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What is your longest/worst bad run?

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  1. mini bomberr mini bomberr is offline calls for hoodie equity

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    Jan 26th, 2012 (1/26/2012 2:41am)

    I am becoming very discouraged and I feel like I will never win again. Keep getting my money in right, keep losing. Been happening for a little over 2 weeks now in probably 90% of my tourneys (I'm cashing in the bottom tier from time to time -_-) ...losing all my flips, losing all my 60/40s...I'm on the biggest cooler of my life. In the $320 80k about 10 minutes ago I got it all in with aces vs queens (at 10/20 lol) and kid just peels a queen...it's so sick.

    I know people complain a lot that they "always lose" and the obv response is "you don't remember the winners!" but there literally are no winners. If I do end up building a decent stack somehow, I'll get stacked off my AK vs KJ..etc. I'm having a disgusting run lately! I need some 'turn-around from a huge downswing then I binked the sunday mil' stories to get me thinking positive again...because I believe thinking positive is very important to your success in the game and how well you play, but I can't find a way to think positive when I keep taking all of these beats tourney after tourney to the point where I'm starting to believe it's standard when I get 2 outtered.

    Please help my confidence...lol.
  2. cheatsareruiningonline cheatsareruiningonline is offline Do NOT Trade/Stake - Admitted Multiaccounter

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    Jan 26th, 2012 (1/26/2012 2:54am) in reply to mini bomberr

    I know the feeling....I can't tell you how many times
    It seems people draw at 100 percent against me....it's frustrating
  3. DJDaveCee DJDaveCee is offline broke his duck

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    Jan 26th, 2012 (1/26/2012 2:56am) in reply to mini bomberr

    Currently at 1 1/2 years since any "reasonable" score. Granted, there have been times when ive sat back and not played at all, but wanting to get right back into my poker for 2012, and the start ive had is jus carrying on from 2010...

    We keep pluggin away though, variance is a bitch, but one day, when in this situation, we all hope that variance bites someone else on the arse that one time for a big chip advantage at a key point in an mtt.

    Keep ya chin up

    DJ
    Edited By: DJDaveCee Jan 26th, 2012 at 02:57 AM
  4. mcandrews3rd mcandrews3rd is offline

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    Jan 26th, 2012 (1/26/2012 2:58am) in reply to DJDaveCee

    2 months an the dowswing is going strong, although 2bh the first month was probably more just playing bad

    gl getting out of it
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  5. sirswish6 sirswish6 is offline i mean super business

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    Jan 26th, 2012 (1/26/2012 3:09am) in reply to mcandrews3rd

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    Jan 26th, 2012 (1/26/2012 3:29am) in reply to sirswish6

    Nice graph
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  7. pokerproplaya08 pokerproplaya08 is offline

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    Jan 26th, 2012 (1/26/2012 4:17am) in reply to ACgaming

    I've had extended periods, of several months where I've done nothing but downswing. Even putting in a solid volume, i went months on end without making a dollar. Ended up in a decent amount of makeup...then I won a few mtts in a couple day span n all that was taken care of. Streaks are a part of poker, whether good or bad, you're usually not ever gonna just be breaking even. The most important part is making sure you're playing your best and to try n not let the downswing affect your decisions. If you're playing optimally, then time and volume will cure the curse.

    gl and hope you get outta the rut.
  8. mjw006 mjw006 is offline

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    Jan 26th, 2012 (1/26/2012 5:28am) in reply to pokerproplaya08

    Random Chu tho.
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  9. BenFaz BenFaz is offline

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    Jan 26th, 2012 (1/26/2012 10:15am) in reply to mjw006

    I know exactly what you mean when you say about thinking positive.. It is definitly hard to stay positive when your running bad you just have to keep telling yourself its gonna turn around no matter how hard it is

    Good to hear from somoene who is running hot at the moment see how they are thinking.. Because there probably thinking they can win everything. and were all thinking we cant and its happening!

