Dealing with downswings

DavidC · #1 05-15-2005, 08:13 PM

How do you guys handle downswings, etc?

I normally take a little time off, post some hands, take walks, read books (mostly poker but other stuff is good too), play pool with buddies, etc. Changing poker format is fun too: playing 1/2 draw at paradise is fun, or NLHE instead of limit, etc.

I'm feeling a little beat-up right now... I know it'll pass, but it still sucks.

Any other ideas?

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Also, I was reflecting on how people tend to get really upset by 2 hours of negative results in live play. If you were to take a metre stick (sorry Americans, but if you can figure out how to divide a yardstick by 100, let me know), they would be about 0.5 millimetres towards being near true results (120k hands = 0.05 percent at 60 hands).

dozer · #2 05-15-2005, 08:24 PM

Go play some Golf.

Schwartzy61 · #3 05-15-2005, 08:27 PM

Cry myself to sleep... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Buckmulligan · #4 05-15-2005, 08:29 PM

play like 100 hands (3 tables, so it adds up to about 25 minutes) every 30 hours until you have a breakthrough, that's what I do.

DavidC · #5 05-15-2005, 08:59 PM

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play like 100 hands (3 tables, so it adds up to about 25 minutes) every 30 hours until you have a breakthrough, that's what I do.

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Sounds kinda neat.

DavidC · #6 05-15-2005, 08:59 PM

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Go play some Golf.

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I wish! Maybe next summer.

Prof. Chaos · #7 05-15-2005, 11:56 PM

masturbate, then take a nap or go do something else for a little while. I have no qualms with not playing for a week if need be.

stlip · #8 05-16-2005, 05:47 AM

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masturbate, then take a nap or go do something else for a little while. I have no qualms with not playing for a week if need be.

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Tough post to follow, but...

For myself I stick to a limit where I am comfortable enough to keep playing without having to worry that a downswing might put me off my game. I do get annoyed when I find myself down 50 BB or 100 BB from, but just because it means I could have been doing a lot of other things with the time when I was losing and the time it will take just to get back the money I temporarily loaned out. Why, I could have been doing something fun, like, er, masturbating.

Shillx · #9 05-16-2005, 06:00 AM

How do you guys handle downswings, etc?

Drink more beer. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Brad

BoxLiquid · #10 05-16-2005, 06:01 AM

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For myself I stick to a limit where I am comfortable enough to keep playing without having to worry that a downswing might put me off my game.

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that is real good advice. [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]