I want the TRUTH

[Mikey]

This is something that is really bothering me, for all my life I've heard of all the great benefits of poker, of playing poker, huge sums of money, win streaks.

But what about the hundreds of thousands of losers.
You may be a winning player, but yeah by how much??

I have just wrapped up the month of playing online 3-6 HE and I have had one of the worst months in history, I multi-table between 4 to 7 tables and for the month I have played 107 Hours and have won $287.

I'm not going to talk about bad beats I REFUSE TO!!

I'm just saying that I believe I play very very well. Better than most players that I play against on 3-6 games, but I have had a terrbile month.

I want to know from you, what are your bad months like? How do you deal with the emotion that runs through it?

I have enough of a bankroll to withstand the swings but is it possible to have a month THIS TERRIBLE???!!!!!

IS THIS REALLY IT!!??

This is the truth side to it.

1) I believe I play very well.
2) I've had a terrible month.

Emotionally the only pain a feel is like being punted in the stomach. I'm not even angry, I may blurt out a few things while playing but then realize quickly what I'm doing, I'm complaining about something I can't control and then I quickly shut up.

And no... I do not have a tendencey to tilt.

Please tell me you have experienced something like this.
It would honestly be a great assest if we can have some other online pros respond to this thread as well as live game players.

Astroglide, Clarkmiester, Tommy Angelo, Ed Miller, DavidRoss, Dynasty, Ulysses, and all other online/live pros I'm sorry I haven't mentioned by name, please help me out here.

Is this the reality of it??

Is this how bad it can get or WORESE??!!!??

[Anadrol 50]

Did you include the money you earned from your rakeback deal ?

[Al Schoonmaker]

You have the mistaken idea that you deserve to win serious money every month. You complain bitterly that you had a bad month because you won a small amount.

If you read the literature, you would learn that some of the world's greatest players have had long LOSING streaks.

For example, a recent issue of Card Player, reported that Doyle Brunson had been on a losing streak for six weeks. Do you play better than Doyle?

Dan Negreanu is the top player of 2004, and he has reported in his column than he has been broke several times. Do you play better than Dan?

Poker is gambling, and losses are part of all gambling.
You MUST accept that brutal reality or you will be miserable intermittently for the rest of your life.

Regards,
Al

[Dan Mezick]

Well, Lou Kreiger has done experiments with Wilson software and the results imply you could play for around 4000 hours perfectly and still not make any money. So maybe 107 hours is not that big a deal.

[mosquito]

If you have enough experience to know that you are
as good as you say, then you have had worse months
than you write about.

I guarantee it.

If you can't handle making money, try something else.

Also, playing "5-7 tables multi-table" is tough as
hell, if you can make money that way you would be
awesome playing only three.

best, [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[bernie]

Fun game, isn't it?

No one complains during the winning runs. Even as many miss bets all over the place during them. But it's the losing runs that are the test of just how good you are.

Oh, and it can get worse.

b

ps...You may win more by playing less tables.

[Scotch78]

If you want some therapy, start reading the HUSH forum. 100BB downswings are standard for us. A 200BB downswing will happen if you play long enough, and a couple players have even been hit for 300BB. One of the best players in the forum even showed a loss over 10,000 hands.

Scott

[sumdumguy]

[ QUOTE ]
Is this the reality of it??
Is this how bad it can get or WORESE??!!!??

[/ QUOTE ]
You are nowhere close to reality. In this sense, I mean it could, and (given enough time) will get worse. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Murilo]

You can't handle the truth!

[NLSoldier]

how many hands are you talking here?