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I thought I muted this troll.
Dude, I don't troll, but I probably should lighten up in my stance.
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1. The reason you believe this is because you're getting one sided feedback itf. The people who ran really bad weren't rolled and were not mentally prepared. They subsequently quit poker and didn't bother to post results. They'd be laughed at if they did.
You said "thousands" of hours of live is not enough.
Few premises:
1. Winning players.
2. Actively playing in a reasonable span of time.
If someone has played thousands of hours, chances are that the person is properly rolled and has seen sufficient number of bad beats.
Lastly, no one can be mentally prepared to lose 20BI, unless of course it is a frequent occurrence.
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Don't let the slow pace or the softness of live poker fool you. Variance is real. It doesn't matter if you play online or live, it will catch up to you or bury you early if you're not prepared.
Of course variance is real, and of course it will bury you.
However, you have not used it to bridge any of your points.
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2. If you haven't had large BB swings it probably means you play in dumb 50 big blind (or less) games when playing online or somewhere else would be far more profitable.
The context was that 20BI (100bb) is the same as 2000bb.
How does your response have anything to do with those 2 being the same?
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3. I see nit/tag grinders pass up on +ev spots all the time. An example that comes to mind would be not bluff catching with ace or king high in standard spots.
Quoted post was that if passing up +EV spots can help you to avoid 20BI downswing, then you probably should.
So how is citing an example address my point?
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4. Not playing in good games overlaps with #2. If you're playing in nitty games with few showdowns you won't have huge swings/ will be able to avoid "coolers" but it's just not going to be worth your time.
In other words, you are making a correlation of big swing with "good" games?
Perhaps those aren't good games if there's a big -20BI kicker to go with it?
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Live poker is for deep stacks, loose action, and big pots. Which means if you're playing right your BB +/- will fluctuate more.
Again, you're citing a fairly indisputable point, but never using it to bridge any of your opinions.
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While going on a big downswing is rare, people should be prepared. If your roll is 20BI and you're spending anything you make over that faster than a kid can eat candy, you're going be in for a rude awakening.
Bah, I give up. Everything I have cited are just you posting bunch of indisputable points but none of them actually provide any direct support to your horribly written list of opinions.