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Originally Posted by Sn8keChaRmer
Ok cool so lets answer the question. Why do some people consitantly run cold. I posted earlier how I have 5 accounts on 5 different sites. 4 of them have nothing under a 45%roi and then I have a Stars account that is 5% and I feel like no matter what I do I always get forced to lose. And when I started a second account on there in 2007 to prove it I went on a terror and won 4 donkaments in one month. I had a 285% roi before they shut it down I went back to running like death. How is this possible without it actually being rigged? How is the graph possible without it being rigged?
You can read back in this thread and see my posts. I was a full blown rigtard on fullblown tilt after watching my 80%+ ROI dissolve into nothingness on two large sites. I play tournaments and would pick my way through avoiding all in situations, building my stack carefully by stealing pots, re raising players who were playing too tight and just being an opportunist in general. In 2008, this worked well for me. In 2009, it would seem that every time I had a chance at a final table and decided to gamble with the best hand, or set a trap knowing I was way ahead, I would get sucked out on. In a lot of cases, it was the first time I was all in the whole tournament. This had me believing that sites like Pokerstars had to be rigged or the programming was flawed.
I have taken some time to do some more research on my game to close some holes and to get a better understanding of variance. I am not too interested in math, so I read articles and posts from those who are. I am now realizing that variance can and will have a very wide range of influence on the game. Since I am still in the short term only playing about 200k hands online, what I am seeing in my results does seem to be very possible and normal. This after the worst year of poker in my life in 09.
So hang in there and don't let tilt change the way you play. If you are making money on other sites, you are doing something right. You are doing better than most people playing if this is in fact the case. I am going to try and take my own advice going forward now that I have more information at hand.
Thanks to Josem, Monteroy, Arouette, Spadebidder and all of the other regulars for putting up with my tilt driven rants.