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Article: Earning Your "Run Good"

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  1. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    Jan 26th, 2010 (1/26/2010 8:48pm)

     
  2. RevG RevG is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2010 (1/31/2010 12:49pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Good article. I like this.</p>
  3. Blu SeVenZ Blu SeVenZ is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2010 (1/31/2010 1:07pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Awesome article with good timing. I just went thru this, horrible downswing that was worse than normal, only to be follwed by a session where final tables seemed to come easy.</p>
  4. drgnarn drgnarn is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2010 (1/31/2010 2:05pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>excellent i liked the read especially since this bs has been happening to me for weeks.</p>
  5. duclover duclover is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2010 (1/31/2010 3:53pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Thanks Graps. I think you crawled in my head after that satty with you. All week I make the right play and bam AK or AA or W/E. I feel like I'm playing well, but the results still arent there.</p>
  6. Donnie Dodo Donnie Dodo is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2010 (1/31/2010 4:34pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>good read,</p>
    <p>its expensive earning a run good</p>
  7. HiRaX HiRaX is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2010 (1/31/2010 5:21pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>great article</p>
  8. mntnguy29 mntnguy29 is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2010 (1/31/2010 6:47pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Other people suffer too I guess...so this is somewhat appealing to read...while still not snapping me out of the WTF mode.  </p>
    <p>Out of 2 Full Tilt Sunday tourneys today (Brawl and 1.5M Guar) and one huge Rush pot with an A high nut flush, either flopped or turned, just to watch as the board pairs on the river, and someone with a spiked set runs over me with the boat.    3X!!!!  Oh yeah, and on the Brawl, to finish me off I shove with AK for $2K and K8 off calls in the BB to hit a 8 on the turn.  No joy in Mudville.</p>
    <p>So am I earning my run good?  Sure sucks when you don't have some big wins behind you to support the run bad.  </p>
    <p>If I run like this in Feb, I may have to go buy some drywall filler.  </p>
    <p>Thx for the read.</p>
  9. 420beats 420beats is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2010 (1/31/2010 7:39pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Does this mean im gonna run good for the next 4 years ??</p>
  10. Big_L Jahfari Big_L Jahfari is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2010 (1/31/2010 9:23pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Nice article. Graps is the best!</p>
  11. mjyar1508 mjyar1508 is offline

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    Feb 1st, 2010 (2/1/2010 9:44am) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Cheers for the article. Needed something like this to `make things better'. :)</p>
  12. louiemdj louiemdj is offline

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    Feb 1st, 2010 (2/1/2010 10:20am) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Good article coming off a horrible Sunday, and that damn double guarantee week on Full Tilt (love the prize pools, not the variance).</p>
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    Feb 1st, 2010 (2/1/2010 10:25am) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Yesterday I shoved 14 BB's after just making the money with KK's got snapped with AA's and sucked a K on the turn to double up.</p>
    <p>I remembered the times I lost with AA's to underpairs, happens all the time.  Then I thought of course I am going to be on the other side of that and there I was in the money doubling my stack against AA's with KK's usually an unavoidable cooler.</p>
  14. duecefive duecefive is offline

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    Feb 1st, 2010 (2/1/2010 2:59pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>ahhhhh feel better already.</p>
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    Feb 3rd, 2010 (2/3/2010 4:45am) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>really good...i am in a bad run so this definitely will give me the motivition that i needed.</p>
    <p>cheers</p>
  16. jrice1201 jrice1201 is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2010 (2/3/2010 2:36pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>the most important part about dealing with swings is understanding that most players arent playing their best when they're running bad... if you're constantly losing it takes an insane amount of focus to keep making good plays even though it feels like they won't pay off. sometimes bad runs can last extended periods but if its lasting more than a few hundred games (maybe more for large field  mtt's if thats all you play)  its important to take a step back and make sure its not at least a little bit your fault, even though it never is, right?^^</p>
     
  17. DrPepper44 DrPepper44 is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2010 (2/3/2010 10:08pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Well this article came to me a day later then I shouldve let it, got really frustrated with my am session I didnt play a night one. But in my off time i found this and combined w talkin to a couple of p5ers, I am feelin more optimistic about tomorrow then ever. </p>
     
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    Feb 4th, 2010 (2/4/2010 8:55am) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Very good article. Its always good to step back and look at the game in a different "light". It can get tough..... this variance! Thanks for the motivation.</p>
  19. 420beats 420beats is offline

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    Feb 4th, 2010 (2/4/2010 8:47pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Variance my ass. ive been running way under expected value for 4 years and a couple hundred thousand hands onstars.</p>
    <p>After how many years does is it reasonable to conclude that stars is rigged.</p>
    <p>How is it variance if you never run positive</p>
    <p>ill send anyone the hands that wants toavoid being scammed</p>
    <p>darrinshears@gmail.com</p>
    <p>nice try though but it doesnt matter how you play when you run that bad year after year</p>
  20. FabulousTexan FabulousTexan is offline

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    Feb 13th, 2010 (2/13/2010 8:13pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Don't forget my favorite thing that happens when you're running bad.....</p>
    <p>You're playing at the biggest table of maniacs you've ever seen in your life. Every hand is a raise, and a reraise. Chips are flying all over the place. Meanwhile, you've been completely card dead and you sure can't bluff anybody off a hand here.</p>
    <p>Finally, your patience pays off as you pick up AA in the BB.</p>
    <p>And it promptly folds all the way back to you. Not even the SB completes.</p>
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    Mar 16th, 2010 (3/16/2010 2:47am) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>You, sir, have just described the last 2 years of my life....</p>
    <p>WCOOP main HERE WE GO!!!!</p>
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