Poker Newbie 0 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 im on my first swing down 300 in two days. Is the best advice to just take some time off? Any advice Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Take up drinking.There's gonna be a lot more where that came from.Seriously though, downswings happen. They're a part of life unfortunately.There are a couple things you can do when your on a downswing- either you can take a break for a little while, study up on your game, fix leaks, get rest, etc.. Or, if you feel confident that you can beat the game, you can try to just play more hands and work through the variance.Hope this helps a bit. Link to post Share on other sites
jack24bauer24 0 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I lost 900 yesterday...about double my biggest losing day...if it was through poor play i'd be upset, but i just kept recieving beat after beat after beat and I played pretty well...so is the life of NL.I usually come back strong the next day and just play tight until you win some nice hands and get your confidence back up. Link to post Share on other sites
shinychicken 0 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 It never hurts to take some time off if you are discouraged. I'm the type of person who will just keep playing because I know that I can play better. Keep your head up and concentrate on playing your game. If playing your game is what is getting you in trouble, take some time off. Good luck... Link to post Share on other sites
Pupsta 0 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 i guess i'm kind of lucky....i lost 10 straight coinflips yesterday, and lost sngs/tourneys on the river from a 2 outer, 3 outer, and a couple of 5&6 outers, plus losing a couple of tourneys TPTK vs set and KK vs AA, and i only ended up -220. Link to post Share on other sites
No_Neck 0 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I like taking a break, and then playing a little tighter than normal, just to get the confidence back and go from there. Link to post Share on other sites
creepy20 0 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 i went on a big downswing last week. i've taken a week off, read up some more on SSHE and played for just pts at UB. i'll start playing again real money tomorrow and i'll try and play my game and see how it goes. i'd say take some time off...a week should suffice...then back to grinding away. Link to post Share on other sites
rbakken2504 0 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I just got out of a 225BB downswing, in the last three weeks, you cant call it a real downswing until you're over 150 BB, I have about 4 or 5 a year and they SUCK!!! Link to post Share on other sites
jlgosse 0 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 I haven`t ever had a downswing like that in the last year that I`ve been playing.Hopefully I never will. Link to post Share on other sites
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