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Originally Posted by Garick
Shuffle, I'm sorry that you're having a tough time, but that is not the right time to try to FPS your way out of it. Play a low variance strat for a while.
+1
I think I would nit it up to the extreme just to get your feet under you. You really need confidence to play speculative hands / tricky situations, and right now that confidence is probably at an all-time low, so simply avoid those situations.
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Originally Posted by MikeStarr
I dont care what anyone says. If you lose 25 buy ins playing live. You're doing lots of things wrong. Its not just run bad. Its like alcoholism. Admitting it is half the battle.
Yeah, that would probably be my guess too. However, it took me 1800 hours until I went on a 9.5 BI downswing (up until that point I hadn't even officially been on a 5 BI downswing), so that was a bit of a shock. I still haven't done worse than a 9.5 BI downswing in 3376 hours of 1/3 NL, so a 25 BI downswing does seem a little out there.
However, the more I play and see (not just with my results but others at the table), the more I begin to see the variance beast the truly lurks in this game (both positive and negative). My guess is that if you play enough, there's an outside possibility you could encounter some horror like this while not playing too terribly bad.
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Originally Posted by adrianpk
Well boys, finally saved up about 1500$ for a BR for part time bankroll in 1/3.
I play to play Friday/Saturday maybe Thursday. All nights of course.
So far Im doing OK Down 60$ over 17hours, not bad i think. Gonna start to tighten up.
I think im going to be buying in with 250$. But so far im buying in 100bbs and its going well. The reason I want to buy in for 250$ is for BR purposes. Maybe even 200.
Any insight on this?
Keep in mind that results over 17 hours is fairly meaningless.
Assuming you just play poker for enjoyment and that your poker BR could be replenished by your job if you go bust, no harm in sitting in the game for entertainment purposes.
If you're just getting your feet wet at live NL, I would probably recommend sitting with a $200 stack at 1/3 NL, which is a very easy stack to play. The larger your stack becomes, the more difficult poker is for non-experienced players. As your experience / BR grows and you become more comfortable then you can consider whether a deeper stack strategy is more advantageous to you.
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