I'm now running low on bankroll and confidence, and it is time to pull myself up from my bootstraps and start recovering. Some of you may know my story: I started with a deposit of $150 in 2008 and ran it up over $100k over the next three years, mostly in turbo 180 man SNGs. I ended 2010 on a strong note and then began the worst downswing I have ever experienced over my 30k+ games played. On top of that, I'm getting married this month and have to make a significant withdrawal for those expenses. As you can see from my all games graph, I'm down around $16k from my high point:



I have been constantly evaluating my play throughout this downswing. I'll be working on some hh review over the next few days to get my mind in the right place. It's very tough/impossible to accurately evaluate the cause of a downswing of this magnitute. It's possible I developed some bad habits. Obviously I'm running terrible as well, but the overal attribution to running bad can be debated. Nonetheless, the money is gone and all I can do is look to the future. I still believe I am a talented poker player.

After withdrawal I'll have $5k left in my pokerstars account. I have a signficant amount of equity wrapped up in a staking team, but that may not turn into cash for some time. So I'll be playing mainly 12/180 SNG with a few 36/180s mixed in and maybe some ssmtt and Sunday million with fpp. If the downswing continues I may have to move down to, gasp, $2/180s.

Note: I have a good paying job and am not in any danger of going IRL busto.

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glgl brad, turn it on around

GL !

Lessons from peachymer imo.

GL sir. I'm in the same boat...

May you win every flip that isn't against me

I would cry if this were to happen. Please turn this around.

Just covering my bases....

<3 <3 <3

lol.

seriously tho, gl, no doubt at all you'll turn it round

gl, pretty brutal downswing, what is it playing, mainly 180s?

you are a boss Brad, gl with the recovery.

stars paying you back for run good for first 9k games. rigged sites.

glgl in turning it around

Mainly turbo 180s, I play a decent number of mtt's mainly all the turbo mtt's under $109. I sometimes reg a turbo $109, but obv not anymore.

2011 SNG:


2011 scheduled mtts:

Watching this downswing happen over the past months is one of the main reasons I'm trying to learn cash now...

May your cards be live.

Good luck, brad. Will follow.

$150 to 100k is pretty damn impressive. GL getting throught the downswing.

LOL peachymer doomswitch.

What did you play for your first ~8k games? glgl

Same games, I just ran hot at mtts.

Gl with this bro....there was a post in the mtt forum a while back that offered an example of exceptional mtt stats (cant remember what the numbers were). Great ROI%, ITM%, finish %, etc. all pokerstars 180s. I mean stellar stats over a large sample. When it was revealed to be your stats, I tried to follow your posts to learn what I could. God I wish I could find that post....

Damn if this can happen to you.....wtf is in store for me/ other players?

Congtrats on getting married, GL with the recovery

gl with the wedding, sir

Don't worry about moving down if you have to, it's part of the whole poker thing. Doubt you'll fall further than liberace, who won $1.3million in the 2008 WCOOP ME, and last night I ran into him several times as he was grinding the 6/45s lol.

Also, I'm probably burning money to suggest this but maybe grind 6/45s instead of 2/180s for a while if your roll drops any lower. Pretty much the same game early on, with some small adjustment for the shorter stacks at the FT, but the smaller fields make variance a lot less than 180s.

Anyway, gl with everything.

LMAO at the doomswitch post.
Good Luck Brad! You're due for a good run

gl

But you coolered me yesterday with AA v my AK suited! No way you are running bad.

all the best brad. on wedding, on the felt and in your life overall!

a beast like you will soonly bink the smillion or other big one and be on pace in no time.

go, go, brad.