    Also you have only played 250 mtts... Just keep grinding.
    Edited By: BenFaz Jan 26th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
     
  10. mini bomberr mini bomberr is offline calls for hoodie equity

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 3:18am) in reply to BenFaz

    How can I win?

    pokerstars Hand #74260931275: Tournament #556010646, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXIII (5000/10000) - 2012/01/22 9:23:22 CCT [2012/01/21 20:23:22 ET]
    Table '556010646 91' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
    Seat 1: Magicraph (59384 in chips)
    Seat 2: He3HaiKa (647505 in chips)
    Seat 3: DJ83M (42622 in chips)
    Seat 4: iLoseFlips88 (91932 in chips)
    Seat 5: drazi (410296 in chips)
    Seat 6: pokerkolya (174579 in chips)
    Seat 7: bigoots (367059 in chips)
    Seat 8: boxtoxee (155809 in chips)
    Magicraph: posts the ante 1000
    He3HaiKa: posts the ante 1000
    DJ83M: posts the ante 1000
    iLoseFlips88: posts the ante 1000
    drazi: posts the ante 1000
    pokerkolya: posts the ante 1000
    bigoots: posts the ante 1000
    boxtoxee: posts the ante 1000
    drazi: posts small blind 5000
    pokerkolya: posts big blind 10000
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to iLoseFlips88 [Ac As]
    bigoots: raises 10000 to 20000
    boxtoxee: folds
    Magicraph: folds
    He3HaiKa: folds
    DJ83M: folds
    iLoseFlips88: raises 20000 to 40000
    drazi: folds
    pokerkolya: folds
    bigoots: raises 60000 to 100000
    iLoseFlips88: calls 50932 and is all-in
    Uncalled bet (9068) returned to bigoots
    *** FLOP *** [3d Kd 9c]
    *** TURN *** [3d Kd 9c] [5d]
    boxtoxee said, "lucky then"
    *** RIVER *** [3d Kd 9c 5d] [7d]
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    bigoots: shows [Qs Qd] (a flush, King high)
    iLoseFlips88: shows [Ac As] (a pair of Aces)
    bigoots collected 204864 from pot
    iLoseFlips88 finished the tournament in 67th place and received $146.73.
    DJ83M said, "omg"
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 204864 | Rake 0
    Board [3d Kd 9c 5d 7d]
    Seat 1: Magicraph folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 2: He3HaiKa folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 3: DJ83M folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 4: iLoseFlips88 (button) showed [Ac As] and lost with a pair of Aces
    Seat 5: drazi (small blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 6: pokerkolya (big blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 7: bigoots showed [Qs Qd] and won (204864) with a flush, King high
    Seat 8: boxtoxee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Edited By: mini bomberr Jan 27th, 2012 at 03:19 AM
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  11. 2JL 2JL is offline

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 3:58am) in reply to mini bomberr

    Aces are gunna lose to queens one in every 5 times... It's not exactly shocking...

    Try playing some smaller games, do some study and concentrate on working out if you made the right play or not...

    Don't be results orientated... lol...

    I've had AA cracked by far worse than that in the last week... It sucks.
  12. mini bomberr mini bomberr is offline calls for hoodie equity

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 6:33am) in reply to 2JL

    I don't need to play smaller games, I need to hold when I have the best hand most of the time...lol.
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  13. mini bomberr mini bomberr is offline calls for hoodie equity

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 9:42pm) in reply to 2JL

    It's just so brutal how bad I'm running...I can't take it anymore...

    pokerstars Hand #74585624945: Tournament #557010445, $100+$9 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (700/1400) - 2012/01/28 5:37:08 CCT [2012/01/27 16:37:08 ET]
    Table '557010445 25' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
    Seat 1: iLoseFlips88 (21936 in chips)
    Seat 2: ramondemon77 (23507 in chips)
    Seat 3: Seradja (105141 in chips)
    Seat 4: tinusdehaan (42828 in chips)
    Seat 5: agustin_kv (48105 in chips)
    Seat 6: XuxiSanchez (16286 in chips)
    Seat 7: Globbaz (66317 in chips)
    Seat 8: fviana (32255 in chips)
    Seat 9: myrrebuy (45707 in chips)
    iLoseFlips88: posts the ante 175
    ramondemon77: posts the ante 175
    Seradja: posts the ante 175
    tinusdehaan: posts the ante 175
    agustin_kv: posts the ante 175
    XuxiSanchez: posts the ante 175
    Globbaz: posts the ante 175
    fviana: posts the ante 175
    myrrebuy: posts the ante 175
    myrrebuy: posts small blind 700
    iLoseFlips88: posts big blind 1400
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to iLoseFlips88 [Qs Ad]
    ramondemon77: folds
    Seradja: folds
    tinusdehaan: folds
    agustin_kv: folds
    XuxiSanchez: folds
    Globbaz: folds
    fviana: folds
    myrrebuy: raises 44132 to 45532 and is all-in
    iLoseFlips88: calls 20361 and is all-in
    Uncalled bet (23771) returned to myrrebuy
    *** FLOP *** [5c 6c Qd]
    *** TURN *** [5c 6c Qd] [9c]
    *** RIVER *** [5c 6c Qd 9c] [8d]
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    myrrebuy: shows [Qh 8s] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
    iLoseFlips88: shows [Qs Ad] (a pair of Queens)
    myrrebuy collected 45097 from pot
    iLoseFlips88 finished the tournament in 85th place and received $229.50.
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 45097 | Rake 0
    Board [5c 6c Qd 9c 8d]
    Seat 1: iLoseFlips88 (big blind) showed [Qs Ad] and lost with a pair of Queens
    Seat 2: ramondemon77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 3: Seradja folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 4: tinusdehaan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 5: agustin_kv folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 6: XuxiSanchez folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 7: Globbaz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 8: fviana (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 9: myrrebuy (small blind) showed [Qh 8s] and won (45097) with two pair, Queens and Eights
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  14. ApesAreFun ApesAreFun is online now Moderator/Euro Donk

