Thanks guys.
The first is 1/2 only, and the other is everything else, from 1/3 to 2/5 to 25/50, and includes games in USD, Euros, and HKD. The average bb, however, is about 10 GBP.
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What stakes is that bonus giraffe from? And cripes, is that a $125K downswing? How long did that last and how in the world did you deal with that mentally?
The graph is everything NL (approximately)
Yeah the downswing was pretty brutal. I sold a bunch of action during that time so it's not quite so bad, but it put me within busto range.
I was also commuting a long time and dealing with personal and relationship stuff during that time, and I think that contributed to the downswing, and they reinforced each other. Thinking back I kind of suppressed memory of that time because I kind of drew a blank about lots of specifics.
I would say that the main way it affected me outside of my play is that it made me want to grind a lot more and try make money, when reality I should have been studying the game more. I think in general people spend too much time grinding and too little time studying, and it's a hugely bad decision.
Remember, every thing you learn during your studies impact your play from this point forward, which can be thousands of hours. If I had done more studying 2000 hours ago instead of all the studying I am doing now, my winrate probably would be higher by 20-30, considering how absolutely abysmally I played then relative to now.
Spending anywhere less than 20% of your time studying is a huge leak imo.
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you don't ever play 1/3 or 2/5? from my limited experience of London rooms, 2/5 seems to get up most days whereas 5/10 happens a lot more rarely?
5/10+ used to run a lot more, and I don't play NLHE much anymore. We still have 5/10 every other night though. Anyway like I said, that sample is everything NL besides 1/2 GBP.