally, even with bad sessions or tilty play, my largest downswing ever at $100NL is 4 buy ins. This is from over 30K hands (since the downswing).

#3 08-19-2005, 03:47 PM

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I have dumped 27 buyins in three days at $100NL deliberately playing like a tard,

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BZ, why on earth did you do this?

GrunchCan · #4 08-19-2005, 03:48 PM

4 buyins over 30K hands? Am I reading this right?

BZ_Zorro · #5 08-19-2005, 03:56 PM

Yep. Since that tilt session I keep a tight control on my game [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. It's pretty hard to lose 4 consecutive buyins when you play properly unless you take marginal situations like pushing flush + overs on the flop or calling all ins when you're not sure where you stand.

edit: If you want some numbers, if you take two 80/20 all ins, you've only got a 4% of losing twice. Most flop all ins are 90/10, some 75/25. For the rest I steal enough pots to stay even regardless of cards.

GrunchCan · #6 08-19-2005, 04:00 PM

Oh, so the total downside for your downswing wasn't 4 buyins. You're saying the most you have lost consecutively is 4 racks?

Raven · #7 08-19-2005, 04:02 PM

I think it is something like 10-15 buy-ins, my worst in about 120 k hands is 8 buy-in, my second worst is 5 buy-in.
Thats why 20 buy-in is considered as a normal bankroll.

BZ_Zorro · #8 08-19-2005, 04:04 PM

No, I'm saying the largest dip in my graph thingy is 4 buyins before it rises above the point it started dipping.

lol...does that makes sense?

So yeah, my largest downswing is 4 buyins

GrunchCan · #9 08-19-2005, 04:13 PM

Wow. I'm sweating.

Python49 · #10 08-19-2005, 04:15 PM

I've asked around about this question too and from alot of the experienced successful NL players they say the most they've EVER dropped was 5-6. I dropped 5 the other day playing very less than optimally.