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Originally Posted by Bluegrassplayer
Trying to have a steadfast rule "x buy ins to play this game" is pretty ridiculous because looking at someone's personal circumstances and making a decision that suits them and only them is neither that difficult nor time consuming.
I agree with this in the way that you mean it, but I would like to add something. I think saying "you need x buy ins for y stake" is ridiculous as well if it us used as a blanket statement for everyone. I think it is important though to have hard fast rules like this on an individual basis. What I mean is that to be successful you need discipline and that entails setting BR requirements for yourself.
After someone has taken everything into consideration they should set hard numbers to reach before moving up, as well as hard numbers for when to move down. It is just so easy to be overconfident when running good and telling yourself that you are ready to move up when you really may not be, as well as convincing yourself to not move down when you may need to. So x buy ins for y stake shouldn't apply to everyone across the board, but each individual should set x buy ins for y stake based on their own play and stick to it rigidly.
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Originally Posted by Ragequit99
So GG you had one nearly 10BI downswing in 1,800 hours and nothing over 5BI previous to that?
Sounds pretty manageable. How would you see buying in shorter (40bb vs 100bb) affecting the rate at which you experience such a big loss, all else being equal but assuming you play appropriately to your stack size?
If you are playing with a shorter stack and passing up on marginal but +ev spots (which you stated in a previous post) then your winrate will be lower than if you were playing deeper and not passing up on marginal spots. The higher your winrate, the lower variance you can expect. The lower your winrate, the more variance you should expect.
So to answer your question you should experience these "big losses" more often if you are playing short stacked and passing up on what you see as marginal and high variance spots.
I could be wrong here. Someone please correct me if I am.