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Originally Posted by Zuneit
Need more info of dynamics of your games. I've never had a downswing over 1k since I took a 1.3k down in February 2015. I buyin for $300 but the avg stack is only $200 though & U can only straddle utg. I think I play about 80% of my hands OTB CO HJ or steal seat.
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Originally Posted by Angrist
So how many hours is that? What's your definition of "downswing"? It's pretty easy to lose 2-3 flips in a row or otherwise punt $1-2k from ahead over the course of a couple of sessions.
I believe it took close to 2 weeks. I was playing about 25 hrs a week, so 40-50 hours or so.
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Originally Posted by Angrist
I was playing a lot in a local casino in Detroit, along with a bunch of trips to Vegas/AC for various other things where I put in nice chunks of hours. Now it's more weighted toward the local charity poker rooms. So it's a variety.
Most of the games I sit in have $300 max buys, with most stacks in the $150-250 range, although there's often 1 or 2 bigger stacks on each table.
This is the same dynamic I find myself in & it is rare that I find myself in a situation where my whole stack is in the middle OTF.
The biggest pot I was ever involved in was in July 2014, when it was 3-way. I had AA, one player was all-in otf with a str8 draw to Broadway & the other guy had AK with TPTK & bdfd. Turned flush draw, bet $200, I put him all-in for his last $200 & won the pot. $1160.00. I have never encountered that since, although I've witnessed it. However, it is a rare event.
About a month ago I was in the game for $825 on a Friday night, with only $275 in front of me, but managed to go home a <$100 winner. Happens when someone calls your all-in OTT as a 3.5:1 dog getting 2:1 pot odds. Still, that doesn't even happen that often, except now.........tax refund time.
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Originally Posted by Angrist
Typical LLSNL stuff, lots of limpers and multi-way raised pots, players are bad in extreme ways. Calling stations mostly, with the occasional aggrotard and smattering of OMCs. The games in and around Detroit are pretty good, but from my experience playing other places they're not that far out of the ordinary for most markets.
Sounds about the same as what I see in MD area.