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06-15-2008 , 08:35 PM

Bazzzzza

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 157

Hi guys...im pretty new here.I play full time,sng's and mtt's...been playin fulltime for bout 18 months,and for the past 2 months have been going though the most horrible swing....never experienced it before, was just wondering,how long can it last for?Thanks in advance.

06-15-2008 , 08:50 PM

_Towelie_

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,771

Longer than you can ever imagine.

06-15-2008 , 08:54 PM

Snurb

enthusiast

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 91

I just lost 15 buy-ins and I didn't play a single hand incorrectly. So forever?

06-15-2008 , 09:49 PM

th1986

veteran

Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,307

Well i cannot say I've played my A game through downswings - breakeven stretches but i have logged in about 9k games and have had a prob 2 1k-1.5k game breakeven stretches.
Use the search function and keyword variance and I'm sure you can find a ton of posts regarding downswing and such.

06-15-2008 , 09:50 PM

LeadbellyDan

old hand

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,939

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it can last forever.

06-15-2008 , 11:23 PM

Jalman1

adept

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 741

the more sngs i play the less i lose
the more u play the faster u will be out of that downswing and back to running like god

06-15-2008 , 11:31 PM

werd2u

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 372

ive never had a downswing

06-15-2008 , 11:34 PM

pcvandelay

journeyman

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 272

good luck with that, werd

06-16-2008 , 12:04 AM

drzen

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 8,264

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeadbellyDan

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it can last forever.

If it lasts forever, I think you have to accept that it's not a downswing; you're losing.

06-16-2008 , 01:30 AM

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Entropic

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 407

If your sharkscope graph looks something like the one below, you are probably not just on a downswing.

06-16-2008 , 02:03 AM

#11

AMT

Charlie Brown of MTTs

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,745

the allotted space for frequently asked questions (the FAQ), located at the top of the forum, should be of assistance to you. good luck.

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