When you all go through the inevitable downswings of nl holdem, about what % of your BR do you lose before you start coming back up. When i first started putting serious hours into poker a couple months ago i was up a couple grand from just $5mtts and .25/.50 nl holdem. Recently though, i havn't FT'd any MTTs (600man) for almost a month (playing 1 a day) and have lost considerably more money than i won in the past couple weeks in cash games.

Is this a normal downswing or should i seriously reconsider my approach to the game? I am always looking to improve my game, but maybe i need a complete change of course and i was just really lucky when i first started.

before you know the true meaning of variance..you will definately learn how to spell it correctly :-}

the first -30-40% downswong was soul crushing, I hope the next is less crushing.

 

Originally Posted by Sdanby

so, 600 man tourney, 9 make FT, thts 1 in every 66 people make the final table. u havent made one in say 31 tournaments.....and you think your on a downswing? please gtfo, and oh, enjoy the next 35 days

So, a guy makes a new account....ask his very first question.....and you tell him to gtfo? really? That's going to be good for business.....

 

Originally Posted by Sdanby

so, 600 man tourney, 9 make FT, thts 1 in every 66 people make the final table. u havent made one in say 31 tournaments.....and you think your on a downswing? please gtfo, and oh, enjoy the next 35 days

Pretty much this!

Hahah, i expected some internet trash to make posts on this thread so no worries, i wont hold this against pocketfives. And while yes one mtt a day isn't much, i still went from top 20 at least once a week to maybe top 70 once a week. Maybe i got lucky in the beginning which spoiled me, but it still seemed odd.

So a 10 buy-in downswing isn't very uncommon? That's good to know because when i started losing i thought "wtf is wrong with me" which really killed my confidence, and thus made me lose even more money haha.

EDIT: I strongly believe that my version of "variance" is far superior and so i will not conform to you Webster nuthuggers.

 

Originally Posted by Its Sic

Hahah, i expected some internet trash to make posts on this thread so no worries, i wont hold this against pocketfives. And while yes one mtt a day isn't much, i still went from top 20 at least once a week to maybe top 70 once a week. Maybe i got lucky in the beginning which spoiled me, but it still seemed odd.

So a 10 buy-in downswing isn't very uncommon? That's good to know because when i started losing i thought "wtf is wrong with me" which really killed my confidence, and thus made me lose even more money haha.

EDIT: I strongly believe that my version of "variance" is far superior and so i will not conform to you Webster nuthuggers.

I have 10 buyin swings a ton but I 24 tble, how many are you playing?

 

Originally Posted by Its Sic

Hahah, i expected some internet trash to make posts on this thread so no worries, i wont hold this against pocketfives. And while yes one mtt a day isn't much, i still went from top 20 at least once a week to maybe top 70 once a week. Maybe i got lucky in the beginning which spoiled me, but it still seemed odd.

So a 10 buy-in downswing isn't very uncommon? That's good to know because when i started losing i thought "wtf is wrong with me" which really killed my confidence, and thus made me lose even more money haha.

EDIT: I strongly believe that my version of "variance" is far superior and so i will not conform to you Webster nuthuggers.

Wow! 10 buyins? That's a sick large number

 

Originally Posted by smcrawford2

 

Originally Posted by racer

before you know the true meaning of variance..you will definately learn how to spell it correctly :-}

such ironing.

"Ironing or smoothing is the work of using a heated tool, or tools, (an iron) to remove wrinkles from fabric. The heating is commonly done to a temperature of 100�Celsius."

Such Irony..!

 

Originally Posted by ApesAreFun

 

Originally Posted by smcrawford2

 

Originally Posted by racer

before you know the true meaning of variance..you will definately learn how to spell it correctly :-}

such ironing.

"Ironing or smoothing is the work of using a heated tool, or tools, (an iron) to remove wrinkles from fabric. The heating is commonly done to a temperature of 100�Celsius."

Such Irony..!

Apes you fail

 

Originally Posted by doomed222

 

Originally Posted by ApesAreFun

 

Originally Posted by smcrawford2

 

Originally Posted by racer

before you know the true meaning of variance..you will definately learn how to spell it correctly :-}

such ironing.

"Ironing or smoothing is the work of using a heated tool, or tools, (an iron) to remove wrinkles from fabric. The heating is commonly done to a temperature of 100�Celsius."

Such Irony..!

Apes you fail

lol...! Dont bother if U dont get the fact that I'm trolling :P Or maybe you're trolling me?

Is there definately a non-canadian way to spell this word? never mind, i definitively should have known better to post such crap thru (through) this forum tonite(tonight) in such a colorless (colourless) way.

FWIW, my point was that you will(and have) learnt how to spell it long before even the majority of us figure out what variance truly is, because all i know is that variance is truly one big fucking BIATCH.