Run bad worsens, owning souls while they own my bankroll, in that mode where I don't bat an eye lid at a 2% bad beat and well aware it will carry on for months.

Break tactic: I find breaks don't work for me, if I continue running bad after a week away the tilt is like I never left, mb worse. Whereas if I make myself play just 2 games a day and no more, I can face and deal with the game everyday w/o my emotions getting to riled up.

Bankroll: $1771.41

Managed a little more volume over the last couple of days as the tilt is wearing off, played 100% solid regs and been feeling so comfortable, shame my profit line and EV line still aren't on speaking terms:

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games: 1285
profit: $1898.51

To be fair in the OP I predicted being at the $2k mark by 1400 games and did not expect to be playing nearly all my games against the elite regs of each stake, so all in all pretty much on track.

All reg diet, there has been exactly ZERO recreational players sitting in the last few sessions and as my sharkscope currently looks like sh** I'm getting sat by every beast reg at $50 games, results?...

Owning souls and running like sh**
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Coursework finished for the year so I can finally put a bit of volume in, time to break some bankrolls!

Profit: $1910.05
games: 1306

To sum up my poker career, I generally run like crap until I ran like sh**! Literally been coolered to f*** this month haven't bothered posting the hands, just standard sets vs 2pair flops etc.

Thought this was a fun hand, sweet or spew?

IPoker Network No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t25.00/t50.00 Blinds - 2 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN/SB): t9700.00 194 BBs
BB: t10300.00 206 BBs

Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is BTN/SB with Q 7
Hero raises to t100, BB calls t50

Flop: (t200) K 3 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t105.00, BB raises to t310, Hero calls t205

Turn: (t820) K (2 players)
BB bets t415.00, Hero calls t415

River: (t1650) 2 (2 players)
BB bets t1440.00, Hero raises to t2880, BB calls t1440

Final Pot: t7410
BB shows 4 A
BB wins t7420.00
(Rake: t-10)

Anyway, continuing to try and punish the top regs for their incessant table hogging, got such a good image and edge vs them but getting thrashed by my run-bad.

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Stats
Profit: $1740.32
Games: 1330

Dangerously close to dropping back to $30/game, 100% games are against regs now and just getting battered by the deck. Good thing its just for fun this year :/

Profit: $1159.20
Games: 1370

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Making a damn tough fold today and quitting online poker as the downswings make me so freakin miserable and crazy. I started this challenge this year to rekindle my passion for poker as a hobby but it seems a history of multiple brutal 6-9 month downswings has left me with a short fuse, a lot of broken doors and some issues with the game.
I've dropped 30bi this month, totally standard for any winning player, but woke up so low this morning, hands running through my head at work, and a very familiar feeling of head-ache and nausea set in. (Nothing to do with money, I had this when I downswung $40 playing $1 games at the start of the challenge, broke doors over $10 )
After 8 years of dedication to poker, it became so normal and part of the struggle up to the top, but it struck me today that anything making you angry, depressed and bitter most days just isn't worth it, however much you have invested.
Poker has taught me so much. Discipline, money management, hard work and a ton more, but it also put me onto Buddhism and a way of thinking and making life choices that makes me happier and kinder every day, I owe so much to Tommy Angelo.
I always worried that if I quit I'd be throwing away 8 years of hard work, but I've gained so much from playing poker and its shaped me, so nothing feels wasted today.

Gave it my best shot and had a pretty sick winrate till the end. gg

Profit: $1402.24
Games: 1370

I know how you fill. It was fun to read your stories. Till next time maybe gg!

Thanks dude, I think the swings are bearable if you're comfy at your stakes/game or have plans to move up, tbh I was kind of disappointed that games barely ran above $100 and only option was to become another of Satan's ball-cuppers at the HU-hypers. I didn't start poker to memorize tables and surely a secure businesses would be willing to pay way more for that kind of dedication and intelligence. I just loved owning souls

I'll continue to keep my roll for live games as its more fun and I'm pretty sure local live-game skill level won't pass me by if I play occasionally. Imo Online Poker is an all or nothing game that'll kick your arse for taking long breaks.

I'll return if I suddenly start beasting Live!