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    Jan 28th, 2012 (1/28/2012 2:22am) in reply to mini bomberr

    Its a tough game. Im working on a very close to 50+ non-cash streak at party. Thats pretty unreal.
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  15. 2JL 2JL is offline

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    Jan 28th, 2012 (1/28/2012 2:40am) in reply to ApesAreFun

    The no rake at party hasn't helped...
  16. P0LarAcE P0LarAcE is offline

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    Jan 28th, 2012 (1/28/2012 9:15pm) in reply to mini bomberr

     
    Originally Posted by mini bomberr View Post

    I am becoming very discouraged and I feel like I will never win again. Keep getting my money in right, keep losing. Been happening for a little over 2 weeks now in probably 90% of my tourneys (I'm cashing in the bottom tier from time to time -_-) ...losing all my flips, losing all my 60/40s...I'm on the biggest cooler of my life. In the $320 80k about 10 minutes ago I got it all in with aces vs queens (at 10/20 lol) and kid just peels a queen...it's so sick.

    I know people complain a lot that they "always lose" and the obv response is "you don't remember the winners!" but there literally are no winners. If I do end up building a decent stack somehow, I'll get stacked off my AK vs KJ..etc. I'm having a disgusting run lately! I need some 'turn-around from a huge downswing then I binked the sunday mil' stories to get me thinking positive again...because I believe thinking positive is very important to your success in the game and how well you play, but I can't find a way to think positive when I keep taking all of these beats tourney after tourney to the point where I'm starting to believe it's standard when I get 2 outtered.

    Please help my confidence...lol.

    wow, thats some downswing you got going there! 2weeks GTFO!!
  17. mini bomberr mini bomberr is offline calls for hoodie equity

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    Jan 29th, 2012 (1/29/2012 12:06am) in reply to P0LarAcE

    2 weeks high volume, 16 hours a day.
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  18. mini bomberr mini bomberr is offline calls for hoodie equity

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 3:52pm) in reply to mini bomberr

    Maybe things are finally turning around, just shipped the $5.50 1R1A $900 guarantee ($1,100 prize pool) on Lock for $311. Not a huge score, but man it feels good to win one after that downswing.
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  19. ApesAreFun ApesAreFun is online now Moderator/Euro Donk

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 9:57pm) in reply to ApesAreFun

     
    Originally Posted by ApesAreFun View Post

    Its a tough game. Im working on a very close to 50+ non-cash streak at party. Thats pretty unreal.

    Im exactly 52 tournaments without a cash as of today. Still hope in my last tournament of the day to break this streak.
    Edited By: ApesAreFun Feb 2nd, 2012 at 10:45 AM
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  20. mini bomberr mini bomberr is offline calls for hoodie equity

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    Feb 2nd, 2012 (2/2/2012 12:37am) in reply to ApesAreFun

    I see you broke the streak :)
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  21. ApesAreFun ApesAreFun is online now Moderator/Euro Donk

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    Feb 2nd, 2012 (2/2/2012 10:45am) in reply to mini bomberr

    Hehe, yeah. Finally a mincash!
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